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+# Lettre Examples
+
+This folder contains examples showing how to use lettre in your own projects.
+
+## Examples
+- [smtp.rs] - Send an email using a local SMTP daemon on port 25 as a relay.
+- [smtp_tls.rs] - Send an email over SMTP encrypted with TLS and authenticating with username and password.
+- [smtp_starttls.rs] - Send an email over SMTP with STARTTLS and authenticating with username and password.
+- [smtp_selfsigned.rs] - Send an email over SMTP encrypted with TLS using a self-signed certificate and authenticating with username and password.
+- The [smtp_tls.rs] and [smtp_starttls.rs] examples also feature `async`hronous implementations powered by [Tokio](https://tokio.rs/).
+  These files are prefixed with `tokio02_` or `tokio03_`.
+
+[smtp.rs]: ./smtp.rs
+[smtp_tls.rs]: ./smtp_tls.rs
+[smtp_starttls.rs]: ./smtp_starttls.rs
+[smtp_selfsigned.rs]: ./smtp_selfsigned.rs