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# The mail package

## Introduction

Package mail provides the means of sending email from an App Engine application.

Example:

    msg := &mail.Message{
        Sender:  "romeo@montague.com",
        To:      []string{"Juliet <juliet@capulet.org>"},
        Subject: "See you tonight",
        Body:    "Don't forget our plans. Hark, 'til later.",
    }
    if err := mail.Send(c, msg); err != nil {
        c.Errorf("Alas, my user, the email failed to sendeth: %v", err)
    }

## Functions

func Send

  `func Send(c appengine.Context, msg *Message) os.Error`

  Send sends an email message.

## Types

type Attachment

An Attachment represents an email attachment.

      type Attachment struct {
          // Name must be set to a valid file name.
          Name string
          Data []byte
      }

type Message

A Message represents an email message. Addresses may be of any form permitted by RFC 822.

      type Message struct {
          // Sender must be set, and must be either an application admin
          // or the currently signed-in user.
          Sender  string
          ReplyTo string // may be empty

          // At least one of these slices must have a non-zero length.
          To, Cc, Bcc []string

          Subject string
          Body    string

          Attachments []Attachment
      }