Initial take on sending an email from Jekyll

Gemfile

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 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem 'github-pages'
+gem 'netrc'

Gemfile.lock

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     mini_portile (0.6.2)
     minitest (5.7.0)
     net-dns (0.8.0)
+    netrc (0.10.3)
     nokogiri (1.6.6.2)
       mini_portile (~> 0.6.0)
     parslet (1.5.0)
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   github-pages
+  netrc
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    1.10.3

_plugins/email_newsletter.rb

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+require 'jekyll'
+require 'net/smtp'
+require 'netrc'
+require 'pp'
+
+class EmailNewsletter < Jekyll::Generator
+  SMTP_SERVER = "mail.messagingengine.com"
+  NETRC_PATH = File.expand_path("~/.authinfo")
+
+  def generate(site)
+    netrc = Netrc.read(NETRC_PATH)[SMTP_SERVER]
+    if netrc.nil?
+      warn("Missing credentials for #{SMTP_SERVER} in #{NETRC_PATH}. Will not attempt to email newsletter.")
+      return nil
+    end
+    user, pass = netrc
+    smtp = Net::SMTP.new("mail.messagingengine.com", 465)
+    smtp.enable_tls
+    letters = site.categories["tinyletter"]
+    letters.select(&:published?).each do |post|
+      smtp.start("markwunsch.com", user, pass, :plain) do |mail|
+        # This is the scaffolding for determining how to send an email over
+        # smtp in a similar fashion to publishing to tumblr.
+        # We select all the non-published letters. Similarly to the tumblr_id
+        # field, we identify published letters by having a message_id.
+        # We generate message_ids, email them, and abort on successful sends.
+        # Easy peasy.
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

tinyletter/_drafts/testing.md

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+---
+title: "hi?"
+---
+
+Testing testing testing