Merge 46cf2ed498 into 627216425f

2024-11-22 22:00:49 +01:00 · 2024-10-01 06:26:51 +02:00
50 changed files with 1076 additions and 5820 deletions
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ freebsd_task:
        image_family: freebsd-14-0

  env:
+    TEST_ALLOW_SEND: 0
    TEST_SKIP_SENDMAIL: 1

  pkginstall_script:
+    - pkg update -f
    - pkg install -y go

  test_script:
-    - go test -race -cover -shuffle=on ./...
+    - go test -v -race -cover -shuffle=on ./...
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
    paths:
      - '**.go'
      - 'go.*'
-      - '.github/workflows/codecov.yml'
+      - '.github/**'
      - 'codecov.yml'
  pull_request:
    branches:
@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
    paths:
      - '**.go'
      - 'go.*'
-      - '.github/workflows/codecov.yml'
+      - '.github/**'
      - 'codecov.yml'
 env:
  TEST_HOST: ${{ secrets.TEST_HOST }}
@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ env:
  TEST_SMTPAUTH_USER: ${{ secrets.TEST_USER }}
  TEST_SMTPAUTH_PASS: ${{ secrets.TEST_PASS }}
  TEST_SMTPAUTH_TYPE: "LOGIN"
-  TEST_ONLINE_SCRAM: "1"
-  TEST_HOST_SCRAM: ${{ secrets.TEST_HOST_SCRAM }}
-  TEST_USER_SCRAM: ${{ secrets.TEST_USER_SCRAM }}
-  TEST_PASS_SCRAM: ${{ secrets.TEST_PASS_SCRAM }}
 permissions:
  contents: read

@ -40,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        go: ['1.23']
+        go: ['1.19', '1.20', '1.23']
    steps:
    - name: Harden Runner
      uses: step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
@ -59,9 +55,9 @@ jobs:
        sudo apt-get -y install sendmail; which sendmail
    - name: Run Tests
      run: |
-        go test -race --coverprofile=coverage.coverprofile --covermode=atomic ./...
+        go test -v -race --coverprofile=coverage.coverprofile --covermode=atomic ./...
    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
      if: success() && matrix.go == '1.23' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@b9fd7d16f6d7d1b5d2bec1a2887e65ceed900238 # v4.6.0
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@e28ff129e5465c2c0dcc6f003fc735cb6ae0c673 # v4.5.0
      with:
        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # not required for public repos
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:

    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@c36620d31ac7c881962c3d9dd939c40ec9434f2b # v3.26.12
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@e2b3eafc8d227b0241d48be5f425d47c2d750a13 # v3.26.10
      with:
        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
    - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@c36620d31ac7c881962c3d9dd939c40ec9434f2b # v3.26.12
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@e2b3eafc8d227b0241d48be5f425d47c2d750a13 # v3.26.10

    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ jobs:
    #   make release

    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@c36620d31ac7c881962c3d9dd939c40ec9434f2b # v3.26.12
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@e2b3eafc8d227b0241d48be5f425d47c2d750a13 # v3.26.10
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
          go-version: '1.23'
      - uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
      - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@971e284b6050e8a5849b72094c50ab08da042db8 # v6.1.1
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@aaa42aa0628b4ae2578232a66b541047968fac86 # v6.1.0
        with:
          # Optional: version of golangci-lint to use in form of v1.2 or v1.2.3 or `latest` to use the latest version
          version: latest
--- a/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml
@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ jobs:
      with:
        egress-policy: audit
    - name: Run govulncheck
-      uses: golang/govulncheck-action@b625fbe08f3bccbe446d94fbf87fcc875a4f50ee # v1.0.4
+      uses: golang/govulncheck-action@dd0578b371c987f96d1185abb54344b44352bd58 # v1.0.3
--- a/.github/workflows/offline-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/offline-tests.yml
@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Winni Neessen <winni@neessen.dev>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
-
-name: Offline tests workflow
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-    paths:
-      - '**.go'
-      - 'go.*'
-      - '.github/workflows/offline-tests.yml'
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-    paths:
-      - '**.go'
-      - 'go.*'
-      - '.github/workflows/offline-tests.yml'
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  run:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        go: ['1.19', '1.20', '1.21', '1.22', '1.23']
-    steps:
-    - name: Harden Runner
-      uses: step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
-      with:
-        egress-policy: audit
-
-    - name: Checkout Code
-      uses: actions/checkout@61b9e3751b92087fd0b06925ba6dd6314e06f089 # master
-    - name: Setup go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
-      with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
-    - name: Run Tests
-      run: |
-        go test -race -shuffle=on ./...
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
      # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
      # format to the repository Actions tab.
      - name: "Upload artifact"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@84480863f228bb9747b473957fcc9e309aa96097 # v4.4.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@50769540e7f4bd5e21e526ee35c689e35e0d6874 # v4.4.0
        with:
          name: SARIF file
          path: results.sarif
@ -75,6 +75,6 @@ jobs:

      # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
      - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@c36620d31ac7c881962c3d9dd939c40ec9434f2b # v3.26.12
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e2b3eafc8d227b0241d48be5f425d47c2d750a13 # v3.26.10
        with:
          sarif_file: results.sarif
--- a/.github/workflows/sonarqube.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonarqube.yml
@ -10,18 +10,17 @@ permissions:
 on:
  push:
    branches:
-      - main
-    paths:
-      - '**.go'
-      - 'go.*'
-      - '.github/workflows/sonarqube.yml'
+      - main # or the name of your main branch
  pull_request:
    branches:
-      - main
-    paths:
-      - '**.go'
-      - 'go.*'
-      - '.github/workflows/sonarqube.yml'
+      - main # or the name of your main branch
+env:
+  TEST_HOST: ${{ secrets.TEST_HOST }}
+  TEST_FROM: ${{ secrets.TEST_USER }}
+  TEST_ALLOW_SEND: "1"
+  TEST_SMTPAUTH_USER: ${{ secrets.TEST_USER }}
+  TEST_SMTPAUTH_PASS: ${{ secrets.TEST_PASS }}
+  TEST_SMTPAUTH_TYPE: "LOGIN"
 jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
@ -39,11 +38,11 @@ jobs:
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
        with:
-          go-version: '1.23'
+          go-version: '1.23.x'
          
      - name: Run unit Tests
        run: |
-          go test -shuffle=on -race --coverprofile=./cov.out ./...
+          go test -v -race --coverprofile=./cov.out ./...

      - uses: sonarsource/sonarqube-scan-action@884b79409bbd464b2a59edc326a4b77dc56b2195 # master
        env:
--- a/.reuse/dep5
+++ b/.reuse/dep5
@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: go-mail
+Upstream-Contact: Winni Neessen <winni@neessen.dev>
+Source: https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail
+
+# Sample paragraph, commented out:
+#
+# Files: src/*
+# Copyright: $YEAR $NAME <$CONTACT>
+# License: ...
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -18,41 +18,40 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0

 <p align="center"><img src="./assets/gopher2.svg" width="250" alt="go-mail logo"/></p>

-The main idea of this library was to provide a simple interface for sending mails to
+The main idea of this library was to provide a simple interface to sending mails for
 my [JS-Mailer](https://github.com/wneessen/js-mailer) project. It quickly evolved into a full-fledged mail library.

-go-mail follows idiomatic Go style and best practice. It has a small dependency footprint by mainly relying on the
-Go Standard Library and the Go extended packages. It combines a lot of functionality from the standard library to 
-give easy and convenient access to mail and SMTP related tasks.
+go-mail follows idiomatic Go style and best practice. It's only dependency is the Go Standard Library. It combines a lot
+of functionality from the standard library to give easy and convenient access to mail and SMTP related tasks.

-In the early days, parts of this library (especially some parts of [msgwriter.go](msgwriter.go)) had been 
-forked/ported from [go-mail/mail](https://github.com/go-mail/mail) and respectively [go-gomail/gomail](https://github.com/go-gomail/gomail). Today
-most of the ported code has been refactored.
+Parts of this library (especially some parts of [msgwriter.go](msgwriter.go)) have been forked/ported from the
+[go-mail/mail](https://github.com/go-mail/mail) respectively [go-gomail/gomail](https://github.com/go-gomail/gomail)
+which both seems to not be maintained anymore.

-The `smtp` package of go-mail has been forked from the original Go stdlib's `net/smtp` package and has then been extended 
-by the go-mail team to fit the packages needs (more SMTP Auth methods, logging, concurrency-safety, etc.).
+The smtp package of go-mail is forked from the original Go stdlib's `net/smtp` and then extended by the go-mail
+team.

 ## Features

-Here are some highlights of go-mail's featureset:
+Some of the features of this library:

-* [X] Very small dependency footprint (mainly Go Stdlib and Go extended packages)
+* [X] Only Standard Library dependant
 * [X] Modern, idiomatic Go
 * [X] Sane and secure defaults
 * [X] Explicit SSL/TLS support
 * [X] Implicit StartTLS support with different policies
 * [X] Makes use of contexts for a better control flow and timeout/cancelation handling
-* [X] SMTP Auth support (LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD, XOAUTH2, SCRAM-SHA-1(-PLUS), SCRAM-SHA-256(-PLUS))
+* [X] SMTP Auth support (LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD, XOAUTH2)
 * [X] RFC5322 compliant mail address validation
 * [X] Support for common mail header field generation (Message-ID, Date, Bulk-Precedence, Priority, etc.)
-* [X] Concurrency-safe reusing the same SMTP connection to send multiple mails
+* [X] Reusing the same SMTP connection to send multiple mails
 * [X] Support for attachments and inline embeds (from file system, `io.Reader` or `embed.FS`)
 * [X] Support for different encodings
 * [X] Middleware support for 3rd-party libraries to alter mail messages
 * [X] Support sending mails via a local sendmail command
 * [X] Support for requestng MDNs (RFC 8098) and DSNs (RFC 1891)
 * [X] DKIM signature support via [go-mail-middlware](https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail-middleware)
-* [X] Message object satisfies `io.WriterTo` and `io.Reader` interfaces
+* [X] Message object satisfies `io.WriteTo` and `io.Reader` interfaces
 * [X] Support for Go's `html/template` and `text/template` (as message body, alternative part or attachment/emebed)
 * [X] Output to file support which allows storing mail messages as e. g. `.eml` files to disk to open them in a MUA
 * [X] Debug logging of SMTP traffic
@ -77,8 +76,7 @@ We guarantee that go-mail will always support the last four releases of Go. With
 the user a timeframe of two years to update to the next or even the latest version of Go.

 ## Support
-We have a support and general discussion channel on Discord. Find us at: [#go-mail](https://discord.gg/dbfQyC4s) alternatively find us
-on the [Gophers Slack](https://gophers.slack.com) in #go-mail
+We have a support and general discussion channel on Discord. Find us at: [#go-mail](https://discord.gg/dbfQyC4s)

 ## Middleware
 The goal of go-mail is to keep it free from 3rd party dependencies and only focus on things a mail library should
@ -101,18 +99,15 @@ We provide example code in both our GoDocs as well as on our official Website (s
 check out our [Getting started](https://go-mail.dev/getting-started/introduction/) guide.

 ## Authors/Contributors
-go-mail was initially created and developed by [Winni Neessen](https://github.com/wneessen/), but over time a lot of amazing people 
-contributed ot the project. Big thanks to all of them for improving the go-mail project (be it writing code, testing
-code, reviewing code, writing documenation or helping to translate the website):
+go-mail was initially authored and developed by [Winni Neessen](https://github.com/wneessen/).

-<a href="https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/graphs/contributors">
-  <img src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=wneessen/go-mail" />
-</a>
-
-A huge thank you also goes to [Maria Letta](https://github.com/MariaLetta) for designing our super cool go-mail logo!
-
-## Sponsors
-We sincerely thank our amazing sponsors for their generous support! Your contributions do not go unnoticed and helps
-keeping up the project!
-
-* [kolaente](https://github.com/kolaente)
+Big thanks to the following people, for contributing to the go-mail project (either in form of code or by 
+reviewing code, writing documenation or helping to translate the website):
+* [Christian Vette](https://github.com/cvette)
+* [Dhia Gharsallaoui](https://github.com/dhia-gharsallaoui)
+* [inliquid](https://github.com/inliquid) 
+* [iwittkau](https://github.com/iwittkau)
+* [James Elliott](https://github.com/james-d-elliott)
+* [Maria Letta](https://github.com/MariaLetta) (designed the go-mail logo)
+* [Nicola Murino](https://github.com/drakkan)
+* [sters](https://github.com/sters)
--- a/REUSE.toml
+++ b/REUSE.toml
@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2024 The go-mail Authors
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-version = 1
-SPDX-PackageName = "go-mail"
-SPDX-PackageSupplier = "Winni Neessen <winni@neessen.dev>"
-SPDX-PackageDownloadLocation = "https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail"
-annotations = []
--- a/auth.go
+++ b/auth.go
@ -6,131 +6,41 @@ package mail

 import "errors"

-// SMTPAuthType is a type wrapper for a string type. It represents the type of SMTP authentication
-// mechanism to be used.
+// SMTPAuthType represents a string to any SMTP AUTH type
 type SMTPAuthType string

+// Supported SMTP AUTH types
 const (
-	// SMTPAuthCramMD5 is the "CRAM-MD5" SASL authentication mechanism as described in RFC 4954.
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4954/
-	//
-	// CRAM-MD5 is not secure by modern standards. The vulnerabilities of MD5 and the lack of
-	// advanced security features make it inappropriate for protecting sensitive communications
-	// today.
-	//
-	// It was recommended to deprecate the standard in 20 November 2008. As an alternative it
-	// recommends e.g. SCRAM or SASL Plain protected by TLS instead.
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-sasl-crammd5-to-historic-00.html
+	// SMTPAuthCramMD5 is the "CRAM-MD5" SASL authentication mechanism as described in RFC 4954
 	SMTPAuthCramMD5 SMTPAuthType = "CRAM-MD5"

-	// SMTPAuthCustom is a custom SMTP AUTH mechanism provided by the user. If a user provides
-	// a custom smtp.Auth function to the Client, the Client will its smtpAuthType to this type.
-	//
-	// Do not use this SMTPAuthType without setting a custom smtp.Auth function on the Client.
-	SMTPAuthCustom SMTPAuthType = "CUSTOM"
-
-	// SMTPAuthLogin is the "LOGIN" SASL authentication mechanism. This authentication mechanism
-	// does not have an official RFC that could be followed. There is a spec by Microsoft and an
-	// IETF draft. The IETF draft is more lax than the MS spec, therefore we follow the I-D, which
-	// automatically matches the MS spec.
-	//
-	// Since the "LOGIN" SASL authentication mechansim transmits the username and password in
-	// plaintext over the internet connection, we only allow this mechanism over a TLS secured
-	// connection.
-	//
-	// https://msopenspecs.azureedge.net/files/MS-XLOGIN/%5bMS-XLOGIN%5d.pdf
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-murchison-sasl-login-00
+	// SMTPAuthLogin is the "LOGIN" SASL authentication mechanism
 	SMTPAuthLogin SMTPAuthType = "LOGIN"

 	// SMTPAuthNoAuth is equivalent to performing no authentication at all. It is a convenience
 	// option and should not be used. Instead, for mail servers that do no support/require
-	// authentication, the Client should not be passed the WithSMTPAuth option at all.
+	// authentication, the Client should not be used with the WithSMTPAuth option
 	SMTPAuthNoAuth SMTPAuthType = ""

-	// SMTPAuthPlain is the "PLAIN" authentication mechanism as described in RFC 4616.
-	//
-	// Since the "PLAIN" SASL authentication mechansim transmits the username and password in
-	// plaintext over the internet connection, we only allow this mechanism over a TLS secured
-	// connection.
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4616/
+	// SMTPAuthPlain is the "PLAIN" authentication mechanism as described in RFC 4616
 	SMTPAuthPlain SMTPAuthType = "PLAIN"

 	// SMTPAuthXOAUTH2 is the "XOAUTH2" SASL authentication mechanism.
 	// https://developers.google.com/gmail/imap/xoauth2-protocol
 	SMTPAuthXOAUTH2 SMTPAuthType = "XOAUTH2"
-
-	// SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA1 is the "SCRAM-SHA-1" SASL authentication mechanism as described in RFC 5802.
-	//
-	// SCRAM-SHA-1 is still considered secure for certain applications, particularly when used as part
-	// of a challenge-response authentication mechanism (as we use it). However, it is generally
-	// recommended to prefer stronger alternatives like SCRAM-SHA-256(-PLUS), as SHA-1 has known
-	// vulnerabilities in other contexts, although it remains effective in HMAC constructions.
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5802
-	SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA1 SMTPAuthType = "SCRAM-SHA-1"
-
-	// SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA1PLUS is the "SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS" SASL authentication mechanism as described in RFC 5802.
-	//
-	// SCRAM-SHA-X-PLUS authentication require TLS channel bindings to protect against MitM attacks and
-	// to guarantee that the integrity of the transport layer is preserved throughout the authentication
-	// process. Therefore we only allow this mechansim over a TLS secured connection.
-	//
-	// SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS is still considered secure for certain applications, particularly when used as part
-	// of a challenge-response authentication mechanism (as we use it). However, it is generally
-	// recommended to prefer stronger alternatives like SCRAM-SHA-256(-PLUS), as SHA-1 has known
-	// vulnerabilities in other contexts, although it remains effective in HMAC constructions.
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5802
-	SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA1PLUS SMTPAuthType = "SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS"
-
-	// SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA256 is the "SCRAM-SHA-256" SASL authentication mechanism as described in RFC 7677.
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7677
-	SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA256 SMTPAuthType = "SCRAM-SHA-256"
-
-	// SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA256PLUS is the "SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS" SASL authentication mechanism as described in RFC 7677.
-	//
-	// SCRAM-SHA-X-PLUS authentication require TLS channel bindings to protect against MitM attacks and
-	// to guarantee that the integrity of the transport layer is preserved throughout the authentication
-	// process. Therefore we only allow this mechansim over a TLS secured connection.
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7677
-	SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA256PLUS SMTPAuthType = "SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS"
 )

 // SMTP Auth related static errors
 var (
-	// ErrPlainAuthNotSupported is returned when the server does not support the "PLAIN" SMTP
-	// authentication type.
+	// ErrPlainAuthNotSupported should be used if the target server does not support the "PLAIN" schema
 	ErrPlainAuthNotSupported = errors.New("server does not support SMTP AUTH type: PLAIN")

-	// ErrLoginAuthNotSupported is returned when the server does not support the "LOGIN" SMTP
-	// authentication type.
+	// ErrLoginAuthNotSupported should be used if the target server does not support the "LOGIN" schema
 	ErrLoginAuthNotSupported = errors.New("server does not support SMTP AUTH type: LOGIN")

-	// ErrCramMD5AuthNotSupported is returned when the server does not support the "CRAM-MD5" SMTP
-	// authentication type.
+	// ErrCramMD5AuthNotSupported should be used if the target server does not support the "CRAM-MD5" schema
 	ErrCramMD5AuthNotSupported = errors.New("server does not support SMTP AUTH type: CRAM-MD5")

-	// ErrXOauth2AuthNotSupported is returned when the server does not support the "XOAUTH2" schema.
+	// ErrXOauth2AuthNotSupported should be used if the target server does not support the "XOAUTH2" schema
 	ErrXOauth2AuthNotSupported = errors.New("server does not support SMTP AUTH type: XOAUTH2")
-
-	// ErrSCRAMSHA1AuthNotSupported is returned when the server does not support the "SCRAM-SHA-1" SMTP
-	// authentication type.
-	ErrSCRAMSHA1AuthNotSupported = errors.New("server does not support SMTP AUTH type: SCRAM-SHA-1")
-
-	// ErrSCRAMSHA1PLUSAuthNotSupported is returned when the server does not support the "SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS" SMTP
-	// authentication type.
-	ErrSCRAMSHA1PLUSAuthNotSupported = errors.New("server does not support SMTP AUTH type: SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS")
-
-	// ErrSCRAMSHA256AuthNotSupported is returned when the server does not support the "SCRAM-SHA-256" SMTP
-	// authentication type.
-	ErrSCRAMSHA256AuthNotSupported = errors.New("server does not support SMTP AUTH type: SCRAM-SHA-256")
-
-	// ErrSCRAMSHA256PLUSAuthNotSupported is returned when the server does not support the "SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS" SMTP
-	// authentication type.
-	ErrSCRAMSHA256PLUSAuthNotSupported = errors.New("server does not support SMTP AUTH type: SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS")
 )
--- a/b64linebreaker.go
+++ b/b64linebreaker.go
@ -9,39 +9,21 @@ import (
 	"io"
 )

-// newlineBytes is a byte slice representation of the SingleNewLine constant used for line breaking
-// in encoding processes.
-var newlineBytes = []byte(SingleNewLine)
-
-// ErrNoOutWriter is the error message returned when no io.Writer is set for Base64LineBreaker.
+// ErrNoOutWriter is an error message that should be used if a Base64LineBreaker has no out io.Writer set
 const ErrNoOutWriter = "no io.Writer set for Base64LineBreaker"

-// Base64LineBreaker handles base64 encoding with the insertion of new lines after a certain number
-// of characters.
-//
-// This struct is used to manage base64 encoding while ensuring that new lines are inserted after
-// reaching a specific line length. It satisfies the io.WriteCloser interface.
-//
-// References:
-//   - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045 (Base64 and line length limitations)
+// Base64LineBreaker is a io.WriteCloser that writes Base64 encoded data streams
+// with line breaks at a given line length
 type Base64LineBreaker struct {
 	line [MaxBodyLength]byte
 	used int
 	out  io.Writer
 }

-// Write writes data to the Base64LineBreaker, ensuring lines do not exceed MaxBodyLength.
-//
-// This method writes the provided data to the Base64LineBreaker. It ensures that the written
-// lines do not exceed the MaxBodyLength. If the data exceeds the limit, it handles the
-// continuation by splitting the data and writing new lines as necessary.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - data: A byte slice containing the data to be written.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - numBytes: The number of bytes written.
-//   - err: An error if one occurred during the write operation.
+var newlineBytes = []byte(SingleNewLine)
+
+// Write writes the data stream and inserts a SingleNewLine when the maximum
+// line length is reached
 func (l *Base64LineBreaker) Write(data []byte) (numBytes int, err error) {
 	if l.out == nil {
 		err = errors.New(ErrNoOutWriter)
@ -73,14 +55,8 @@ func (l *Base64LineBreaker) Write(data []byte) (numBytes int, err error) {
 	return l.Write(data[excess:])
 }

-// Close finalizes the Base64LineBreaker, writing any remaining buffered data and appending a newline.
-//
-// This method ensures that any remaining data in the buffer is written to the output and appends
-// a newline. It is used to finalize the Base64LineBreaker and should be called when no more data
-// is expected to be written.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - err: An error if one occurred during the final write operation.
+// Close closes the Base64LineBreaker and writes any access data that is still
+// unwritten in memory
 func (l *Base64LineBreaker) Close() (err error) {
 	if l.used > 0 {
 		_, err = l.out.Write(l.line[0:l.used])
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
--- a/client_119.go
+++ b/client_119.go
@ -9,23 +9,7 @@ package mail

 import "errors"

-// Send attempts to send one or more Msg using the Client connection to the SMTP server.
-// If the Client has no active connection to the server, Send will fail with an error. For each
-// of the provided Msg, it will associate a SendError with the Msg in case of a transmission
-// or delivery error.
-//
-// This method first checks for an active connection to the SMTP server. If the connection is
-// not valid, it returns a SendError. It then iterates over the provided messages, attempting
-// to send each one. If an error occurs during sending, the method records the error and
-// associates it with the corresponding Msg. If multiple errors are encountered, it aggregates
-// them into a single SendError to be returned.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - messages: A variadic list of pointers to Msg objects to be sent.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - An error that represents the sending result, which may include multiple SendErrors if
-//     any occurred; otherwise, returns nil.
+// Send sends out the mail message
 func (c *Client) Send(messages ...*Msg) error {
 	if err := c.checkConn(); err != nil {
 		return &SendError{Reason: ErrConnCheck, errlist: []error{err}, isTemp: isTempError(err)}
--- a/client_120.go
+++ b/client_120.go
@ -11,21 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 )

-// Send attempts to send one or more Msg using the Client connection to the SMTP server.
-// If the Client has no active connection to the server, Send will fail with an error. For each
-// of the provided Msg, it will associate a SendError with the Msg in case of a transmission
-// or delivery error.
-//
-// This method first checks for an active connection to the SMTP server. If the connection is
-// not valid, it returns an error wrapped in a SendError. It then iterates over the provided
-// messages, attempting to send each one. If an error occurs during sending, the method records
-// the error and associates it with the corresponding Msg.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - messages: A variadic list of pointers to Msg objects to be sent.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - An error that aggregates any SendErrors encountered during the sending process; otherwise, returns nil.
+// Send sends out the mail message
 func (c *Client) Send(messages ...*Msg) (returnErr error) {
 	if err := c.checkConn(); err != nil {
 		returnErr = &SendError{Reason: ErrConnCheck, errlist: []error{err}, isTemp: isTempError(err)}
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const (
 	// DefaultHost is used as default hostname for the Client
 	DefaultHost = "localhost"
 	// TestRcpt is a trash mail address to send test mails to
-	TestRcpt = "couttifaddebro-1473@yopmail.com"
+	TestRcpt = "go-mail@mytrashmailer.com"
 	// TestServerProto is the protocol used for the simple SMTP test server
 	TestServerProto = "tcp"
 	// TestServerAddr is the address the simple SMTP test server listens on
@ -483,20 +483,20 @@ func TestWithDSN(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("failed to create new client: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
-	if !c.requestDSN {
-		t.Errorf("WithDSN failed. c.requestDSN expected to be: %t, got: %t", true, c.requestDSN)
+	if !c.dsn {
+		t.Errorf("WithDSN failed. c.dsn expected to be: %t, got: %t", true, c.dsn)
 	}
-	if c.dsnReturnType != DSNMailReturnFull {
-		t.Errorf("WithDSN failed. c.dsnReturnType expected to be: %s, got: %s", DSNMailReturnFull,
-			c.dsnReturnType)
+	if c.dsnmrtype != DSNMailReturnFull {
+		t.Errorf("WithDSN failed. c.dsnmrtype expected to be: %s, got: %s", DSNMailReturnFull,
+			c.dsnmrtype)
 	}
-	if c.dsnRcptNotifyType[0] != string(DSNRcptNotifyFailure) {
-		t.Errorf("WithDSN failed. c.dsnRcptNotifyType[0] expected to be: %s, got: %s", DSNRcptNotifyFailure,
-			c.dsnRcptNotifyType[0])
+	if c.dsnrntype[0] != string(DSNRcptNotifyFailure) {
+		t.Errorf("WithDSN failed. c.dsnrntype[0] expected to be: %s, got: %s", DSNRcptNotifyFailure,
+			c.dsnrntype[0])
 	}
-	if c.dsnRcptNotifyType[1] != string(DSNRcptNotifySuccess) {
-		t.Errorf("WithDSN failed. c.dsnRcptNotifyType[1] expected to be: %s, got: %s", DSNRcptNotifySuccess,
-			c.dsnRcptNotifyType[1])
+	if c.dsnrntype[1] != string(DSNRcptNotifySuccess) {
+		t.Errorf("WithDSN failed. c.dsnrntype[1] expected to be: %s, got: %s", DSNRcptNotifySuccess,
+			c.dsnrntype[1])
 	}
 }

@ -519,8 +519,8 @@ func TestWithDSNMailReturnType(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("failed to create new client: %s", err)
 				return
 			}
-			if string(c.dsnReturnType) != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("WithDSNMailReturnType failed. Expected %s, got: %s", tt.want, string(c.dsnReturnType))
+			if string(c.dsnmrtype) != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("WithDSNMailReturnType failed. Expected %s, got: %s", tt.want, string(c.dsnmrtype))
 			}
 		})
 	}
@ -547,11 +547,11 @@ func TestWithDSNRcptNotifyType(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("failed to create new client: %s", err)
 				return
 			}
-			if len(c.dsnRcptNotifyType) <= 0 && !tt.sf {
+			if len(c.dsnrntype) <= 0 && !tt.sf {
 				t.Errorf("WithDSNRcptNotifyType failed. Expected at least one DSNRNType but got none")
 			}
-			if !tt.sf && c.dsnRcptNotifyType[0] != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("WithDSNRcptNotifyType failed. Expected %s, got: %s", tt.want, c.dsnRcptNotifyType[0])
+			if !tt.sf && c.dsnrntype[0] != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("WithDSNRcptNotifyType failed. Expected %s, got: %s", tt.want, c.dsnrntype[0])
 			}
 		})
 	}
@ -602,10 +602,6 @@ func TestSetSMTPAuthCustom(t *testing.T) {
 			if c.smtpAuth == nil {
 				t.Errorf("failed to set custom SMTP auth method. SMTP Auth method is empty")
 			}
-			if c.smtpAuthType != SMTPAuthCustom {
-				t.Errorf("failed to set custom SMTP auth method. SMTP Auth type is not custom: %s",
-					c.smtpAuthType)
-			}
 			p, _, err := c.smtpAuth.Start(&si)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("SMTP Auth Start() method returned error: %s", err)
@ -617,32 +613,6 @@ func TestSetSMTPAuthCustom(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-// TestClient_Close_double tests if a close on an already closed connection causes an error.
-func TestClient_Close_double(t *testing.T) {
-	c, err := getTestConnection(true)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Skipf("failed to create test client: %s. Skipping tests", err)
-	}
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	if err = c.DialWithContext(ctx); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("failed to dial with context: %s", err)
-		return
-	}
-	if c.smtpClient == nil {
-		t.Errorf("DialWithContext didn't fail but no SMTP client found.")
-		return
-	}
-	if !c.smtpClient.HasConnection() {
-		t.Errorf("DialWithContext didn't fail but no connection found.")
-	}
-	if err = c.Close(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("failed to close connection: %s", err)
-	}
-	if err = c.Close(); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("failed 2nd close connection: %s", err)
-	}
-}
-
 // TestClient_DialWithContext tests the DialWithContext method for the Client object
 func TestClient_DialWithContext(t *testing.T) {
 	c, err := getTestConnection(true)
@ -650,7 +620,7 @@ func TestClient_DialWithContext(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skipf("failed to create test client: %s. Skipping tests", err)
 	}
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	if err = c.DialWithContext(ctx); err != nil {
+	if err := c.DialWithContext(ctx); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("failed to dial with context: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
@ -1866,299 +1836,6 @@ func TestClient_DialSendConcurrent_local(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestClient_AuthSCRAMSHAX(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("TEST_ONLINE_SCRAM") == "" {
-		t.Skipf("TEST_ONLINE_SCRAM is not set. Skipping online SCRAM tests")
-	}
-	hostname := os.Getenv("TEST_HOST_SCRAM")
-	username := os.Getenv("TEST_USER_SCRAM")
-	password := os.Getenv("TEST_PASS_SCRAM")
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		authtype SMTPAuthType
-	}{
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-1", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA1},
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-256", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA256},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			client, err := NewClient(hostname,
-				WithTLSPortPolicy(TLSMandatory),
-				WithSMTPAuth(tt.authtype),
-				WithUsername(username), WithPassword(password))
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("unable to create new client: %s", err)
-				return
-			}
-			if err = client.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("failed to dial to test server: %s", err)
-			}
-			if err = client.Close(); err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("failed to close server connection: %s", err)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestClient_AuthLoginSuccess(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name       string
-		featureSet string
-	}{
-		{"default", "250-AUTH LOGIN\r\n250-X-DEFAULT-LOGIN\r\n250-8BITMIME\r\n250-DSN\r\n250 SMTPUTF8"},
-		{"mox server", "250-AUTH LOGIN\r\n250-X-MOX-LOGIN\r\n250-8BITMIME\r\n250-DSN\r\n250 SMTPUTF8"},
-		{"null byte", "250-AUTH LOGIN\r\n250-X-NULLBYTE-LOGIN\r\n250-8BITMIME\r\n250-DSN\r\n250 SMTPUTF8"},
-		{"bogus responses", "250-AUTH LOGIN\r\n250-X-BOGUS-LOGIN\r\n250-8BITMIME\r\n250-DSN\r\n250 SMTPUTF8"},
-		{"empty responses", "250-AUTH LOGIN\r\n250-X-EMPTY-LOGIN\r\n250-8BITMIME\r\n250-DSN\r\n250 SMTPUTF8"},
-	}
-
-	for i, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()
-
-			serverPort := TestServerPortBase + 40 + i
-			go func() {
-				if err := simpleSMTPServer(ctx, tt.featureSet, true, serverPort); err != nil {
-					t.Errorf("failed to start test server: %s", err)
-					return
-				}
-			}()
-			time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 300)
-
-			client, err := NewClient(TestServerAddr,
-				WithPort(serverPort),
-				WithTLSPortPolicy(NoTLS),
-				WithSMTPAuth(SMTPAuthLogin),
-				WithUsername("toni@tester.com"),
-				WithPassword("V3ryS3cr3t+"))
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("unable to create new client: %s", err)
-				return
-			}
-			if err = client.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("failed to dial to test server: %s", err)
-			}
-			if err = client.Close(); err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("failed to close server connection: %s", err)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestClient_AuthLoginFail(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancel()
-
-	serverPort := TestServerPortBase + 50
-	featureSet := "250-AUTH LOGIN\r\n250-X-DEFAULT-LOGIN\r\n250-8BITMIME\r\n250-DSN\r\n250 SMTPUTF8"
-	go func() {
-		if err := simpleSMTPServer(ctx, featureSet, true, serverPort); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("failed to start test server: %s", err)
-			return
-		}
-	}()
-	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 300)
-
-	client, err := NewClient(TestServerAddr,
-		WithPort(serverPort),
-		WithTLSPortPolicy(NoTLS),
-		WithSMTPAuth(SMTPAuthLogin),
-		WithUsername("toni@tester.com"),
-		WithPassword("InvalidPassword"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unable to create new client: %s", err)
-		return
-	}
-	if err = client.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err == nil {
-		t.Error("expected to fail to dial to test server, but it succeeded")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestClient_AuthLoginFail_noTLS(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("TEST_SKIP_ONLINE") != "" {
-		t.Skipf("env variable TEST_SKIP_ONLINE is set. Skipping online tests")
-	}
-	th := os.Getenv("TEST_HOST")
-	if th == "" {
-		t.Skipf("no host set. Skipping online tests")
-	}
-	tp := 587
-	if tps := os.Getenv("TEST_PORT"); tps != "" {
-		tpi, err := strconv.Atoi(tps)
-		if err == nil {
-			tp = tpi
-		}
-	}
-	client, err := NewClient(th, WithPort(tp), WithSMTPAuth(SMTPAuthLogin), WithTLSPolicy(NoTLS))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("failed to create new client: %s", err)
-	}
-	u := os.Getenv("TEST_SMTPAUTH_USER")
-	if u != "" {
-		client.SetUsername(u)
-	}
-	p := os.Getenv("TEST_SMTPAUTH_PASS")
-	if p != "" {
-		client.SetPassword(p)
-	}
-	// We don't want to log authentication data in tests
-	client.SetDebugLog(false)
-
-	if err = client.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err == nil {
-		t.Error("expected to fail to dial to test server, but it succeeded")
-	}
-	if !errors.Is(err, smtp.ErrUnencrypted) {
-		t.Errorf("expected error to be %s, but got %s", smtp.ErrUnencrypted, err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestClient_AuthSCRAMSHAX_fail(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("TEST_ONLINE_SCRAM") == "" {
-		t.Skipf("TEST_ONLINE_SCRAM is not set. Skipping online SCRAM tests")
-	}
-	hostname := os.Getenv("TEST_HOST_SCRAM")
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		authtype SMTPAuthType
-	}{
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-1", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA1},
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA1PLUS},
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-256", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA256},
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA256PLUS},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			client, err := NewClient(hostname,
-				WithTLSPortPolicy(TLSMandatory),
-				WithSMTPAuth(tt.authtype),
-				WithUsername("invalid"), WithPassword("invalid"))
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("unable to create new client: %s", err)
-				return
-			}
-			if err = client.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err == nil {
-				t.Errorf("expected error but got nil")
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestClient_AuthSCRAMSHAX_unsupported(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("TEST_ALLOW_SEND") == "" {
-		t.Skipf("TEST_ALLOW_SEND is not set. Skipping mail sending test")
-	}
-
-	client, err := getTestConnection(true)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Skipf("failed to create test client: %s. Skipping tests", err)
-	}
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		authtype SMTPAuthType
-		expErr   error
-	}{
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-1", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA1, ErrSCRAMSHA1AuthNotSupported},
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA1PLUS, ErrSCRAMSHA1PLUSAuthNotSupported},
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-256", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA256, ErrSCRAMSHA256AuthNotSupported},
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA256PLUS, ErrSCRAMSHA256PLUSAuthNotSupported},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			client.SetSMTPAuth(tt.authtype)
-			client.SetTLSPolicy(TLSMandatory)
-			if err = client.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err == nil {
-				t.Errorf("expected error but got nil")
-			}
-			if !errors.Is(err, tt.expErr) {
-				t.Errorf("expected error %s, but got %s", tt.expErr, err)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestClient_AuthSCRAMSHAXPLUS_tlsexporter(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("TEST_ONLINE_SCRAM") == "" {
-		t.Skipf("TEST_ONLINE_SCRAM is not set. Skipping online SCRAM tests")
-	}
-	hostname := os.Getenv("TEST_HOST_SCRAM")
-	username := os.Getenv("TEST_USER_SCRAM")
-	password := os.Getenv("TEST_PASS_SCRAM")
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		authtype SMTPAuthType
-	}{
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA1PLUS},
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA256PLUS},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			client, err := NewClient(hostname,
-				WithTLSPortPolicy(TLSMandatory),
-				WithSMTPAuth(tt.authtype),
-				WithUsername(username), WithPassword(password))
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("unable to create new client: %s", err)
-				return
-			}
-			if err = client.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("failed to dial to test server: %s", err)
-			}
-			if err = client.Close(); err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("failed to close server connection: %s", err)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestClient_AuthSCRAMSHAXPLUS_tlsunique(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("TEST_ONLINE_SCRAM") == "" {
-		t.Skipf("TEST_ONLINE_SCRAM is not set. Skipping online SCRAM tests")
-	}
-	hostname := os.Getenv("TEST_HOST_SCRAM")
-	username := os.Getenv("TEST_USER_SCRAM")
-	password := os.Getenv("TEST_PASS_SCRAM")
-	tlsConfig := &tls.Config{}
-	tlsConfig.MaxVersion = tls.VersionTLS12
-	tlsConfig.ServerName = hostname
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		authtype SMTPAuthType
-	}{
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA1PLUS},
-		{"SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS", SMTPAuthSCRAMSHA256PLUS},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			client, err := NewClient(hostname,
-				WithTLSPortPolicy(TLSMandatory),
-				WithTLSConfig(tlsConfig),
-				WithSMTPAuth(tt.authtype),
-				WithUsername(username), WithPassword(password))
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("unable to create new client: %s", err)
-				return
-			}
-			if err = client.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("failed to dial to test server: %s", err)
-			}
-			if err = client.Close(); err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("failed to close server connection: %s", err)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 // getTestConnection takes environment variables to establish a connection to a real
 // SMTP server to test all functionality that requires a connection
 func getTestConnection(auth bool) (*Client, error) {
@ -2201,10 +1878,10 @@ func getTestConnection(auth bool) (*Client, error) {
 		// We don't want to log authentication data in tests
 		c.SetDebugLog(false)
 	}
-	if err = c.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err != nil {
+	if err := c.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err != nil {
 		return c, fmt.Errorf("connection to test server failed: %w", err)
 	}
-	if err = c.Close(); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Close(); err != nil {
 		return c, fmt.Errorf("disconnect from test server failed: %w", err)
 	}
 	return c, nil
@ -2417,6 +2094,7 @@ func TestXOAuth2OK_faker(t *testing.T) {
 		"250 8BITMIME",
 		"250 OK",
 		"235 2.7.0 Accepted",
+		"250 OK",
 		"221 OK",
 	}
 	var wrote strings.Builder
@ -2437,10 +2115,10 @@ func TestXOAuth2OK_faker(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create new client: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err = c.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err != nil {
+	if err := c.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected dial error: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err = c.Close(); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Close(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("disconnect from test server failed: %v", err)
 	}
 	if !strings.Contains(wrote.String(), "AUTH XOAUTH2 dXNlcj11c2VyAWF1dGg9QmVhcmVyIHRva2VuAQE=\r\n") {
@ -2455,6 +2133,7 @@ func TestXOAuth2Unsupported_faker(t *testing.T) {
 		"250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN",
 		"250 8BITMIME",
 		"250 OK",
+		"250 OK",
 		"221 OK",
 	}
 	var wrote strings.Builder
@ -2473,18 +2152,18 @@ func TestXOAuth2Unsupported_faker(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create new client: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err = c.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err == nil {
+	if err := c.DialWithContext(context.Background()); err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected dial error got nil")
 	} else {
 		if !errors.Is(err, ErrXOauth2AuthNotSupported) {
 			t.Fatalf("expected %v; got %v", ErrXOauth2AuthNotSupported, err)
 		}
 	}
-	if err = c.Close(); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Close(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("disconnect from test server failed: %v", err)
 	}
 	client := strings.Split(wrote.String(), "\r\n")
-	if len(client) != 4 {
+	if len(client) != 5 {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected number of client requests got %d; want 5", len(client))
 	}
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(client[0], "EHLO") {
@ -2493,7 +2172,10 @@ func TestXOAuth2Unsupported_faker(t *testing.T) {
 	if client[1] != "NOOP" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected NOOP, got %q", client[1])
 	}
-	if client[2] != "QUIT" {
+	if client[2] != "NOOP" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected NOOP, got %q", client[2])
+	}
+	if client[3] != "QUIT" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected QUIT, got %q", client[3])
 	}
 }
@ -2629,51 +2311,6 @@ func handleTestServerConnection(connection net.Conn, featureSet string, failRese
 				break
 			}
 			_ = writeLine("235 2.7.0 Authentication successful")
-		case strings.HasPrefix(data, "AUTH LOGIN"):
-			var username, password string
-			userResp := "VXNlcm5hbWU6"
-			passResp := "UGFzc3dvcmQ6"
-			if strings.Contains(featureSet, "250-X-MOX-LOGIN") {
-				userResp = ""
-				passResp = "UGFzc3dvcmQ="
-			}
-			if strings.Contains(featureSet, "250-X-NULLBYTE-LOGIN") {
-				userResp = "VXNlciBuYW1lAA=="
-				passResp = "UGFzc3dvcmQA"
-			}
-			if strings.Contains(featureSet, "250-X-BOGUS-LOGIN") {
-				userResp = "Qm9ndXM="
-				passResp = "Qm9ndXM="
-			}
-			if strings.Contains(featureSet, "250-X-EMPTY-LOGIN") {
-				userResp = ""
-				passResp = ""
-			}
-			_ = writeLine("334 " + userResp)
-
-			ddata, derr := reader.ReadString('\n')
-			if derr != nil {
-				fmt.Printf("failed to read username data from connection: %s\n", derr)
-				break
-			}
-			ddata = strings.TrimSpace(ddata)
-			username = ddata
-			_ = writeLine("334 " + passResp)
-
-			ddata, derr = reader.ReadString('\n')
-			if derr != nil {
-				fmt.Printf("failed to read password data from connection: %s\n", derr)
-				break
-			}
-			ddata = strings.TrimSpace(ddata)
-			password = ddata
-
-			if !strings.EqualFold(username, "dG9uaUB0ZXN0ZXIuY29t") ||
-				!strings.EqualFold(password, "VjNyeVMzY3IzdCs=") {
-				_ = writeLine("535 5.7.8 Error: authentication failed")
-				break
-			}
-			_ = writeLine("235 2.7.0 Authentication successful")
 		case strings.EqualFold(data, "DATA"):
 			_ = writeLine("354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>")
 			for {
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@ -2,13 +2,8 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

