Is there an easy way to send email via nodejs?

Question

Node.js

I know about nodemailer, but I was horrified by the setup process. Never done anything like this before, but it seems like there should be an easier way.
I also know about email-templates , but, obviously, this thing is not used to send messages, but only an addition to the same nodemailer (although in one of the answers on SO it was recommended as an alternative to nodemailer, but maybe I got it wrong).
When using email templates, everything seemed to work successfully, the sent message was opened for preview, but was not actually sent.
If there are no alternatives, then I will be happy with a normal nodemailer setup guide. I can’t understand - is it necessary to use some third-party smtp service (which, as a rule, is paid)?

Answer 1

I didn’t even look for others, because the top in Google is nodemailer. And it's so popular that even w3schools made a tutorial
Ps IMHO w3s. makes the most simple and intelligible tutorials