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Inspired by [MailCatcher](http://mailcatcher.me/), easier to install.

Go-MailHog is a rewritten version of [MailHog](https://github.com/ian-kent/MailHog), which was born out of [M3MTA](https://github.com/ian-kent/M3MTA).

Go was chosen for portability - MailHog runs without installation on multiple platforms.

### Requirements

* None!

### Getting started

1. Either:
  * [Download the latest release](RELEASES.md) of Go-MailHog for your platform
  * [Read the deployment guide](DEPLOY.md) for other deployment options
2. [Configure MailHog](CONFIG.md), or use the default settings:
  * the SMTP server will start on port 1025
  * the HTTP server will start on port 8025
  * in-memory message storage will be used.

### Features

* ESMTP server implementing RFC5321
* Support for SMTP AUTH (RFC4954) and PIPELINING (RFC2920)
* Web interface to view messages (plain text, HTML or source)
  * Supports RFC2047 encoded headers
* Real-time updates using EventSource
* Release messages to real SMTP servers
* Chaos Monkey for failure testing
  * See [Introduction to Jim](JIM.md) for more information
* HTTP API to list, retrieve and delete messages
  * See [APIv1 documentation](APIv1.md) for more information
* Multipart MIME support
* Download individual MIME parts
* In-memory message storage
* MongoDB storage for message persistence
* Lightweight and portable
* No installation required

![Screenshot of MailHog web interface](/images/MailHog.png "MailHog web interface")

### Contributing

Clone this repository to ```$GOPATH/src/github.com/ian-kent/Go-MailHog``` and type ```make deps```.

See the [Building MailHog](BUILD.md) guide.

Requires Go 1.2+ to build.

Run tests using ```make test``` or ```goconvey```.

If you make any changes, run ```go fmt ./...``` before submitting a pull request.

### Licence

Copyright ©‎ 2014, Ian Kent (http://www.iankent.eu).

Released under MIT license, see [LICENSE](LICENSE.md) for details.