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Rust Ssmtp

Rust sending emails via ssmtp

This is the beginning stages of this repo and I am a Rust newbie. Please provide suggestions or corrections. Currently there is no working method (that I am aware of) to send emails with Rust. So I made rust-ssmtp.

The requirements for Rust Ssmtp:

Linux/OSX
ssmtp

* Note: These instructions assume a Ubuntu machine and the use of a gmail account. You can use any smtp compatible email account.

Step One

Install ssmtp and configure

Run Commands:

apt-get -y install ssmtp
nano /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

Edit/Add the Follwing Lines:

[email protected]
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
FromLineOverride=YES
UseSTARTTLS=YES
AuthUser=your.account
AuthPass=password
AuthMethod=LOGIN

* Note: Special charecters such as symbols will not work. Also dispable two step authentication.

Test Command:

ssmtp [email protected]
Subject: Hello
I am the body. World!

Another Test Command:

echo From: [email protected]\n Subject: Hello\n I am the body. Wrold! > email.txt

ssmtp [email protected] < email.txt

Step Two

Create Main.rs File

extern crate ssmtp;
use ssmtp::email;

fn main() {

    // Configure email body and header
    email::create(
        // From Address
        "[email protected]",
        // To Address
        "[email protected]",
        // Subject
        "Subject - Hello World!",
        // Body
        "<html><body><h1>I am the body. Hello Wolrd!<br/><br/>And I accept html.</h1></body></html>"
    );

    // Define the actual email address to receive the email
    email::send("[email protected]");
}

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