diff --git a/README b/README
index a21f810..0b19521 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ gobyexample.com signups
 
 = topics
 * gzip
-* sending email
 * listing files
 * regular expressions
 * json parsing/unparsing
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ gobyexample.com signups
 * https server
 * https client
 * buffered io
-* wait group
 * tcp proxy
 * http streaming server
 * http streaming client
diff --git a/src/xx-email.go b/src/xx-email.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c2e433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/xx-email.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"net/smtp"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	auth := smtp.PlainAuth(
+		"",
+		"mark@heroku.com",
+		"xxx",
+		"smtp.gmail.com",
+	)
+
+	err := smtp.SendMail(
+		"smtp.gmail.com:25",
+		auth,
+		"mark+sent@heroku.com",
+		[]string{"mark@heroku.com"},
+		[]byte("The Subject\r\n\r\nThe Body"),
+	)
+	if err != nil { panic(err) }
+}
+
+// missing subject, cc, bcc, attachements, plain/multi-type emails
+// https://github.com/mtoader/google-go-lang-idea-plugin/issues/112