Found an uncaught error

server/accounts/signup.js

@@ -111,8 +111,11 @@ const sendValidationEmail = async (email, username, token) => {
 	const addr = `${process.env.WEB_PROTOCOL}://${process.env.WEB_ADDRESS}/api/accounts/validation?username=${username}&token=${token}`;
 	const msg = `Hello! Please visit the following address to validate your account: ${addr}`;
 
+	let transporter, info;
+
 	//what exactly is a transport?
-	let transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
+	try {
+		transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
 			host: process.env.MAIL_SMTP,
 			port: 465,
 			secure: true,
@@ -121,14 +124,23 @@ const sendValidationEmail = async (email, username, token) => {
 			  pass: process.env.MAIL_PASSWORD
 			},
 		});
+	}
+	catch(e) {
+		return `failed to create transport: ${e}`;
+	}
 
 	// send mail with defined transport object
-	let info = await transporter.sendMail({
+	try {
+		info = await transporter.sendMail({
 			from: `signup@${process.env.WEB_ADDRESS}`, //WARNING: google overwrites this
 			to: email,
 			subject: 'Email Validation',
 			text: msg
 		});
+	}
+	catch(e) {
+		return `failed to send mail ${e}`;
+	}
 
 	if (info.accepted[0] != email) {
 		return 'validation email failed';