Parse-server-api-mail-adapter - verificationEmail not sending on self hosted server

So I finally have my own parse-server running locally and on heroku. Currently I’m working on incorporating the parse-server-api-mail-adapter and got it mostly working with mailgun.

When requesting for a reset password email, it works fine, I receive the email.

However, my problem is I don’t know why verificationEmail doesn’t seem to work. MailGun logs doesn’t show that it received the call. My swift app says it successfully called the function.

But I can’t seem to see any errors on the parse-server and nothing shows up on parse-server logs.

I have my configuration setup as described in the parse-server-api-mail-adapter readme as such

emailAdapter: {
    module: 'parse-server-api-mail-adapter',
    options: {
        // The email address from which emails are sent.
        sender: '[email protected]',
        // The email templates.
        templates: {
            // The template used by Parse Server to send an email for password
            // reset; this is a reserved template name.
            passwordResetEmail: {
              subjectPath: './files/templates/password_reset_email_subject.txt',
              textPath: './files/templates/password_reset_email.txt',
              htmlPath: './files/templates/password_reset_email.html'
          },
            // The template used by Parse Server to send an email for email
            // address verification; this is a reserved template name.
            verificationEmail: {
                subjectPath: './files/templates/verification_email_subject.txt',
                textPath: './files/templates/verification_email.txt',
                htmlPath: './files/templates/verification_email.html'
            },
            // A custom email template that can be used when sending emails
            // from Cloud Code; the template name can be chosen freely; it
            // is possible to add various custom templates.
            customEmail: {
                subjectPath: './files/templates/custom_email_subject.txt',
                textPath: './files/templates/custom_email.txt',
                htmlPath: './files/templates/custom_email.html',
                // Placeholders are filled into the template file contents.
                // For example, the placeholder `{{appName}}` in the email
                // will be replaced the value defined here.
                placeholders: {
                    appName: "ExampleApp"
                },
                // Extras to add to the email payload that is accessible in the
                // `apiCallback`.
                extra: {
                    replyTo: '[email protected]'
                },
                // A callback that makes the Parse User accessible and allows
                // to return user-customized placeholders that will override
                // the default template placeholders. It also makes the user
                // locale accessible, if it was returned by the `localeCallback`,
                // and the current placeholders that will be augmented.
                placeholderCallback: async ({ user, locale, placeholders }) => {
                    return {
                        phone: user.get('phone')
                    };
                },
                // A callback that makes the Parse User accessible and allows
                // to return the locale of the user for template localization.
                localeCallback: async (user) => {
                    return user.get('locale');
                }
            }
        },
        // The asynchronous callback that contains the composed email payload to
        // be passed on to an 3rd party API and optional meta data. The payload
        // may need to be converted specifically for the API; conversion for
        // common APIs is conveniently available in the `ApiPayloadConverter`.
        // Below is an example for the Mailgun client.
        apiCallback: async ({ payload, locale }) => {
            const mailgunPayload = ApiPayloadConverter.mailgun(payload);
            await mailgunClient.messages.create(mailgunDomain, mailgunPayload);
        }
    }
  }

only difference is i added a subfolder /templates/.

package.json dependencies are:

  "dependencies": {
    "date-fns": "^2.28.0",
    "express": "^4.18.1",
    "jimp": "^0.16.1",
    "mailgun.js": "^6.0.1",
    "mustache": "^4.2.0",
    "parse-dashboard": "^4.0.0",
    "parse-server": "^5.2.1",
    "parse-server-api-mail-adapter": "^2.1.0",
    "regenerator-runtime": "^0.13.9",
    "uuid": "^8.3.2"
  },

any help or leads to where to look would be appreciated.

ok. I figured it out.

the parse-server option

verifyUserEmails:true,

needs to be in there for it to work. I guess default is set to false.