-// Package mail provides an easy to use interface for formating and sending mails. go-mail follows idiomatic Go style
-// and best practice. It has a small dependency footprint by mainly relying on the Go Standard Library and the Go
-// extended packages. It combines a lot of functionality from the standard library to give easy and convenient access
-// to mail and SMTP related tasks. It works like a programatic email client and provides lots of methods and
-// functionalities you would consider standard in a MUA.
+// Package mail provides a simple and easy way to send mails with Go
 package mail

-// VERSION indicates the current version of the package. It is also attached to the default user
-// agent string.
-const VERSION = "0.5.0"
+// VERSION is used in the default user agent string
+const VERSION = "0.4.4"
--- a/eml.go
+++ b/eml.go
@ -18,35 +18,14 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )

-// EMLToMsgFromString parses a given EML string and returns a pre-filled Msg pointer.
-//
-// This function takes an EML formatted string, converts it into a bytes buffer, and then
-// calls EMLToMsgFromReader to parse the buffer and create a Msg object. This provides a
-// convenient way to convert EML strings directly into Msg objects.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - emlString: A string containing the EML formatted message.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A pointer to the Msg object populated with the parsed data, and an error if parsing
-//     fails.
+// EMLToMsgFromString will parse a given EML string and returns a pre-filled Msg pointer
 func EMLToMsgFromString(emlString string) (*Msg, error) {
 	eb := bytes.NewBufferString(emlString)
 	return EMLToMsgFromReader(eb)
 }

-// EMLToMsgFromReader parses a reader that holds EML content and returns a pre-filled Msg pointer.
-//
-// This function reads EML content from the provided io.Reader and populates a Msg object
-// with the parsed data. It initializes the Msg and extracts headers and body parts from
-// the EML content. Any errors encountered during parsing are returned.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - reader: An io.Reader containing the EML formatted message.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A pointer to the Msg object populated with the parsed data, and an error if parsing
-//     fails.
+// EMLToMsgFromReader will parse a reader that holds EML content and returns a pre-filled
+// Msg pointer
 func EMLToMsgFromReader(reader io.Reader) (*Msg, error) {
 	msg := &Msg{
 		addrHeader:    make(map[AddrHeader][]*netmail.Address),
@ -67,19 +46,8 @@ func EMLToMsgFromReader(reader io.Reader) (*Msg, error) {
 	return msg, nil
 }

-// EMLToMsgFromFile opens and parses a .eml file at a provided file path and returns a
-// pre-filled Msg pointer.
-//
-// This function attempts to read and parse an EML file located at the specified file path.
-// It initializes a Msg object and populates it with the parsed headers and body. Any errors
-// encountered during the file operations or parsing are returned.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - filePath: The path to the .eml file to be parsed.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A pointer to the Msg object populated with the parsed data, and an error if parsing
-//     fails.
+// EMLToMsgFromFile will open and parse a .eml file at a provided file path and returns a
+// pre-filled Msg pointer
 func EMLToMsgFromFile(filePath string) (*Msg, error) {
 	msg := &Msg{
 		addrHeader:    make(map[AddrHeader][]*netmail.Address),
@ -100,19 +68,7 @@ func EMLToMsgFromFile(filePath string) (*Msg, error) {
 	return msg, nil
 }

-// parseEML parses the EML's headers and body and inserts the parsed values into the Msg.
-//
-// This function extracts relevant header fields and body content from the parsed EML message
-// and stores them in the provided Msg object. It handles various header types and body
-// parts, ensuring that the Msg is correctly populated with all necessary information.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - parsedMsg: A pointer to the netmail.Message containing the parsed EML data.
-//   - bodybuf: A bytes.Buffer containing the body content of the EML message.
-//   - msg: A pointer to the Msg object to be populated with the parsed data.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - An error if any issues occur during the parsing process; otherwise, returns nil.
+// parseEML parses the EML's headers and body and inserts the parsed values into the Msg
 func parseEML(parsedMsg *netmail.Message, bodybuf *bytes.Buffer, msg *Msg) error {
 	if err := parseEMLHeaders(&parsedMsg.Header, msg); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse EML headers: %w", err)
@ -123,18 +79,7 @@ func parseEML(parsedMsg *netmail.Message, bodybuf *bytes.Buffer, msg *Msg) error
 	return nil
 }

-// readEML opens an EML file and uses net/mail to parse the header and body.
-//
-// This function opens the specified EML file for reading and utilizes the net/mail package
-// to parse the message's headers and body. It returns the parsed message and a buffer
-// containing the body content, along with any errors encountered during the process.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - filePath: The path to the EML file to be opened and parsed.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A pointer to the parsed netmail.Message, a bytes.Buffer containing the body, and an
-//     error if any issues occur during file operations or parsing.
+// readEML opens an EML file and uses net/mail to parse the header and body
 func readEML(filePath string) (*netmail.Message, *bytes.Buffer, error) {
 	fileHandle, err := os.Open(filePath)
 	if err != nil {
@ -146,19 +91,7 @@ func readEML(filePath string) (*netmail.Message, *bytes.Buffer, error) {
 	return readEMLFromReader(fileHandle)
 }

-// readEMLFromReader uses net/mail to parse the header and body from a given io.Reader.
-//
-// This function reads the EML content from the provided io.Reader and uses the net/mail
-// package to parse the message's headers and body. It returns the parsed netmail.Message
-// along with a bytes.Buffer containing the body content. Any errors encountered during
-// the parsing process are returned.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - reader: An io.Reader containing the EML formatted message.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A pointer to the parsed netmail.Message, a bytes.Buffer containing the body, and an
-//     error if any issues occur during parsing.
+// readEMLFromReader uses net/mail to parse the header and body from a given io.Reader
 func readEMLFromReader(reader io.Reader) (*netmail.Message, *bytes.Buffer, error) {
 	parsedMsg, err := netmail.ReadMessage(reader)
 	if err != nil {
@ -173,18 +106,8 @@ func readEMLFromReader(reader io.Reader) (*netmail.Message, *bytes.Buffer, error
 	return parsedMsg, &buf, nil
 }

-// parseEMLHeaders parses the EML's headers and populates the Msg with relevant information.
-//
-// This function checks the EML headers for common headers and sets the corresponding fields
-// in the Msg object. It extracts address headers, content types, and other relevant data
-// for further processing.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - mailHeader: A pointer to the netmail.Header containing the EML headers.
-//   - msg: A pointer to the Msg object to be populated with parsed header information.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - An error if parsing the headers fails; otherwise, returns nil.
+// parseEMLHeaders will check the EML headers for the most common headers and set the
+// according settings in the Msg
 func parseEMLHeaders(mailHeader *netmail.Header, msg *Msg) error {
 	commonHeaders := []Header{
 		HeaderContentType, HeaderImportance, HeaderInReplyTo, HeaderListUnsubscribe,
@ -252,19 +175,7 @@ func parseEMLHeaders(mailHeader *netmail.Header, msg *Msg) error {
 	return nil
 }

-// parseEMLBodyParts parses the body of an EML based on the different content types and encodings.
-//
-// This function examines the content type of the parsed EML message and processes the body
-// parts accordingly. It handles both plain text and multipart types, ensuring that the
-// Msg object is populated with the appropriate body content.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - parsedMsg: A pointer to the netmail.Message containing the parsed EML data.
-//   - bodybuf: A bytes.Buffer containing the body content of the EML message.
-//   - msg: A pointer to the Msg object to be populated with the parsed body content.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - An error if any issues occur during the body parsing process; otherwise, returns nil.
+// parseEMLBodyParts parses the body of a EML based on the different content types and encodings
 func parseEMLBodyParts(parsedMsg *netmail.Message, bodybuf *bytes.Buffer, msg *Msg) error {
 	// Extract the transfer encoding of the body
 	mediatype, params, err := mime.ParseMediaType(parsedMsg.Header.Get(HeaderContentType.String()))
@ -301,24 +212,10 @@ func parseEMLBodyParts(parsedMsg *netmail.Message, bodybuf *bytes.Buffer, msg *M
 	return nil
 }

