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+# EditorConfig helps developers define and maintain consistent
+# coding styles between different editors and IDEs
+# editorconfig.org
+
+root = true
+
+
+[*]
+
+# Change these settings to your own preference
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+
+# We recommend you to keep these unchanged
+end_of_line = lf
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[*.md]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
+
+[*.yml]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
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+
+.idea/
+*.iml
+target/
+
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+# Mail Module for asynchronous mail shipping
+
+Persists the mail in a database and configures a scheduled task to actually send it.
+This module is auto configured and depends on spring mail.
+
+Currently only MongoDB is supported. For other databases implement the `MailStorage` interface.
+
+## Installation
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>de.upsource</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-mailing</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+## Configuration
+See spring mail configuration. 
+
+<http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/boot-features-email.html>
+
+It uses the default ThreadPoolTaskScheduler which comes by default with only one thread. 
+To configure the scheduler define a configuration class which implements `SchedulingConfigurer`.
+For example:
+
+    @Configuration
+    @EnableScheduling
+    @Profile("!test")
+    public class TaskExecutionConfig implements SchedulingConfigurer {
+    
+        @Override
+        public void configureTasks(ScheduledTaskRegistrar taskRegistrar) {
+            ThreadPoolTaskScheduler threadPoolTaskScheduler = new ThreadPoolTaskScheduler();
+            threadPoolTaskScheduler.setPoolSize(3);
+            threadPoolTaskScheduler.initialize();
+            taskRegistrar.setTaskScheduler(threadPoolTaskScheduler);
+        }
+    }
+
+## Usage
+
+Define a Mailer class in your project and inject the `MailService`.
+
+    @Component
+    public class MyMailer {
+    
+        private final MailService mailService;
+        private final TemplateEngine templateEngine;
+        private final MessageSource messageSource;
+    
+        @Autowired
+        public MyMailer(MailService mailService, TemplateEngine templateEngine, Environment environment, MessageSource messageSource) {
+            this.mailService = mailService;
+            this.templateEngine = templateEngine;
+            this.messageSource = messageSource;
+        }
+    
+        public void sendMail() {
+    
+            Context ctx = createContext();
+    
+            try {
+                String subject = createSubject();
+                String content = createContent(ctx);
+    
+                MimeMessage mimeMessage = mailService.createMimeMessage(subject, from, to, content, true);
+    
+                mailService.scheduleMail(mimeMessage);
+    
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.error("Could not create mail!", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }