Documentation ¶
Overview ¶
Package smtp implements the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol as defined in RFC 5321.
It also implements the following extensions:
- 8BITMIME (RFC 1652)
- AUTH (RFC 2554)
- STARTTLS (RFC 3207)
- ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES (RFC 2034)
- SMTPUTF8 (RFC 6531)
- REQUIRETLS (RFC 8689)
- CHUNKING (RFC 3030)
- BINARYMIME (RFC 3030)
- DSN (RFC 3461, RFC 6533)
LMTP (RFC 2033) is also supported.
Additional extensions may be handled by other packages.
Index ¶
- Variables
- func SendMail(addr string, a sasl.Client, from string, to []string, r io.Reader) error
- func SendMailTLS(addr string, a sasl.Client, from string, to []string, r io.Reader) error
- type AuthSession
- type Backend
- type BackendFunc
- type BodyType
- type Client
- func Dial(addr string) (*Client, error)
- func DialStartTLS(addr string, tlsConfig *tls.Config) (*Client, error)
- func DialTLS(addr string, tlsConfig *tls.Config) (*Client, error)
- func NewClient(conn net.Conn) *Client
- func NewClientLMTP(conn net.Conn) *Client
- func NewClientStartTLS(conn net.Conn, tlsConfig *tls.Config) (*Client, error)
- func (c *Client) Auth(a sasl.Client) error
- func (c *Client) Close() error
- func (c *Client) Data() (io.WriteCloser, error)
- func (c *Client) Extension(ext string) (bool, string)
- func (c *Client) Hello(localName string) error
- func (c *Client) LMTPData(statusCb func(rcpt string, status *SMTPError)) (io.WriteCloser, error)
- func (c *Client) Mail(from string, opts *MailOptions) error
- func (c *Client) MaxMessageSize() (size int, ok bool)
- func (c *Client) Noop() error
- func (c *Client) Quit() error
- func (c *Client) Rcpt(to string, opts *RcptOptions) error
- func (c *Client) Reset() error
- func (c *Client) SendMail(from string, to []string, r io.Reader) error
- func (c *Client) SupportsAuth(mech string) bool
- func (c *Client) TLSConnectionState() (state tls.ConnectionState, ok bool)
- func (c *Client) Verify(addr string) error
- type Conn
- type DSNAddressType
- type DSNNotify
- type DSNReturn
- type EnhancedCode
- type LMTPSession
- type Logger
- type MailOptions
- type RcptOptions
- type SMTPError
- type Server
- type Session
- type StatusCollector
Examples ¶
Constants ¶
This section is empty.
Variables ¶
var ( ErrAuthFailed = &SMTPError{ Code: 535, EnhancedCode: EnhancedCode{5, 7, 8}, Message: "Authentication failed", } ErrAuthRequired = &SMTPError{ Code: 502, EnhancedCode: EnhancedCode{5, 7, 0}, Message: "Please authenticate first", } ErrAuthUnsupported = &SMTPError{ Code: 502, EnhancedCode: EnhancedCode{5, 7, 0}, Message: "Authentication not supported", } ErrAuthUnknownMechanism = &SMTPError{ Code: 504, EnhancedCode: EnhancedCode{5, 7, 4}, Message: "Unsupported authentication mechanism", } )
var EnhancedCodeNotSet = EnhancedCode{0, 0, 0}
EnhancedCodeNotSet is a nil value of EnhancedCode field in SMTPError, used to indicate that backend failed to provide enhanced status code. X.0.0 will be used (X is derived from error code).
var ErrDataReset = errors.New("smtp: message transmission aborted")
ErrDataReset is returned by Reader pased to Data function if client does not send another BDAT command and instead closes connection or issues RSET command.
var ErrDataTooLarge = &SMTPError{ Code: 552, EnhancedCode: EnhancedCode{5, 3, 4}, Message: "Maximum message size exceeded", }
var ErrServerClosed = errors.New("smtp: server already closed")
var ErrTooLongLine = errors.New("smtp: too long a line in input stream")
var NoEnhancedCode = EnhancedCode{-1, -1, -1}
NoEnhancedCode is used to indicate that enhanced error code should not be included in response.
Note that RFC 2034 requires an enhanced code to be included in all 2xx, 4xx and 5xx responses. This constant is exported for use by extensions, you should probably use EnhancedCodeNotSet instead.
Functions ¶
func SendMail ¶
SendMail connects to the server at addr, switches to TLS, authenticates with the optional SASL client, and then sends an email from address from, to addresses to, with message r. The addr must include a port, as in "mail.example.com:smtp".
The addresses in the to parameter are the SMTP RCPT addresses.
The r parameter should be an RFC 822-style email with headers first, a blank line, and then the message body. The lines of r should be CRLF terminated. The r headers should usually include fields such as "From", "To", "Subject", and "Cc". Sending "Bcc" messages is accomplished by including an email address in the to parameter but not including it in the r headers.
SendMail is intended to be used for very simple use-cases. If you want to customize SendMail's behavior, use a Client instead.
The SendMail function and the go-smtp package are low-level mechanisms and provide no support for DKIM signing (see go-msgauth), MIME attachments (see the mime/multipart package or the go-message package), or other mail functionality.
Example ¶
// Set up authentication information. auth := sasl.NewPlainClient("", "user@example.com", "password") // Connect to the server, authenticate, set the sender and recipient, // and send the email all in one step. to := []string{"recipient@example.net"} msg := strings.NewReader("To: recipient@example.net\r\n" + "Subject: discount Gophers!\r\n" + "\r\n" + "This is the email body.\r\n") err := smtp.SendMail("mail.example.com:25", auth, "sender@example.org", to, msg) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
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Example (PlainAuth) ¶
// hostname is used by PlainAuth to validate the TLS certificate. hostname := "mail.example.com" auth := sasl.NewPlainClient("", "user@example.com", "password") err := smtp.SendMail(hostname+":25", auth, from, recipients, msg) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
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Types ¶
type AuthSession ¶
type AuthSession interface { Session AuthMechanisms() []string Auth(mech string) (sasl.Server, error) }
AuthSession is an add-on interface for Session. It provides support for the AUTH extension.
type BackendFunc ¶
BackendFunc is an adapter to allow the use of an ordinary function as a Backend.
func (BackendFunc) NewSession ¶
func (f BackendFunc) NewSession(c *Conn) (Session, error)
NewSession calls f(c).
type Client ¶
type Client struct { // Time to wait for command responses (this includes 3xx reply to DATA). CommandTimeout time.Duration // Time to wait for responses after final dot. SubmissionTimeout time.Duration // Logger for all network activity. DebugWriter io.Writer // contains filtered or unexported fields }
A Client represents a client connection to an SMTP server.
func Dial ¶
Dial returns a new Client connected to an SMTP server at addr. The addr must include a port, as in "mail.example.com:smtp".
This function returns a plaintext connection. To enable TLS, use DialStartTLS.
Example ¶
// Connect to the remote SMTP server. c, err := smtp.Dial("mail.example.com:25") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Set the sender and recipient first if err := c.Mail("sender@example.org", nil); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if err := c.Rcpt("recipient@example.net", nil); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Send the email body. wc, err := c.Data() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } _, err = fmt.Fprintf(wc, "This is the email body") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } err = wc.Close() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Send the QUIT command and close the connection. err = c.Quit() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
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func DialStartTLS ¶
DialStartTLS retruns a new Client connected to an SMTP server via STARTTLS at addr. The addr must include a port, as in "mail.example.com:smtp".
A nil tlsConfig is equivalent to a zero tls.Config.
func DialTLS ¶
DialTLS returns a new Client connected to an SMTP server via TLS at addr. The addr must include a port, as in "mail.example.com:smtps".
