Sending a simple email

This recipe will give you a brief description on how to use the standard library to connect to the SMTP server and send an email.

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will use a Google Gmail account to send the email message. With a few configurations, this recipe will be useful for other SMTP servers as well.

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter07/recipe10.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the smtp.go file with the following content:

        package main

        import (
          "crypto/tls"
          "fmt...