-// parseEMLBodyPlain parses the mail body of plain type messages.
-//
-// This function handles the parsing of plain text messages based on their encoding. It
-// identifies the content transfer encoding and decodes the body content accordingly,
-// storing the result in the provided Msg object.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - mediatype: The media type of the message (e.g., text/plain).
-//   - parsedMsg: A pointer to the netmail.Message containing the parsed EML data.
-//   - bodybuf: A bytes.Buffer containing the body content of the EML message.
-//   - msg: A pointer to the Msg object to be populated with the parsed body content.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - An error if any issues occur during the parsing of the plain body; otherwise, returns nil.
+// parseEMLBodyPlain parses the mail body of plain type mails
 func parseEMLBodyPlain(mediatype string, parsedMsg *netmail.Message, bodybuf *bytes.Buffer, msg *Msg) error {
 	contentTransferEnc := parsedMsg.Header.Get(HeaderContentTransferEnc.String())
-	// If no Content-Transfer-Encoding is set, we can imply 7bit US-ASCII encoding
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045#section-6.1
+	// According to RFC2045, if no Content-Transfer-Encoding is set, we can imply 7bit US-ASCII encoding
 	if contentTransferEnc == "" || strings.EqualFold(contentTransferEnc, EncodingUSASCII.String()) {
 		msg.SetEncoding(EncodingUSASCII)
 		msg.SetBodyString(ContentType(mediatype), bodybuf.String())
@ -352,20 +249,7 @@ func parseEMLBodyPlain(mediatype string, parsedMsg *netmail.Message, bodybuf *by
 	return fmt.Errorf("unsupported Content-Transfer-Encoding")
 }

-// parseEMLMultipart parses a multipart body part of an EML message.
-//
-// This function handles the parsing of multipart messages, extracting the individual parts
-// and determining their content types. It processes each part according to its content type
-// and ensures that all relevant data is stored in the Msg object.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - params: A map containing the parameters from the multipart content type.
-//   - bodybuf: A bytes.Buffer containing the body content of the EML message.
-//   - msg: A pointer to the Msg object to be populated with the parsed body parts.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - An error if any issues occur during the parsing of the multipart body; otherwise,
-//     returns nil.
+// parseEMLMultipart parses a multipart body part of a EML
 func parseEMLMultipart(params map[string]string, bodybuf *bytes.Buffer, msg *Msg) error {
 	boundary, ok := params["boundary"]
 	if !ok {
@ -465,15 +349,7 @@ ReadNextPart:
 	return nil
 }

-// parseEMLEncoding parses and determines the encoding of the message.
-//
-// This function extracts the content transfer encoding from the EML headers and sets the
-// corresponding encoding in the Msg object. It ensures that the correct encoding is used
-// for further processing of the message content.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - mailHeader: A pointer to the netmail.Header containing the EML headers.
-//   - msg: A pointer to the Msg object to be updated with the encoding information.
+// parseEMLEncoding parses and determines the encoding of the message
 func parseEMLEncoding(mailHeader *netmail.Header, msg *Msg) {
 	if value := mailHeader.Get(HeaderContentTransferEnc.String()); value != "" {
 		switch {
@ -487,15 +363,7 @@ func parseEMLEncoding(mailHeader *netmail.Header, msg *Msg) {
 	}
 }

-// parseEMLContentTypeCharset parses and determines the charset and content type of the message.
-//
-// This function extracts the content type and charset from the EML headers, setting them
-// appropriately in the Msg object. It ensures that the Msg object is configured with the
-// correct content type for further processing.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - mailHeader: A pointer to the netmail.Header containing the EML headers.
-//   - msg: A pointer to the Msg object to be updated with content type and charset information.
+// parseEMLContentTypeCharset parses and determines the charset and content type of the message
 func parseEMLContentTypeCharset(mailHeader *netmail.Header, msg *Msg) {
 	if value := mailHeader.Get(HeaderContentType.String()); value != "" {
 		contentType, optional := parseMultiPartHeader(value)
@ -509,18 +377,7 @@ func parseEMLContentTypeCharset(mailHeader *netmail.Header, msg *Msg) {
 	}
 }

-// handleEMLMultiPartBase64Encoding sets the content body of a base64 encoded Part.
-//
-// This function decodes the base64 encoded content of a multipart part and stores the
-// resulting content in the provided Part object. It handles any errors that occur during
-// the decoding process.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - multiPartData: A byte slice containing the base64 encoded data.
-//   - part: A pointer to the Part object where the decoded content will be stored.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - An error if the base64 decoding fails; otherwise, returns nil.
+// handleEMLMultiPartBase64Encoding sets the content body of a base64 encoded Part
 func handleEMLMultiPartBase64Encoding(multiPartData []byte, part *Part) error {
 	part.SetEncoding(EncodingB64)
 	content, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(string(multiPartData))
@ -531,17 +388,8 @@ func handleEMLMultiPartBase64Encoding(multiPartData []byte, part *Part) error {
 	return nil
 }

-// parseMultiPartHeader parses a multipart header and returns the value and optional parts as a map.
-//
-// This function splits a multipart header into its main value and any optional parameters,
-// returning them separately. It helps in processing multipart messages by extracting
-// relevant information from headers.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - multiPartHeader: A string representing the multipart header to be parsed.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - The main header value as a string and a map of optional parameters.
+// parseMultiPartHeader parses a multipart header and returns the value and optional parts as
+// separate map
 func parseMultiPartHeader(multiPartHeader string) (header string, optional map[string]string) {
 	optional = make(map[string]string)
 	headerSplit := strings.SplitN(multiPartHeader, ";", 2)
@ -556,20 +404,7 @@ func parseMultiPartHeader(multiPartHeader string) (header string, optional map[s
 	return
 }

-// parseEMLAttachmentEmbed parses a multipart that is an attachment or embed.
-//
-// This function handles the parsing of multipart sections that are marked as attachments or
-// embedded content. It processes the content disposition and sets the appropriate fields in
-// the Msg object based on the parsed data.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - contentDisposition: A slice of strings containing the content disposition header.
-//   - multiPart: A pointer to the multipart.Part to be parsed.
-//   - msg: A pointer to the Msg object to be populated with the attachment or embed data.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - An error if any issues occur during the parsing of attachments or embeds; otherwise,
-//     returns nil.
+// parseEMLAttachmentEmbed parses a multipart that is an attachment or embed
 func parseEMLAttachmentEmbed(contentDisposition []string, multiPart *multipart.Part, msg *Msg) error {
 	cdType, optional := parseMultiPartHeader(contentDisposition[0])
 	filename := "generic.attachment"
--- a/encoding.go
+++ b/encoding.go
@ -4,226 +4,173 @@

 package mail

-// Charset is a type wrapper for a string representing different character encodings.
+// Charset represents a character set for the encoding
 type Charset string

-// ContentType is a type wrapper for a string and represents the MIME type of the content being handled.
+// ContentType represents a content type for the Msg
 type ContentType string

-// Encoding is a type wrapper for a string and represents the type of encoding used for email messages
-// and/or parts.
+// Encoding represents a MIME encoding scheme like quoted-printable or Base64.
 type Encoding string

-// MIMEVersion is a type wrapper for a string nad represents the MIME version used in email messages.
+// MIMEVersion represents the MIME version for the mail
 type MIMEVersion string

-// MIMEType is a type wrapper for a string and represents the MIME type for the Msg content or parts.
+// MIMEType represents the MIME type for the mail
 type MIMEType string

+// List of supported encodings
 const (
 	// EncodingB64 represents the Base64 encoding as specified in RFC 2045.
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045#section-6.8
 	EncodingB64 Encoding = "base64"

 	// EncodingQP represents the "quoted-printable" encoding as specified in RFC 2045.
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045#section-6.7
 	EncodingQP Encoding = "quoted-printable"

 	// EncodingUSASCII represents encoding with only US-ASCII characters (aka 7Bit)
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045#section-2.7
 	EncodingUSASCII Encoding = "7bit"

-	// NoEncoding represents 8-bit encoding for email messages as specified in RFC 6152.
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045#section-2.8
-	//
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6152
+	// NoEncoding avoids any character encoding (except of the mail headers)
 	NoEncoding Encoding = "8bit"
 )

+// List of common charsets
 const (
-	// CharsetUTF7 represents the "UTF-7" charset.
+	// CharsetUTF7 represents the "UTF-7" charset
 	CharsetUTF7 Charset = "UTF-7"

-	// CharsetUTF8 represents the "UTF-8" charset.
+	// CharsetUTF8 represents the "UTF-8" charset
 	CharsetUTF8 Charset = "UTF-8"

-	// CharsetASCII represents the "US-ASCII" charset.
+	// CharsetASCII represents the "US-ASCII" charset
 	CharsetASCII Charset = "US-ASCII"

-	// CharsetISO88591 represents the "ISO-8859-1" charset.
+	// CharsetISO88591 represents the "ISO-8859-1" charset
 	CharsetISO88591 Charset = "ISO-8859-1"

-	// CharsetISO88592 represents the "ISO-8859-2" charset.
+	// CharsetISO88592 represents the "ISO-8859-2" charset
 	CharsetISO88592 Charset = "ISO-8859-2"

-	// CharsetISO88593 represents the "ISO-8859-3" charset.
+	// CharsetISO88593 represents the "ISO-8859-3" charset
 	CharsetISO88593 Charset = "ISO-8859-3"

-	// CharsetISO88594 represents the "ISO-8859-4" charset.
+	// CharsetISO88594 represents the "ISO-8859-4" charset
 	CharsetISO88594 Charset = "ISO-8859-4"

-	// CharsetISO88595 represents the "ISO-8859-5" charset.
+	// CharsetISO88595 represents the "ISO-8859-5" charset
 	CharsetISO88595 Charset = "ISO-8859-5"

-	// CharsetISO88596 represents the "ISO-8859-6" charset.
+	// CharsetISO88596 represents the "ISO-8859-6" charset
 	CharsetISO88596 Charset = "ISO-8859-6"

-	// CharsetISO88597 represents the "ISO-8859-7" charset.
+	// CharsetISO88597 represents the "ISO-8859-7" charset
 	CharsetISO88597 Charset = "ISO-8859-7"

-	// CharsetISO88599 represents the "ISO-8859-9" charset.
+	// CharsetISO88599 represents the "ISO-8859-9" charset
 	CharsetISO88599 Charset = "ISO-8859-9"

-	// CharsetISO885913 represents the "ISO-8859-13" charset.
+	// CharsetISO885913 represents the "ISO-8859-13" charset
 	CharsetISO885913 Charset = "ISO-8859-13"

-	// CharsetISO885914 represents the "ISO-8859-14" charset.
+	// CharsetISO885914 represents the "ISO-8859-14" charset
 	CharsetISO885914 Charset = "ISO-8859-14"

-	// CharsetISO885915 represents the "ISO-8859-15" charset.
+	// CharsetISO885915 represents the "ISO-8859-15" charset
 	CharsetISO885915 Charset = "ISO-8859-15"

-	// CharsetISO885916 represents the "ISO-8859-16" charset.
+	// CharsetISO885916 represents the "ISO-8859-16" charset
 	CharsetISO885916 Charset = "ISO-8859-16"

-	// CharsetISO2022JP represents the "ISO-2022-JP" charset.
+	// CharsetISO2022JP represents the "ISO-2022-JP" charset
 	CharsetISO2022JP Charset = "ISO-2022-JP"

-	// CharsetISO2022KR represents the "ISO-2022-KR" charset.
+	// CharsetISO2022KR represents the "ISO-2022-KR" charset
 	CharsetISO2022KR Charset = "ISO-2022-KR"

-	// CharsetWindows1250 represents the "windows-1250" charset.
+	// CharsetWindows1250 represents the "windows-1250" charset
 	CharsetWindows1250 Charset = "windows-1250"

-	// CharsetWindows1251 represents the "windows-1251" charset.
+	// CharsetWindows1251 represents the "windows-1251" charset
 	CharsetWindows1251 Charset = "windows-1251"

-	// CharsetWindows1252 represents the "windows-1252" charset.
+	// CharsetWindows1252 represents the "windows-1252" charset
 	CharsetWindows1252 Charset = "windows-1252"

-	// CharsetWindows1255 represents the "windows-1255" charset.
+	// CharsetWindows1255 represents the "windows-1255" charset
 	CharsetWindows1255 Charset = "windows-1255"

-	// CharsetWindows1256 represents the "windows-1256" charset.
+	// CharsetWindows1256 represents the "windows-1256" charset
 	CharsetWindows1256 Charset = "windows-1256"

-	// CharsetKOI8R represents the "KOI8-R" charset.
+	// CharsetKOI8R represents the "KOI8-R" charset
 	CharsetKOI8R Charset = "KOI8-R"

