When using nodemailerAdapter with mock email (ethereal) - ethereal data is logged multiple times w/ diff data

[PatrikKozak]

Describe the Bug

Only happens in dev mode - ethereal data is only output once when running in prod (next build && next start)

Attached below is an example output when running pnpm dev email-nodemailer:

Note: The emails are only sent to the first instance of the new ethereal account out of the 4 instances logged in the console

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

pnpm dev email-nodemailer

Reproduction Steps

1. Run pnpm dev email-nodemailer
2. Watch the console output from the createMockAccount() function that is called when using nodemailerAdapter() w/o any args

Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

area: core, Not sure

Environment Info

Payload: v3.0.0-beta.130

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[BlainMaguire]

I think the issue might be with this line:

payload/packages/email-nodemailer/src/index.ts

Line 65 in 9b00b59

} else if ('transportOptions' in emailConfig && emailConfig.transportOptions) {

If there are no transportOptions set in the emailConfig, it will always call createMockAccount and clutter the logs. createMockAccount likely only needs to be called once when initialising the transport.