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Erlang SMTP library

======================================= esmtp - A simple SMTP client for Erlang

esmtp is a simple OTP application providing a way to send emails (and attachments) from erlang systems.

Configuration

The esmtp application is configured with OTP application configuration env variables.

smarthost This is a tuple giving the hostname and port of the smtp server to send mail via. This will usually be a local smtp server on port 25. default_from This is the default From address to use on outgoing mail if a From address is not supplied. login The SMTP AUTH credentials to use. Either 'no_login' when not using SMTP AUTH (default) or {Username::string(),Password::string()}.

Example

system.config::

[{esmtp, [{smarthost, {"localhost", 25}} ,{default_from, "Erlang/OTP erlang@localhost"}]}].

gmail.config::

[{esmtp, [{smarthost, {"smtp.gmail.com", 465}} ,{login, {"[email protected]","yourpassword"}} ,{default_from, "Erlang pretending to be [email protected]"}]}].