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+# 📃 POSTalion
+
+Lightweight & painless HTML5 form backend
+
+> Ever wanted to simply list a few fields, set an email account and receive emails every time someone submits your HTML5 form?
+> Me too, and that's what POSTalion is for! While there are lots of different services for that usecase, none I tested were able
+> to work independently to be used e. g. with a static site, could receive file uploads and send them as attachments and were
+> well-maintained & up-to-date ([FormTools 😢](https://github.com/formtools/core)). That's why I created POSTalion.
+
+⚠️ This application should not be considered stable and is provided without any guarantees
+
+## Features
+
+- accepting HTML5 POST forms
+- sending emails using a SMTP server
+  - Go HTML templates for emails
+  - attachment support
+  - pre-configure multiple email accounts
+  - formatted replyTo and subject fields
+- adding vCard contacts through a CardDav server
+
+## Configuration
+
+See `example.postalion.yml` for an example.
+
+## Usage
+
+Building:
+
+`go build -o postalion .`
+
+There is also a Docker image under `ghcr.io/denyskon/postalion:latest`