sending mails using standard lib

test_connect/main.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"net/smtp"
 	"os"
 
 	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer conn.Close()
 
+	// Send test email
+	from := "me@here.com"
+	auth := smtp.PlainAuth("", from, "", "localhost")
+	_ = smtp.SendMail("localhost:1025", auth, from, []string{"you@there.com"}, []byte("Hello world"))
+
 	log.Println("Connected to database!")
 
 	// test my connection