= Pony Express

A fast and lightweight ruby mailer based on http://github.com/benprew/pony. For a more
historical perspective read  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express.

== Installation

  sudo apt-get install libmimetic-dev
  sudo apt-get install libpcre++-dev
  sudo gem install pony-express

=== Dependencies

* Ruby >= 1.9.1
* rubygems >= 1.3.5
* ruby development libraries             (debian: ruby1.9.1-dev)
* mimetic >= 0.9.6 development libraries (debian: libmimetic-dev)
* pcre++ development libraries           (debian: libpcre++-dev)

== Usage

  require "pony-express"
  mail = PonyExpress::Mail.new to: "burns@plant.local", from: "homer@home.local", via: "sendmail"
  mail.add subject: "Hello Mr.Burns", text: "Can I have more donuts ?", html: "<strong>More Dooooonuuuuts!</strong>"
  mail.add attachments: [ "/home/homer/donuts.png" ]
  mail.dispatch

Don't want to create new mail objects ? Just pass in all options to PonyExpress.mail

  PonyExpress.mail to: "burns@plant.local", from: "homer@home.local", ...

== Testing

  require "pony-express"
  require "pony-express/test"
  mail = PonyExpress::Mail.new to: "burns@plant.local", from: "homer@home.local", via: "sendmail"
  mail.add subject: "Hello Mr.Burns", text: "Can I have more donuts ?"
  mail.dispatch
  assert_equal 1, PonyExpress::Test.mailbox.length

== TODO

* Build a rainbow machine and rope in some unicorns.

== Won't Do

* Support for Ruby 1.8 or Rubinius or JRuby
* MIME parsing. If you need a full blown mail library have a look at the mail gem.

== License

GNU GPLv3, so its free and comes with no guarantees. If it brings down your website or burns down your house, I will
not be held responsible. Use it at your own risk. You can read all about GNU here: http://www.gnu.org and
GNU GPLv3 here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.