MailMan is a Visual Studio Code extension that allows you to view emails from a MailHog server directly within the editor. It provides a tree view of your emails and allows you to view the full content of each email in a webview.
This extension is not affiliated with or endorsed by the official MailHog project. It is an independent tool designed to work with the MailHog server for email viewing.
Features
Fetch emails from a MailHog server.
View email content with HTML formatting.
Support for quoted-printable encoded emails.
Easily refresh emails from the sidebar.
Display basic email metadata such as sender, recipient, subject, and date.
Installation
Install the extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace or manually from the .vsix file.
Ensure that MailHog is running locally on http://localhost:8025.
Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS) and search for MailMan.
Use the available commands:
MailMan: Refresh Emails - Refreshes the list of emails from MailHog.
MailMan: View Email - Opens the selected email in a webview.
Usage
After installation, a new MailMan view will be available in the sidebar.
Click the refresh button to load emails from the MailHog server.
Click on an email to open and view its content.
Requirements
MailHog server running locally at http://localhost:8025.
Extension Commands
Command
Description
mailman.refreshEmails
Refreshes the email list
mailman.viewEmail
Opens an email in a webview
Known Issues
Email body formatting may vary depending on the content type of the email.
Currently supports fetching emails only from a local MailHog instance.
