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+**09.02.2020: mailug has moved to the attic!**
+
+Mailhug is an SMTP sink for testing e-mail services. It is similar to
+[mailhog](https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog),
+[maildev](https://github.com/maildev/maildev), and a bunch of others. The key
+differentiator to these services is that it is written in Rust, making it
+extremely resource efficient. Mailhug is, in theory, able to handle giant loads
+of e-mail on resource constraint hardware without even blinking. In addition,
+mailhug features a REST API with a React interface - all in a single binary and
+therefore simple to deploy.
+
+Some first tests were promising. However, mailhug never really got anywhere and
+I lost interest. There are many alternatives to choose from, which are more
+mature and fine for any realistic workload. 
+
+For all these reasons mailhug had to move to the attic. :broken_heart: