Struct Mailer

pub struct Mailer {
    pub username: String,
    pub password: String,
    pub smtp_server: String,
}

Struct used to handle sending emails via a auth smtp server (completely for free)

Fields

username: String

password: String

smtp_server: String

Implementations

impl Mailer

pub fn new(username: String, password: String, smtp_server: String) -> Self

Creates a new Mailer instance

Arguments

• username - The username of (ideally) the sender
• password - The password associated with the email account
• smtp_server - The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server (i.e gmail, etc)

pub fn send(&self, to: &str, from: &str, subject: &str, text: &str, html: &str)

Send a email (completely for free) with the provided sender and recipient as well as subject + body text + html

Emails will only be sent if the following are all true (1) - The provided Mailer.username is a valid email registered on the specified smtp_server (2) - The email password is correct (if using gmail you will want to see this: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en)

Arguments

• to - a string slice that holds the email address of the intended recipient
• from - a string slice that specifies the email address of the sender
• subject - subject field of the email
• text - text content of the email
• html - html content of the email

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for Mailer

fn clone(&self) -> Mailer

Returns a duplicate of the value.

const fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.