import "net/mail"
Package mail implements parsing of mail messages.
For the most part, this package follows the syntax as specified by RFC 5322 and extended by RFC 6532. Notable divergences:
* Obsolete address formats are not parsed, including addresses with embedded route information. * The full range of spacing (the CFWS syntax element) is not supported, such as breaking addresses across lines. * No unicode normalization is performed. * The special characters ()[]:;@\, are allowed to appear unquoted in names.
var ErrHeaderNotPresent = errors.New("mail: header not in message")
func ParseDate(date string) (time.Time, error)
ParseDate parses an RFC 5322 date string.
type Address struct {
Name string // Proper name; may be empty.
Address string // user@domain
}
Address represents a single mail address. An address such as "Barry Gibbs <bg@example.com>" is represented as Address{Name: "Barry Gibbs", Address: "bg@example.com"}.
func ParseAddress(address string) (*Address, error)
ParseAddress parses a single RFC 5322 address, e.g. "Barry Gibbs <bg@example.com>"
Code:
e, err := mail.ParseAddress("Alice <alice@example.com>")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(e.Name, e.Address)
Output:
Alice alice@example.com
func ParseAddressList(list string) ([]*Address, error)
ParseAddressList parses the given string as a list of addresses.
Code:
const list = "Alice <alice@example.com>, Bob <bob@example.com>, Eve <eve@example.com>"
emails, err := mail.ParseAddressList(list)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
for _, v := range emails {
fmt.Println(v.Name, v.Address)
}
Output:
Alice alice@example.com Bob bob@example.com Eve eve@example.com
func (a *Address) String() string
String formats the address as a valid RFC 5322 address. If the address's name contains non-ASCII characters the name will be rendered according to RFC 2047.
type AddressParser struct {
// WordDecoder optionally specifies a decoder for RFC 2047 encoded-words.
WordDecoder *mime.WordDecoder
}
An AddressParser is an RFC 5322 address parser.
func (p *AddressParser) Parse(address string) (*Address, error)
Parse parses a single RFC 5322 address of the form "Gogh Fir <gf@example.com>" or "foo@example.com".
func (p *AddressParser) ParseList(list string) ([]*Address, error)
ParseList parses the given string as a list of comma-separated addresses of the form "Gogh Fir <gf@example.com>" or "foo@example.com".
type Header map[string][]string
A Header represents the key-value pairs in a mail message header.
func (h Header) AddressList(key string) ([]*Address, error)
AddressList parses the named header field as a list of addresses.
func (h Header) Date() (time.Time, error)
Date parses the Date header field.
func (h Header) Get(key string) string
Get gets the first value associated with the given key. It is case insensitive; CanonicalMIMEHeaderKey is used to canonicalize the provided key. If there are no values associated with the key, Get returns "". To access multiple values of a key, or to use non-canonical keys, access the map directly.
type Message struct {
Header Header
Body io.Reader
}
A Message represents a parsed mail message.
func ReadMessage(r io.Reader) (msg *Message, err error)
ReadMessage reads a message from r. The headers are parsed, and the body of the message will be available for reading from msg.Body.
Code:
msg := `Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2015 11:40:36 -0400
From: Gopher <from@example.com>
To: Another Gopher <to@example.com>
Subject: Gophers at Gophercon
Message body
`
r := strings.NewReader(msg)
m, err := mail.ReadMessage(r)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
header := m.Header
fmt.Println("Date:", header.Get("Date"))
fmt.Println("From:", header.Get("From"))
fmt.Println("To:", header.Get("To"))
fmt.Println("Subject:", header.Get("Subject"))
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(m.Body)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Printf("%s", body)
Output:
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2015 11:40:36 -0400 From: Gopher <from@example.com> To: Another Gopher <to@example.com> Subject: Gophers at Gophercon Message body