React & Next.js email
Build a React Email template for Venmail
Render a reusable component to HTML and plain text, then hand it to your server-side sender.
React Email lets you write a template as a component and render it into an email body. Venmail can then send the rendered content through its structured-message interface. The template library handles presentation; your backend still owns recipients, credentials and delivery handling.
Begin with one message such as a booking confirmation. Keep the business facts in a small data object, and render only fields the server has validated. Avoid putting private booking details into a public preview or a committed fixture.
Create a reusable template
- 1
Install and pin the template packages
Use the current React Email components and rendering utilities from their official documentation. Commit your lockfile so the production build uses the reviewed versions. The library is free software; mail delivery is separate.
- 2
Build a small component
Use the example below in a server-side JSX-capable project. Keep the layout simple. Use fictional booking references while developing and an approved support destination when adding links.
- 3
Render both bodies
Await render to produce HTML, then create plain text with the supported utility. Pass html_body and plain_body to your existing Venmail server-side sender. Do not bundle the sending credential with the template preview.
- 4
Test realistic content
Try long names, different currencies if relevant, and non-English text. Send a test through the intended route and read it on a phone. A component preview alone is not a mail-client test.
A minimal server-side rendering example
import { Html, Body, Heading, Text } from "@react-email/components";
import { render, toPlainText } from "@react-email/render";
function BookingEmail({ reference }) {
return (
<Html>
<Body>
<Heading>Your booking is confirmed</Heading>
<Text>Reference: {reference}</Text>
<Text>Reply to this message if you need help.</Text>
</Body>
</Html>
);
}
const html_body = await render(<BookingEmail reference="DEMO-482" />);
const plain_body = toPlainText(html_body);
// Pass both bodies to your server-side Venmail send operation.
// This example renders a template; it does not send a message.The reply instruction is a promise: configure a monitored reply address in the sending operation. If nobody receives replies, change the copy to a support route that actually works. Keep one owner responsible for reviewing shared templates after changes.
You can build and test this workflow with free software. For live sending, check API or SMTP access and the sending allowance in your Venmail account; the public Free workspace offer is not a promise of a free production API quota. Venmail, Venmail
Template acceptance
- HTML and plain text express the same facts
- No secret appears in the preview
- Long content remains readable
- Support instructions match the sender configuration
- A real test message was inspected
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