A nil tlsConfig is equivalent to a zero tls.Config.
func NewClient ¶
NewClient returns a new Client using an existing connection and host as a server name to be used when authenticating.
func NewClientLMTP ¶
NewClientLMTP returns a new LMTP Client (as defined in RFC 2033) using an existing connection and host as a server name to be used when authenticating.
func NewClientStartTLS ¶
NewClientStartTLS creates a new Client and performs a STARTTLS command.
func (*Client) Auth ¶
Auth authenticates a client using the provided authentication mechanism. Only servers that advertise the AUTH extension support this function.
If server returns an error, it will be of type *SMTPError.
func (*Client) Data ¶
func (c *Client) Data() (io.WriteCloser, error)
Data issues a DATA command to the server and returns a writer that can be used to write the mail headers and body. The caller should close the writer before calling any more methods on c. A call to Data must be preceded by one or more calls to Rcpt.
If server returns an error, it will be of type *SMTPError.
func (*Client) Extension ¶
Extension reports whether an extension is support by the server. The extension name is case-insensitive. If the extension is supported, Extension also returns a string that contains any parameters the server specifies for the extension.
func (*Client) Hello ¶
Hello sends a HELO or EHLO to the server as the given host name. Calling this method is only necessary if the client needs control over the host name used. The client will introduce itself as "localhost" automatically otherwise. If Hello is called, it must be called before any of the other methods.
If server returns an error, it will be of type *SMTPError.
func (*Client) LMTPData ¶
LMTPData is the LMTP-specific version of the Data method. It accepts a callback that will be called for each status response received from the server.
Status callback will receive a SMTPError argument for each negative server reply and nil for each positive reply. I/O errors will not be reported using callback and instead will be returned by the Close method of io.WriteCloser. Callback will be called for each successfull Rcpt call done before in the same order.
func (*Client) Mail ¶
func (c *Client) Mail(from string, opts *MailOptions) error
Mail issues a MAIL command to the server using the provided email address. If the server supports the 8BITMIME extension, Mail adds the BODY=8BITMIME parameter. This initiates a mail transaction and is followed by one or more Rcpt calls.
If opts is not nil, MAIL arguments provided in the structure will be added to the command. Handling of unsupported options depends on the extension.
If server returns an error, it will be of type *SMTPError.
func (*Client) MaxMessageSize ¶
MaxMessageSize returns the maximum message size accepted by the server. 0 means unlimited.
If the server doesn't convey this information, ok = false is returned.
func (*Client) Noop ¶
Noop sends the NOOP command to the server. It does nothing but check that the connection to the server is okay.
func (*Client) Quit ¶
Quit sends the QUIT command and closes the connection to the server.
If Quit fails the connection is not closed, Close should be used in this case.
func (*Client) Rcpt ¶
func (c *Client) Rcpt(to string, opts *RcptOptions) error
Rcpt issues a RCPT command to the server using the provided email address. A call to Rcpt must be preceded by a call to Mail and may be followed by a Data call or another Rcpt call.
If opts is not nil, RCPT arguments provided in the structure will be added to the command. Handling of unsupported options depends on the extension.
If server returns an error, it will be of type *SMTPError.
func (*Client) Reset ¶
Reset sends the RSET command to the server, aborting the current mail transaction.
func (*Client) SendMail ¶
SendMail will use an existing connection to send an email from address from, to addresses to, with message r.
This function does not start TLS, nor does it perform authentication. Use DialStartTLS and Auth before-hand if desirable.
The addresses in the to parameter are the SMTP RCPT addresses.
The r parameter should be an RFC 822-style email with headers first, a blank line, and then the message body. The lines of r should be CRLF terminated. The r headers should usually include fields such as "From", "To", "Subject", and "Cc". Sending "Bcc" messages is accomplished by including an email address in the to parameter but not including it in the r headers.
func (*Client) SupportsAuth ¶
SupportsAuth checks whether an authentication mechanism is supported.
func (*Client) TLSConnectionState ¶
func (c *Client) TLSConnectionState() (state tls.ConnectionState, ok bool)
TLSConnectionState returns the client's TLS connection state. The return values are their zero values if STARTTLS did not succeed.
func (*Client) Verify ¶
Verify checks the validity of an email address on the server. If Verify returns nil, the address is valid. A non-nil return does not necessarily indicate an invalid address. Many servers will not verify addresses for security reasons.
If server returns an error, it will be of type *SMTPError.
type Conn ¶
type Conn struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
func (*Conn) TLSConnectionState ¶
func (c *Conn) TLSConnectionState() (state tls.ConnectionState, ok bool)
TLSConnectionState returns the connection's TLS connection state. Zero values are returned if the connection doesn't use TLS.
type DSNAddressType ¶
type DSNAddressType string
const ( DSNAddressTypeRFC822 DSNAddressType = "RFC822" DSNAddressTypeUTF8 DSNAddressType = "UTF-8" )
type EnhancedCode ¶
type EnhancedCode [3]int
type LMTPSession ¶
type LMTPSession interface { Session // LMTPData is the LMTP-specific version of Data method. // It can be optionally implemented by the backend to provide // per-recipient status information when it is used over LMTP // protocol. // // LMTPData implementation sets status information using passed // StatusCollector by calling SetStatus once per each AddRcpt // call, even if AddRcpt was called multiple times with // the same argument. SetStatus must not be called after // LMTPData returns. // // Return value of LMTPData itself is used as a status for // recipients that got no status set before using StatusCollector. LMTPData(r io.Reader, status StatusCollector) error }
LMTPSession is an add-on interface for Session. It can be implemented by LMTP servers to provide extra functionality.
type Logger ¶
type Logger interface { Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) Println(v ...interface{}) }
Logger interface is used by Server to report unexpected internal errors.
type MailOptions ¶
type MailOptions struct { // Value of BODY= argument, 7BIT, 8BITMIME or BINARYMIME. Body BodyType // Size of the body. Can be 0 if not specified by client. Size int64 // TLS is required for the message transmission. // // The message should be rejected if it can't be transmitted // with TLS. RequireTLS bool // The message envelope or message header contains UTF-8-encoded strings. // This flag is set by SMTPUTF8-aware (RFC 6531) client. UTF8 bool // Value of RET= argument, FULL or HDRS. Return DSNReturn // Envelope identifier set by the client. EnvelopeID string // Accepted Domain from Exchange Online, e.g. from OutgoingConnector XOORG string // The authorization identity asserted by the message sender in decoded // form with angle brackets stripped. // // nil value indicates missing AUTH, non-nil empty string indicates // AUTH=<>. // // Defined in RFC 4954. Auth *string }
MailOptions contains parameters for the MAIL command.
type RcptOptions ¶
type RcptOptions struct { // Value of NOTIFY= argument, NEVER or a combination of either of // DELAY, FAILURE, SUCCESS. Notify []DSNNotify // Original recipient set by client. OriginalRecipientType DSNAddressType OriginalRecipient string }
RcptOptions contains parameters for the RCPT command.
type SMTPError ¶
type SMTPError struct { Code int EnhancedCode EnhancedCode Message string }
SMTPError specifies the error code, enhanced error code (if any) and message returned by the server.
type Server ¶
type Server struct { // The type of network, "tcp" or "unix". Network string // TCP or Unix address to listen on. Addr string // The server TLS configuration. TLSConfig *tls.Config // Enable LMTP mode, as defined in RFC 2033. LMTP bool Domain string MaxRecipients int MaxMessageBytes int64 MaxLineLength int AllowInsecureAuth bool Debug io.Writer ErrorLog Logger ReadTimeout time.Duration WriteTimeout time.Duration // Advertise SMTPUTF8 (RFC 6531) capability. // Should be used only if backend supports it. EnableSMTPUTF8 bool // Advertise REQUIRETLS (RFC 8689) capability. // Should be used only if backend supports it. EnableREQUIRETLS bool // Advertise BINARYMIME (RFC 3030) capability. // Should be used only if backend supports it. EnableBINARYMIME bool // Advertise DSN (RFC 3461) capability. // Should be used only if backend supports it. EnableDSN bool // Advertise XOORG capability. // Should be used only if backend supports it. EnableXOORG bool // The server backend. Backend Backend // contains filtered or unexported fields }
A SMTP server.
