cmd/web/main.go

@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	defer db.SQL.Close()
-	defer close(app.MailChan)
 
-	fmt.Println("Starting mail listener...")
-	listenForMail()
 	fmt.Printf("Starting application on port %s\n", portNumber)
 
 	srv := &http.Server{
@@ -55,17 +52,6 @@ func run() (*driver.DB, error) {
 	gob.Register(models.Room{})
 	gob.Register(models.Restriction{})
 
-	mailChan := make(chan models.MailData)
-	app.MailChan = mailChan
-
-	msg := models.MailData{
-		To:      "John@do.do",
-		From:    "me@here.com",
-		Subject: "mail",
-		Content: "Hello, <strong>world</strong>",
-	}
-	app.MailChan <- msg
-
 	// change this to true when in production
 	app.InProduction = false
 

cmd/web/send-mail.go

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/models"
-	"log"
-	"time"
-
-	mail "github.com/xhit/go-simple-mail"
-)
-
-func listenForMail() {
-	go func() {
-		for {
-			msg := <-app.MailChan
-			sendMsg(msg)
-		}
-	}()
-}
-
-func sendMsg(m models.MailData) {
-	server := mail.NewSMTPClient()
-	server.Host = "localhost"
-	server.Port = 1025 // fake port
-	server.KeepAlive = false
-	server.ConnectTimeout = 10 * time.Second
-	server.SendTimeout = 10 * time.Second
-
-	client, err := server.Connect()
-	if err != nil {
-		errorLog.Println(err)
-	}
-
-	email := mail.NewMSG()
-	email.SetFrom(m.From).AddTo(m.To).SetSubject(m.Subject)
-	email.SetBody(mail.TextHTML, m.Content)
-
-	err = email.Send(client)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Println(err)
-	} else {
-		log.Println("Email sent")
-	}
-}

go.mod

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2
 	github.com/jackc/pgconn v1.14.3
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0
-	github.com/xhit/go-simple-mail v2.2.2+incompatible
 )
 
 require (

go.sum

@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81P
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-github.com/xhit/go-simple-mail v2.2.2+incompatible h1:Hm2VGfLqiQJ/NnC8SYsrPOPyVYIlvP2kmnotP4RIV74=
-github.com/xhit/go-simple-mail v2.2.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:I8Ctg6vIJZ+Sv7k/22M6oeu/tbFumDY0uxBuuLbtU7Y=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0 h1:ypSNr+bnYL2YhwoMt2zPxHFmbAN1KZs/njMG3hxUp30=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0/go.mod h1:T+wALwcMOSE0kXgUAnPAHqTLW+XHgcELELW8VaDgm/M=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=

internal/config/config.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package config
 
 import (
-	"go-udemy-web-1/internal/models"
 	"html/template"
 	"log"
 
@@ -16,5 +15,4 @@ type AppConfig struct {
 	InfoLog       *log.Logger
 	ErrorLog      *log.Logger
 	Session       *scs.SessionManager
-	MailChan      chan models.MailData
 }

internal/models/models.go

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package models
 
-import (
-	"time"
-)
+import "time"
 
 // User is the user model
 type User struct {
@@ -60,11 +58,3 @@ type RoomRestriction struct {
 	ReservationID int
 	RestrictionID int
 }
-
-// MailData holds an email message
-type MailData struct {
-	To      string
-	From    string
-	Subject string
-	Content string
-}

test_connect/main.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"net/smtp"
 	"os"
 
 	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
@@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ 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