-	// CharsetKOI8U represents the "KOI8-U" charset.
+	// CharsetKOI8U represents the "KOI8-U" charset
 	CharsetKOI8U Charset = "KOI8-U"

-	// CharsetBig5 represents the "Big5" charset.
+	// CharsetBig5 represents the "Big5" charset
 	CharsetBig5 Charset = "Big5"

-	// CharsetGB18030 represents the "GB18030" charset.
+	// CharsetGB18030 represents the "GB18030" charset
 	CharsetGB18030 Charset = "GB18030"

-	// CharsetGB2312 represents the "GB2312" charset.
+	// CharsetGB2312 represents the "GB2312" charset
 	CharsetGB2312 Charset = "GB2312"

-	// CharsetTIS620 represents the "TIS-620" charset.
+	// CharsetTIS620 represents the "TIS-620" charset
 	CharsetTIS620 Charset = "TIS-620"

-	// CharsetEUCKR represents the "EUC-KR" charset.
+	// CharsetEUCKR represents the "EUC-KR" charset
 	CharsetEUCKR Charset = "EUC-KR"

-	// CharsetShiftJIS represents the "Shift_JIS" charset.
+	// CharsetShiftJIS represents the "Shift_JIS" charset
 	CharsetShiftJIS Charset = "Shift_JIS"

-	// CharsetUnknown represents the "Unknown" charset.
+	// CharsetUnknown represents the "Unknown" charset
 	CharsetUnknown Charset = "Unknown"

-	// CharsetGBK represents the "GBK" charset.
+	// CharsetGBK represents the "GBK" charset
 	CharsetGBK Charset = "GBK"
 )

-// MIME10 represents the MIME version "1.0" used in email messages.
-const MIME10 MIMEVersion = "1.0"
-
+// List of MIME versions
 const (
-	// TypeAppOctetStream represents the MIME type for arbitrary binary data.
-	TypeAppOctetStream ContentType = "application/octet-stream"
+	// MIME10 is the MIME Version 1.0
+	MIME10 MIMEVersion = "1.0"
+)

-	// TypeMultipartAlternative represents the MIME type for a message body that can contain multiple alternative
-	// formats.
+// List of common content types
+const (
+	TypeAppOctetStream       ContentType = "application/octet-stream"
 	TypeMultipartAlternative ContentType = "multipart/alternative"
-
-	// TypeMultipartMixed represents the MIME type for a multipart message containing different parts.
-	TypeMultipartMixed ContentType = "multipart/mixed"
-
-	// TypeMultipartRelated represents the MIME type for a multipart message where each part is a related file
-	// or resource.
-	TypeMultipartRelated ContentType = "multipart/related"
-
-	// TypePGPSignature represents the MIME type for PGP signed messages.
-	TypePGPSignature ContentType = "application/pgp-signature"
-
-	// TypePGPEncrypted represents the MIME type for PGP encrypted messages.
-	TypePGPEncrypted ContentType = "application/pgp-encrypted"
-
-	// TypeTextHTML represents the MIME type for HTML text content.
-	TypeTextHTML ContentType = "text/html"
-
-	// TypeTextPlain represents the MIME type for plain text content.
-	TypeTextPlain ContentType = "text/plain"
-  
-  // typeSMimeSigned represents the MIME type for S/MIME singed messages.
-  typeSMimeSigned ContentType = `application/pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s"`
+	TypeMultipartMixed       ContentType = "multipart/mixed"
+	TypeMultipartRelated     ContentType = "multipart/related"
+	TypePGPSignature         ContentType = "application/pgp-signature"
+	TypePGPEncrypted         ContentType = "application/pgp-encrypted"
+	TypeTextHTML             ContentType = "text/html"
+	TypeTextPlain            ContentType = "text/plain"
+	typeSMimeSigned          ContentType = `application/pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s"`
 )

+// List of MIMETypes
 const (
-	// MIMEAlternative MIMEType represents a MIME multipart/alternative type, used for emails with multiple versions.
 	MIMEAlternative MIMEType = "alternative"
-  // MIMEMixed MIMEType represents a MIME multipart/mixed type used for emails containing different types of content.
 	MIMEMixed       MIMEType = "mixed"
-  // MIMERelated MIMEType represents a MIME multipart/related type, used for emails with related content entities.
 	MIMERelated     MIMEType = "related"
-  // MIMESMime MIMEType represents a MIME multipart/signed type, used for siging emails with S/MIME.
-	MIMESMime       MIMEType = `signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha-256`
+	MIMESMime       MIMEType = `signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha256`
 )

-// String satisfies the fmt.Stringer interface for the Charset type.
-// It converts a Charset into a printable format.
-//
-// This method returns the string representation of the Charset, allowing it to be easily
-// printed or logged.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representation of the Charset.
+// String is a standard method to convert an Charset into a printable format
 func (c Charset) String() string {
 	return string(c)
 }

-// String satisfies the fmt.Stringer interface for the ContentType type.
-// It converts a ContentType into a printable format.
-//
-// This method returns the string representation of the ContentType, enabling its use
-// in formatted output such as logging or displaying information to the user.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representation of the ContentType.
+// String is a standard method to convert an ContentType into a printable format
 func (c ContentType) String() string {
 	return string(c)
 }

-// String satisfies the fmt.Stringer interface for the Encoding type.
-// It converts an Encoding into a printable format.
-//
-// This method returns the string representation of the Encoding, which can be used
-// for displaying or logging purposes.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representation of the Encoding.
+// String is a standard method to convert an Encoding into a printable format
 func (e Encoding) String() string {
 	return string(e)
 }
-
-// String is a standard method to convert an MIMEType into a printable format
-func (e MIMEType) String() string {
-	return string(e)
-}
--- a/encoding_test.go
+++ b/encoding_test.go
@ -126,24 +126,3 @@ func TestCharset_String(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-// TestContentType_String tests the mime type method of the MIMEType object
-func TestMimeType_String(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		mt   MIMEType
-		want string
-	}{
-		{MIMEAlternative, "alternative"},
-		{MIMEMixed, "mixed"},
-		{MIMERelated, "related"},
-		{MIMESMime, `signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha-256`},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.mt.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
-			if tt.mt.String() != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("wrong string for mime type returned. Expected: %s, got: %s",
-					tt.want, tt.mt.String())
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/file.go
+++ b/file.go
@ -9,15 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"net/textproto"
 )

-// FileOption is a function type used to modify properties of a File
+// FileOption returns a function that can be used for grouping File options
 type FileOption func(*File)

-// File represents a file with properties such as content type, description, encoding, headers, name, and
-// a writer function.
-//
-// This struct can represent either an attachment or an embedded file in a Msg, and it stores relevant
-// metadata such as content type and encoding, as well as a function to write the file's content to an
-// io.Writer.
+// File is an attachment or embedded file of the Msg
 type File struct {
 	ContentType ContentType
 	Desc        string
@ -27,68 +22,32 @@ type File struct {
 	Writer      func(w io.Writer) (int64, error)
 }

-// WithFileContentID sets the "Content-ID" header in the File's MIME headers to the specified ID.
-//
-// This function updates the File's MIME headers by setting the "Content-ID" to the provided string value,
-// allowing the file to be referenced by this ID within the MIME structure.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - id: A string representing the content ID to be set in the "Content-ID" header.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A FileOption function that updates the File's "Content-ID" header.
+// WithFileContentID sets the Content-ID header for the File
 func WithFileContentID(id string) FileOption {
 	return func(f *File) {
 		f.Header.Set(HeaderContentID.String(), id)
 	}
 }

-// WithFileName sets the name of a File to the provided value.
-//
-// This function assigns the specified name to the File, updating its Name field.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - name: A string representing the name to be assigned to the File.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A FileOption function that sets the File's name.
+// WithFileName sets the filename of the File
 func WithFileName(name string) FileOption {
 	return func(f *File) {
 		f.Name = name
 	}
 }

-// WithFileDescription sets an optional description for the File, which is used in the Content-Description
-// header of the MIME output.
-//
-// This function updates the File's description, allowing an additional text description to be added to
-// the MIME headers for the file.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - description: A string representing the description to be set in the Content-Description header.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A FileOption function that sets the File's description.
+// WithFileDescription sets an optional file description of the File that will be
+// added as Content-Description part
 func WithFileDescription(description string) FileOption {
 	return func(f *File) {
 		f.Desc = description
 	}
 }

-// WithFileEncoding sets the encoding type for a File.
-//
-// This function allows the specification of an encoding type for the file, typically used for attachments
-// or embedded files. By default, Base64 encoding should be used, but this function can override the
-// default if needed.
-//
-// Note: Quoted-printable encoding (EncodingQP) must never be used for attachments or embeds. If EncodingQP
-// is passed to this function, it will be ignored and the encoding will remain unchanged.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - encoding: The Encoding type to be assigned to the File, unless it's EncodingQP.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A FileOption function that sets the File's encoding.
+// WithFileEncoding sets the encoding of the File. By default we should always use
+// Base64 encoding but there might be exceptions, where this might come handy.
+// Please note that quoted-printable should never be used for attachments/embeds. If this
+// is provided as argument, the function will automatically override back to Base64
 func WithFileEncoding(encoding Encoding) FileOption {
 	return func(f *File) {
 		if encoding == EncodingQP {
@ -99,45 +58,23 @@ func WithFileEncoding(encoding Encoding) FileOption {
 }

 // WithFileContentType sets the content type of the File.
-//
-// By default, the content type is guessed based on the file type, and if no matching type is identified,
-// the default "application/octet-stream" is used. This FileOption allows overriding the guessed content
-// type with a specific one if required.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - contentType: The ContentType to be assigned to the File.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A FileOption function that sets the File's content type.
+// By default go-mail will try to guess the file type and its corresponding
+// content type and fall back to application/octet-stream if the file type
+// could not be guessed. In some cases, however, it might be needed to force
+// this to a specific type. For such situations this override method can
+// be used
 func WithFileContentType(contentType ContentType) FileOption {
 	return func(f *File) {
 		f.ContentType = contentType
 	}
 }

-// setHeader sets the value of a specified MIME header field for the File.
-//
-// This method updates the MIME headers of the File by assigning the provided value to the specified
-// header field.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - header: The Header field to be updated.
-//   - value: A string representing the value to be set for the given header.
+// setHeader sets header fields to a File
 func (f *File) setHeader(header Header, value string) {
 	f.Header.Set(string(header), value)
 }

-// getHeader retrieves the value of the specified MIME header field.
-//
-// This method returns the value of the given header and a boolean indicating whether the header was found
-// in the File's MIME headers.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - header: The Header field whose value is to be retrieved.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string containing the value of the header.
-//   - A boolean indicating whether the header was present (true) or not (false).
+// getHeader return header fields of a File
 func (f *File) getHeader(header Header) (string, bool) {
 	v := f.Header.Get(string(header))
 	return v, v != ""
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@ -6,8 +6,4 @@ module github.com/wneessen/go-mail

 go 1.16

-require (
-	go.mozilla.org/pkcs7 v0.9.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0
-	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0
-)
+require go.mozilla.org/pkcs7 v0.9.0
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@ -1,68 +1,2 @@
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0/go.mod h1:y6Z2r+Rw4iayiXXAIxJIDAJ1zMW4yaTpebo8fPOliYc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDfU=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0/go.mod h1:CKFgDieR+mRhux2Lsu27y0fO304Db0wZe70UKqHu0v8=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0 h1:GBDwsMXVQi34v5CCYUm2jkJvu4cbtru2U4TN2PSyQnw=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0/go.mod h1:rmgy+3RHxRZMyY0jjAJShp2zgEdOqj2AO7U0pYmeQ7U=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
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-golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220722155237-a158d28d115b/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug+ECip1KBveYUHfp+8e9klMJ9c=
-golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
-golang.org/x/net v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0qNGK6F8kojg2nk9dLZ2mShWaEBan6FAoqfSigmmuDg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.15.0/go.mod h1:idbUs1IY1+zTqbi8yxTbhexhEEk5ur9LInksu6HrEpk=
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-golang.org/x/net v0.25.0/go.mod h1:JkAGAh7GEvH74S6FOH42FLoXpXbE/aqXSrIQjXgsiwM=
 go.mozilla.org/pkcs7 v0.9.0 h1:yM4/HS9dYv7ri2biPtxt8ikvB37a980dg69/pKmS+eI=
 go.mozilla.org/pkcs7 v0.9.0/go.mod h1:SNgMg+EgDFwmvSmLRTNKC5fegJjB7v23qTQ0XLGUNHk=
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--- a/go.sum.license
+++ b/go.sum.license
@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2024 The go-mail Authors
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
--- a/header.go
+++ b/header.go
@ -4,146 +4,129 @@

 package mail

-// Header is a type wrapper for a string and represents email header fields in a Msg.
+// Header represents a generic mail header field name
 type Header string

-// AddrHeader is a type wrapper for a string and represents email address headers fields in a Msg.
+// AddrHeader represents a address related mail Header field name
 type AddrHeader string

-// Importance is a type wrapper for an int and represents the level of importance or priority for a Msg.
+// Importance represents a Importance/Priority value string
 type Importance int

+// List of common generic header field names
 const (
-	// HeaderContentDescription is the "Content-Description" header.
+	// HeaderContentDescription is the "Content-Description" header
 	HeaderContentDescription Header = "Content-Description"

-	// HeaderContentDisposition is the "Content-Disposition" header.
+	// HeaderContentDisposition is the "Content-Disposition" header
 	HeaderContentDisposition Header = "Content-Disposition"

-	// HeaderContentID is the "Content-ID" header.
+	// HeaderContentID is the "Content-ID" header
 	HeaderContentID Header = "Content-ID"

-	// HeaderContentLang is the "Content-Language" header.
+	// HeaderContentLang is the "Content-Language" header
 	HeaderContentLang Header = "Content-Language"

-	// HeaderContentLocation is the "Content-Location" header (RFC 2110).
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2110#section-4.3
+	// HeaderContentLocation is the "Content-Location" header (RFC 2110)
 	HeaderContentLocation Header = "Content-Location"

-	// HeaderContentTransferEnc is the "Content-Transfer-Encoding" header.
+	// HeaderContentTransferEnc is the "Content-Transfer-Encoding" header
 	HeaderContentTransferEnc Header = "Content-Transfer-Encoding"

-	// HeaderContentType is the "Content-Type" header.
+	// HeaderContentType is the "Content-Type" header
 	HeaderContentType Header = "Content-Type"

-	// HeaderDate represents the "Date" field.
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc822#section-5.1
+	// HeaderDate represents the "Date" field
+	// See: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc822#section-5.1
 	HeaderDate Header = "Date"

-	// HeaderDispositionNotificationTo is the MDN header as described in RFC 8098.
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8098#section-2.1
+	// HeaderDispositionNotificationTo is the MDN header as described in RFC8098
+	// See: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8098.html#section-2.1
 	HeaderDispositionNotificationTo Header = "Disposition-Notification-To"

-	// HeaderImportance represents the "Importance" field.
+	// HeaderImportance represents the "Importance" field
 	HeaderImportance Header = "Importance"

-	// HeaderInReplyTo represents the "In-Reply-To" field.
+	// HeaderInReplyTo represents the "In-Reply-To" field
 	HeaderInReplyTo Header = "In-Reply-To"

-	// HeaderListUnsubscribe is the "List-Unsubscribe" header field.
+	// HeaderListUnsubscribe is the "List-Unsubscribe" header field
 	HeaderListUnsubscribe Header = "List-Unsubscribe"

-	// HeaderListUnsubscribePost is the "List-Unsubscribe-Post" header field.
+	// HeaderListUnsubscribePost is the "List-Unsubscribe-Post" header field
 	HeaderListUnsubscribePost Header = "List-Unsubscribe-Post"

-	// HeaderMessageID represents the "Message-ID" field for message identification.
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1036#section-2.1.5
+	// HeaderMessageID represents the "Message-ID" field for message identification
+	// See: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1036#section-2.1.5
 	HeaderMessageID Header = "Message-ID"

-	// HeaderMIMEVersion represents the "MIME-Version" field as per RFC 2045.
-	// https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045#section-4
+	// HeaderMIMEVersion represents the "MIME-Version" field as per RFC 2045
+	// See: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045#section-4
 	HeaderMIMEVersion Header = "MIME-Version"

-	// HeaderOrganization is the "Organization" header field.
+	// HeaderOrganization is the "Organization" header field
 	HeaderOrganization Header = "Organization"

-	// HeaderPrecedence is the "Precedence" header field.
+	// HeaderPrecedence is the "Precedence" header field
 	HeaderPrecedence Header = "Precedence"

-	// HeaderPriority represents the "Priority" field.
+	// HeaderPriority represents the "Priority" field
 	HeaderPriority Header = "Priority"

-	// HeaderReferences is the "References" header field.
+	// HeaderReferences is the "References" header field
 	HeaderReferences Header = "References"

-	// HeaderReplyTo is the "Reply-To" header field.
+	// HeaderReplyTo is the "Reply-To" header field
 	HeaderReplyTo Header = "Reply-To"

-	// HeaderSubject is the "Subject" header field.
+	// HeaderSubject is the "Subject" header field
 	HeaderSubject Header = "Subject"

-	// HeaderUserAgent is the "User-Agent" header field.
+	// HeaderUserAgent is the "User-Agent" header field
 	HeaderUserAgent Header = "User-Agent"

-	// HeaderXAutoResponseSuppress is the "X-Auto-Response-Suppress" header field.
+	// HeaderXAutoResponseSuppress is the "X-Auto-Response-Suppress" header field
 	HeaderXAutoResponseSuppress Header = "X-Auto-Response-Suppress"

-	// HeaderXMailer is the "X-Mailer" header field.
+	// HeaderXMailer is the "X-Mailer" header field
 	HeaderXMailer Header = "X-Mailer"

-	// HeaderXMSMailPriority is the "X-MSMail-Priority" header field.
+	// HeaderXMSMailPriority is the "X-MSMail-Priority" header field
 	HeaderXMSMailPriority Header = "X-MSMail-Priority"

-	// HeaderXPriority is the "X-Priority" header field.
+	// HeaderXPriority is the "X-Priority" header field
 	HeaderXPriority Header = "X-Priority"
 )

+// List of common address header field names
 const (
-	// HeaderBcc is the "Blind Carbon Copy" header field.
+	// HeaderBcc is the "Blind Carbon Copy" header field
 	HeaderBcc AddrHeader = "Bcc"

-	// HeaderCc is the "Carbon Copy" header field.
+	// HeaderCc is the "Carbon Copy" header field
 	HeaderCc AddrHeader = "Cc"

-	// HeaderEnvelopeFrom is the envelope FROM header field.
-	//
-	// It is generally not included in the mail body but only used by the Client for the communication with the
-	// SMTP server. If the Msg has no "FROM" address set in the mail body, the msgWriter will try to use the
-	// envelope from address, if this has been set for the Msg.
+	// HeaderEnvelopeFrom is the envelope FROM header field
+	// It's not included in the mail body but only used by the Client for the envelope
 	HeaderEnvelopeFrom AddrHeader = "EnvelopeFrom"

-	// HeaderFrom is the "From" header field.
+	// HeaderFrom is the "From" header field
 	HeaderFrom AddrHeader = "From"

-	// HeaderTo is the "Receipient" header field.
+	// HeaderTo is the "Receipient" header field
 	HeaderTo AddrHeader = "To"
 )

+// List of Importance values
 const (
-	// ImportanceLow indicates a low level of importance or priority in a Msg.
 	ImportanceLow Importance = iota
-
-	// ImportanceNormal indicates a standard level of importance or priority for a Msg.
 	ImportanceNormal
-
-	// ImportanceHigh indicates a high level of importance or priority in a Msg.
 	ImportanceHigh
-
-	// ImportanceNonUrgent indicates a non-urgent level of importance or priority in a Msg.
 	ImportanceNonUrgent
-
-	// ImportanceUrgent indicates an urgent level of importance or priority in a Msg.
 	ImportanceUrgent
 )

-// NumString returns a numerical string representation of the Importance level.
-//
-// This method maps ImportanceHigh and ImportanceUrgent to "1", while ImportanceNonUrgent and ImportanceLow
-// are mapped to "0". Other values return an empty string.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representing the numerical value of the Importance level ("1" or "0"), or an empty string
-//     if the Importance level is unrecognized.
+// NumString returns the importance number string based on the Importance
 func (i Importance) NumString() string {
 	switch i {
 	case ImportanceNonUrgent:
@ -159,14 +142,7 @@ func (i Importance) NumString() string {
 	}
 }

-// XPrioString returns the X-Priority string representation of the Importance level.
-//
-// This method maps ImportanceHigh and ImportanceUrgent to "1", while ImportanceNonUrgent and ImportanceLow
-// are mapped to "5". Other values return an empty string.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representing the X-Priority value of the Importance level ("1" or "5"), or an empty string
-//     if the Importance level is unrecognized.
+// XPrioString returns the X-Priority number string based on the Importance
 func (i Importance) XPrioString() string {
 	switch i {
 	case ImportanceNonUrgent:
@ -182,14 +158,7 @@ func (i Importance) XPrioString() string {
 	}
 }

-// String satisfies the fmt.Stringer interface for the Importance type and returns the string
-// representation of the Importance level.
-//
-// This method provides a human-readable string for each Importance level.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representing the Importance level ("non-urgent", "low", "high", or "urgent"), or an empty
-//     string if the Importance level is unrecognized.
+// String returns the importance string based on the Importance
 func (i Importance) String() string {
 	switch i {
 	case ImportanceNonUrgent:
@ -205,20 +174,12 @@ func (i Importance) String() string {
 	}
 }

-// String satisfies the fmt.Stringer interface for the Header type and returns the string
-// representation of the Header.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representing the Header.
+// String returns the header string based on the given Header
 func (h Header) String() string {
 	return string(h)
 }

-// String satisfies the fmt.Stringer interface for the AddrHeader type and returns the string
-// representation of the AddrHeader.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representing the AddrHeader.
+// String returns the address header string based on the given AddrHeader
 func (a AddrHeader) String() string {
 	return string(a)
 }
--- a/msg.go
+++ b/msg.go
--- a/msg_test.go
+++ b/msg_test.go
@ -786,8 +786,8 @@ func TestMsg_SetMessageIDWithValue(t *testing.T) {
 // TestMsg_SetMessageIDRandomness tests the randomness of Msg.SetMessageID methods
 func TestMsg_SetMessageIDRandomness(t *testing.T) {
 	var mids []string
-	m := NewMsg()
 	for i := 0; i < 50_000; i++ {
+		m := NewMsg()
 		m.SetMessageID()
 		mid := m.GetMessageID()
 		mids = append(mids, mid)
@ -1924,22 +1924,6 @@ func TestMsg_hasAltWithSMime(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-// TestMsg_hasSMime tests the hasSMime() method of the Msg
-func TestMsg_hasSMime(t *testing.T) {
-	keyPair, err := getDummyCertificate()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("failed to load dummy certificate. Cause: %v", err)
-	}
-	m := NewMsg()
-	if err := m.SignWithSMime(keyPair); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("set of certificate was not successful")
-	}
-	m.SetBodyString(TypeTextPlain, "Plain")
-	if !m.hasSMime() {
-		t.Errorf("mail has smime configured but hasSMime() returned true")
-	}
-}
-
 // TestMsg_hasRelated tests the hasRelated() method of the Msg
 func TestMsg_hasRelated(t *testing.T) {
 	m := NewMsg()
@ -2007,70 +1991,6 @@ func TestMsg_WriteToSkipMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-// TestMsg_WriteToWithSMIME tests the WriteTo() method of the Msg
-func TestMsg_WriteToWithSMIME(t *testing.T) {
-	keyPair, err := getDummyCertificate()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("failed to load dummy certificate. Cause: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	m := NewMsg()
-	m.Subject("This is a test")
-	m.SetBodyString(TypeTextPlain, "Plain")
-	if err := m.SignWithSMime(keyPair); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("set of certificate was not successful")
-	}
-
-	wbuf := bytes.Buffer{}
-	if _, err = m.WriteTo(&wbuf); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	result := wbuf.String()
-	boundary := result[strings.LastIndex(result, "--")-60 : strings.LastIndex(result, "--")]
-	if strings.Count(result, boundary) != 4 {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed. False number of boundaries found")
-	}
-
-	parts := strings.Split(result, fmt.Sprintf("--%s", boundary))
-	if len(parts) != 4 {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed. False number of parts found")
-	}
-
-	preamble := parts[0]
-	if !strings.Contains(preamble, "MIME-Version: 1.0") {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed. Unable to find MIME-Version")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(preamble, "Subject: This is a test") {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed. Unable to find subject")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(preamble, fmt.Sprintf("Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol=\"application/pkcs7-signature\"; micalg=sha-256;\r\n boundary=%s", boundary)) {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed. Unable to find Content-Type")
-	}
-
-	signedData := parts[1]
-	if !strings.Contains(signedData, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable") {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed. Unable to find Content-Transfer-Encoding")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(signedData, "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8") {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed. Unable to find Content-Type")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(signedData, "Plain") {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed. Unable to find Content")
-	}
-
-	signature := parts[2]
-	if !strings.Contains(signature, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64") {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed. Unable to find Content-Transfer-Encoding")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(signature, `application/pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s"`) {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed. Unable to find Content-Type")
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(signature, "Plain") {
-		t.Errorf("WriteTo() failed. Unable to find signature")
-	}
-}
-
 // TestMsg_WriteTo_fails tests the WriteTo() method of the Msg but with a failing body writer function
 func TestMsg_WriteTo_fails(t *testing.T) {
 	m := NewMsg()
@ -3359,6 +3279,9 @@ func TestSignWithSMime_ValidKeyPair(t *testing.T) {
 	if m.sMime.certificate == nil {
 		t.Errorf("WithSMimeSinging() - no certificate is given")
 	}
+	if len(m.sMime.parentCertificates) != len(keyPair.Certificate[:1]) {
+		t.Errorf("WithSMimeSinging() - no certificate is given")
+	}
 }

