# Use code to send email from iOS app

**URL:** <https://forums.kodeco.com/t/use-code-to-send-email-from-ios-app/34989>\
**Category:** iOS\
**Created:** [September 29, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/use-code-to-send-email-from-ios-app/34989 "2017-09-29T02:39:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![brower](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/brower/32/102075_2.png) [@brower](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/brower)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/use-code-to-send-email-from-ios-app/34989/1 "2017-09-29T02:39:59Z")

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How would I use Swift to send email from an app without using MFMailComposeViewController or any UI except perhaps my own?

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**Author:** ![narrativium](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/narrativium/32/110937_2.png) [@narrativium](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/narrativium)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/use-code-to-send-email-from-ios-app/34989/2 "2017-09-29T10:02:31Z")

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You send a message to a webservice which sends the email.

If you’re asking how to send an email from the user’s email address, you use an MFMailComposeViewController.

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**Author:** ![system](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.raywenderlich.com/community/forum-assets/noun-game-ghost-878668.png) [@system](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/use-code-to-send-email-from-ios-app/34989/3 "2018-03-14T18:40:03Z")

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Closed on March 14, 2018, 6:40pm UTC

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