Example ¶
ExampleServer runs an example SMTP server.
It can be tested manually with e.g. netcat:
> netcat -C localhost 1025 EHLO localhost AUTH PLAIN AHVzZXJuYW1lAHBhc3N3b3Jk MAIL FROM:<root@nsa.gov> RCPT TO:<root@gchq.gov.uk> DATA Hey <3 .
package main import ( "errors" "io" "log" "time" "github.com/UPONU-GmbH/go-smtp" "github.com/emersion/go-sasl" ) // The Backend implements SMTP server methods. type Backend struct{} // NewSession is called after client greeting (EHLO, HELO). func (bkd *Backend) NewSession(c *smtp.Conn) (smtp.Session, error) { return &Session{}, nil } // A Session is returned after successful login. type Session struct{} // AuthMechanisms returns a slice of available auth mechanisms; only PLAIN is // supported in this example. func (s *Session) AuthMechanisms() []string { return []string{sasl.Plain} } // Auth is the handler for supported authenticators. func (s *Session) Auth(mech string) (sasl.Server, error) { return sasl.NewPlainServer(func(identity, username, password string) error { if username != "username" || password != "password" { return errors.New("Invalid username or password") } return nil }), nil } func (s *Session) Mail(from string, opts *smtp.MailOptions) error { log.Println("Mail from:", from) return nil } func (s *Session) Rcpt(to string, opts *smtp.RcptOptions) error { log.Println("Rcpt to:", to) return nil } func (s *Session) Data(r io.Reader) error { if b, err := io.ReadAll(r); err != nil { return err } else { log.Println("Data:", string(b)) } return nil } func (s *Session) Reset() {} func (s *Session) Logout() error { return nil } // ExampleServer runs an example SMTP server. // // It can be tested manually with e.g. netcat: // // > netcat -C localhost 1025 // EHLO localhost // AUTH PLAIN // AHVzZXJuYW1lAHBhc3N3b3Jk // MAIL FROM:<root@nsa.gov> // RCPT TO:<root@gchq.gov.uk> // DATA // Hey <3 // . func main() { be := &Backend{} s := smtp.NewServer(be) s.Addr = "localhost:1025" s.Domain = "localhost" s.WriteTimeout = 10 * time.Second s.ReadTimeout = 10 * time.Second s.MaxMessageBytes = 1024 * 1024 s.MaxRecipients = 50 s.AllowInsecureAuth = true log.Println("Starting server at", s.Addr) if err := s.ListenAndServe(); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } }
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func (*Server) Close ¶
Close immediately closes all active listeners and connections.
Close returns any error returned from closing the server's underlying listener(s).
func (*Server) ListenAndServe ¶
ListenAndServe listens on the network address s.Addr and then calls Serve to handle requests on incoming connections.
If s.Addr is blank and LMTP is disabled, ":smtp" is used.
func (*Server) ListenAndServeTLS ¶
ListenAndServeTLS listens on the TCP network address s.Addr and then calls Serve to handle requests on incoming TLS connections.
If s.Addr is blank and LMTP is disabled, ":smtps" is used.
func (*Server) Shutdown ¶
Shutdown gracefully shuts down the server without interrupting any active connections. Shutdown works by first closing all open listeners and then waiting indefinitely for connections to return to idle and then shut down. If the provided context expires before the shutdown is complete, Shutdown returns the context's error, otherwise it returns any error returned from closing the Server's underlying Listener(s).
type Session ¶
type Session interface { // Discard currently processed message. Reset() // Free all resources associated with session. Logout() error // Set return path for currently processed message. Mail(from string, opts *MailOptions) error // Add recipient for currently processed message. Rcpt(to string, opts *RcptOptions) error // Set currently processed message contents and send it. // // r must be consumed before Data returns. Data(r io.Reader) error }
Session is used by servers to respond to an SMTP client.
The methods are called when the remote client issues the matching command.
type StatusCollector ¶
StatusCollector allows a backend to provide per-recipient status information.