# GoCryptoTrader package Smtpservice
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This smtpservice package is part of the GoCryptoTrader codebase.
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## SMSGlobal Communications package
### What is SMTP?
+ Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard for electronic mail (email) transmission
+ Please visit: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol) for more information
### Current Features
+ Sending of events to a list of recipients via email
### How to enable
+ [Enable via configuration](https://github.com/thrasher-corp/gocryptotrader/tree/master/config#enable-communications-via-config-example)
+ Individual package example below:
```go
import (
"github.com/thrasher-corp/gocryptotrader/communications/smtpservice"
"github.com/thrasher-corp/gocryptotrader/config"
)
s := new(smtpservice.SMTPservice)
// Define SMTPservice configuration
commsConfig := config.CommunicationsConfig{SMTPservice: config.SMTPConfig{
Name: "SMTPservice",
Enabled: true,
Verbose: false,
Host: "host",
Port: "port",
AccountName: "name",
AccountPassword: "password",
RecipientList: "something@something.com,somethingelse@something.com"
}}
s.Setup(commsConfig)
err := s.Connect
// Handle error
```
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