 // TestSignWithSMime_InvalidKeyPair tests WithSMimeSinging with given invalid key pair
--- a/msg_totmpfile.go
+++ b/msg_totmpfile.go
@ -12,14 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )

-// WriteToTempFile creates a temporary file and writes the Msg content to this file.
-//
-// This method generates a temporary file with a ".eml" extension, writes the Msg to it, and returns the
-// filename of the created temporary file.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representing the filename of the temporary file.
-//   - An error if the file creation or writing process fails.
+// WriteToTempFile will create a temporary file and output the Msg to this file
+// The method will return the filename of the temporary file
 func (m *Msg) WriteToTempFile() (string, error) {
 	f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "go-mail_*.eml")
 	if err != nil {
--- a/msg_totmpfile_116.go
+++ b/msg_totmpfile_116.go
@ -12,14 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 )

-// WriteToTempFile creates a temporary file and writes the Msg content to this file.
-//
-// This method generates a temporary file with a ".eml" extension, writes the Msg to it, and returns the
-// filename of the created temporary file.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representing the filename of the temporary file.
-//   - An error if the file creation or writing process fails.
+// WriteToTempFile will create a temporary file and output the Msg to this file
+// The method will return the filename of the temporary file
 func (m *Msg) WriteToTempFile() (string, error) {
 	f, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "go-mail_*.eml")
 	if err != nil {
--- a/msgwriter.go
+++ b/msgwriter.go
@ -18,39 +18,22 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )

-const (
-	// MaxHeaderLength defines the maximum line length for a mail header.
-	//
-	// This constant follows the recommendation of RFC 2047, which suggests a maximum length of 76 characters.
-	//
-	// References:
-	//   - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2047
-	MaxHeaderLength = 76
+// MaxHeaderLength defines the maximum line length for a mail header
+// RFC 2047 suggests 76 characters
+const MaxHeaderLength = 76

-	// MaxBodyLength defines the maximum line length for the mail body.
-	//
-	// This constant follows the recommendation of RFC 2047, which suggests a maximum length of 76 characters.
-	//
-	// References:
-	//   - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2047
-	MaxBodyLength = 76
+// MaxBodyLength defines the maximum line length for the mail body
+// RFC 2047 suggests 76 characters
+const MaxBodyLength = 76

-	// SingleNewLine represents a single newline character sequence ("\r\n").
-	//
-	// This constant can be used by the msgWriter to issue a carriage return when writing mail content.
-	SingleNewLine = "\r\n"
+// SingleNewLine represents a new line that can be used by the msgWriter to issue a carriage return
+const SingleNewLine = "\r\n"

-	// DoubleNewLine represents a double newline character sequence ("\r\n\r\n").
-	//
-	// This constant can be used by the msgWriter to indicate a new segment of the mail when writing mail content.
-	DoubleNewLine = "\r\n\r\n"
-)
+// DoubleNewLine represents a double new line that can be used by the msgWriter to
+// indicate a new segement of the mail
+const DoubleNewLine = "\r\n\r\n"

-// msgWriter handles the I/O operations for writing to the io.WriteCloser of the SMTP client.
-//
-// This struct keeps track of the number of bytes written, the character set used, and the depth of the
-// current multipart section. It also handles encoding, error tracking, and managing multipart and part
-// writers for constructing the email message body.
+// msgWriter handles the I/O to the io.WriteCloser of the SMTP client
 type msgWriter struct {
 	bytesWritten    int64
 	charset         Charset
@ -62,18 +45,7 @@ type msgWriter struct {
 	writer          io.Writer
 }

-// Write implements the io.Writer interface for msgWriter.
-//
-// This method writes the provided payload to the underlying writer. It keeps track of the number of bytes
-// written and handles any errors encountered during the writing process. If a previous error exists, it
-// prevents further writing and returns the error.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - payload: A byte slice containing the data to be written.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - The number of bytes successfully written.
-//   - An error if the writing process fails, or if a previous error was encountered.
+// Write implements the io.Writer interface for msgWriter
 func (mw *msgWriter) Write(payload []byte) (int, error) {
 	if mw.err != nil {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to write due to previous error: %w", mw.err)
@ -85,19 +57,7 @@ func (mw *msgWriter) Write(payload []byte) (int, error) {
 	return n, mw.err
 }

-// writeMsg formats the message and writes it to the msgWriter's io.Writer.
-//
-// This method handles the process of writing the message headers and body content, including handling
-// multipart structures (e.g., mixed, related, alternative), PGP types, and attachments/embeds. It sets the
-// required headers (e.g., "From", "To", "Cc") and iterates over the message parts, writing them to the
-// output writer.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - msg: A pointer to the Msg struct containing the message data and headers to be written.
-//
-// References:
-//   - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045 (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - MIME)
-//   - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5322 (Internet Message Format)
+// writeMsg formats the message and sends it to its io.Writer
 func (mw *msgWriter) writeMsg(msg *Msg) {
 	msg.addDefaultHeader()
 	msg.checkUserAgent()
@ -184,13 +144,7 @@ func (mw *msgWriter) writeMsg(msg *Msg) {
 	}
 }

-// writeGenHeader writes out all generic headers to the msgWriter.
-//
-// This function extracts all generic headers from the provided Msg object, sorts them, and writes them
-// to the msgWriter in alphabetical order.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - msg: The Msg object containing the headers to be written.
+// writeGenHeader writes out all generic headers to the msgWriter
 func (mw *msgWriter) writeGenHeader(msg *Msg) {
 	keys := make([]string, 0, len(msg.genHeader))
 	for key := range msg.genHeader {
@ -202,32 +156,14 @@ func (mw *msgWriter) writeGenHeader(msg *Msg) {
 	}
 }

-// writePreformattedGenHeader writes out all preformatted generic headers to the msgWriter.
-//
-// This function iterates over all preformatted generic headers from the provided Msg object and writes
-// them to the msgWriter in the format "key: value" followed by a newline.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - msg: The Msg object containing the preformatted headers to be written.
+// writePreformatedHeader writes out all preformated generic headers to the msgWriter
 func (mw *msgWriter) writePreformattedGenHeader(msg *Msg) {
 	for key, val := range msg.preformHeader {
 		mw.writeString(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s%s", key, val, SingleNewLine))
 	}
 }

-// startMP writes a multipart beginning.
-//
-// This function initializes a multipart writer for the msgWriter using the specified MIME type and
-// boundary. It sets the Content-Type header to indicate the multipart type and writes the boundary
-// information. If a boundary is provided, it is set explicitly; otherwise, a default boundary is
-// generated. It also handles writing a new part when nested multipart structures are used.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - mimeType: The MIME type of the multipart content (e.g., "mixed", "alternative").
-//   - boundary: The boundary string separating different parts of the multipart message.
-//
-// References:
-//   - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2046
+// startMP writes a multipart beginning
 func (mw *msgWriter) startMP(mimeType MIMEType, boundary string) {
 	multiPartWriter := multipart.NewWriter(mw)
 	if boundary != "" {
@ -247,10 +183,7 @@ func (mw *msgWriter) startMP(mimeType MIMEType, boundary string) {
 	mw.depth++
 }

-// stopMP closes the multipart.
-//
-// This function closes the current multipart writer if there is an active multipart structure.
-// It decreases the depth level of multipart nesting.
+// stopMP closes the multipart
 func (mw *msgWriter) stopMP() {
 	if mw.depth > 0 {
 		mw.err = mw.multiPartWriter[mw.depth-1].Close()
@ -258,17 +191,7 @@ func (mw *msgWriter) stopMP() {
 	}
 }

-// addFiles adds the attachments/embeds file content to the mail body.
-//
-// This function iterates through the list of files, setting necessary headers for each file,
-// including Content-Type, Content-Transfer-Encoding, Content-Disposition, and Content-ID
-// (if the file is an embed). It determines the appropriate MIME type for each file based on
-// its extension or the provided ContentType. It writes file headers and file content
-// to the mail body using the appropriate encoding.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - files: A slice of File objects to be added to the mail body.
-//   - isAttachment: A boolean indicating whether the files are attachments (true) or embeds (false).
+// addFiles adds the attachments/embeds file content to the mail body
 func (mw *msgWriter) addFiles(files []*File, isAttachment bool) {
 	for _, file := range files {
 		encoding := EncodingB64
@ -327,40 +250,18 @@ func (mw *msgWriter) addFiles(files []*File, isAttachment bool) {
 	}
 }

-// newPart creates a new MIME multipart io.Writer and sets the partWriter to it.
-//
-// This function creates a new MIME part using the provided header information and assigns it
-// to the partWriter. It interacts with the current multipart writer at the specified depth
-// to create the part.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - header: A map containing the header fields and their corresponding values for the new part.
+// newPart creates a new MIME multipart io.Writer and sets the partwriter to it
 func (mw *msgWriter) newPart(header map[string][]string) {
 	mw.partWriter, mw.err = mw.multiPartWriter[mw.depth-1].CreatePart(header)
 }

-// writePart writes the corresponding part to the Msg body.
-//
-// This function writes a MIME part to the message body, setting the appropriate headers such
-// as Content-Type and Content-Transfer-Encoding. It determines the charset for the part,
-// either using the part's own charset or a fallback charset if none is specified. If the part
-// is at the top level (depth 0), headers are written directly. For nested parts, it creates
-// a new MIME part with the provided headers.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - part: The Part object containing the data to be written.
-//   - charset: The Charset used as a fallback if the part does not specify one.
+// writePart writes the corresponding part to the Msg body
 func (mw *msgWriter) writePart(part *Part, charset Charset) {
 	partCharset := part.charset
 	if partCharset.String() == "" {
 		partCharset = charset
 	}
-
-	contentType := part.contentType.String()
-	if !part.IsSMimeSigned() {
-		contentType = strings.Join([]string{contentType, "; charset=", partCharset.String()}, "")
-	}
-
+	contentType := fmt.Sprintf("%s; charset=%s", part.contentType, partCharset)
 	contentTransferEnc := part.encoding.String()
 	if mw.depth == 0 {
 		mw.writeHeader(HeaderContentType, contentType)
@ -379,14 +280,7 @@ func (mw *msgWriter) writePart(part *Part, charset Charset) {
 	mw.writeBody(part.writeFunc, part.encoding, part.smime)
 }

-// writeString writes a string into the msgWriter's io.Writer interface.
-//
-// This function writes the given string to the msgWriter's underlying writer. It checks for
-// existing errors before performing the write operation. It also tracks the number of bytes
-// written and updates the bytesWritten field accordingly.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - s: The string to be written.
+// writeString writes a string into the msgWriter's io.Writer interface
 func (mw *msgWriter) writeString(s string) {
 	if mw.err != nil {
 		return
@ -396,16 +290,7 @@ func (mw *msgWriter) writeString(s string) {
 	mw.bytesWritten += int64(n)
 }

-// writeHeader writes a header into the msgWriter's io.Writer.
-//
-// This function writes a header key and its associated values to the msgWriter. It ensures
-// proper formatting of long headers by inserting line breaks as needed. The header values
-// are joined and split into words to ensure compliance with the maximum header length
-// (MaxHeaderLength). After processing the header, it is written to the underlying writer.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - key: The Header key to be written.
-//   - values: A variadic parameter representing the values associated with the header.
+// writeHeader writes a header into the msgWriter's io.Writer
 func (mw *msgWriter) writeHeader(key Header, values ...string) {
 	buffer := strings.Builder{}
 	charLength := MaxHeaderLength - 2
@ -440,18 +325,7 @@ func (mw *msgWriter) writeHeader(key Header, values ...string) {
 	mw.writeString("\r\n")
 }

-// writeBody writes an io.Reader into an io.Writer using the provided Encoding.
-//
-// This function writes data from an io.Reader to the underlying writer using a specified
-// encoding (quoted-printable, base64, or no encoding). It handles encoding of the content
-// and manages writing the encoded data to the appropriate writer, depending on the depth
-// (whether the data is part of a multipart structure or not). It also tracks the number
-// of bytes written and manages any errors encountered during the process.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - writeFunc: A function that writes the body content to the given io.Writer.
-//   - encoding: The encoding type to use when writing the content (e.g., base64, quoted-printable).
-//   - singingWithSMime: Whether the msg should be signed with S/MIME or not.
+// writeBody writes an io.Reader into an io.Writer using provided Encoding
 func (mw *msgWriter) writeBody(writeFunc func(io.Writer) (int64, error), encoding Encoding, singingWithSMime bool) {
 	var writer io.Writer
 	var encodedWriter io.WriteCloser
--- a/msgwriter_test.go
+++ b/msgwriter_test.go
@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ func TestMsgWriter_writeMsg_SMime(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("failed to load dummy certificate. Cause: %v", err)
 	}
-
 	m := NewMsg()
 	if err := m.SignWithSMime(keyPair); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("set of certificate was not successful")
@ -174,22 +173,7 @@ func TestMsgWriter_writeMsg_SMime(t *testing.T) {
 	mw := &msgWriter{writer: &buf, charset: CharsetUTF8, encoder: mime.QEncoding}
 	mw.writeMsg(m)
 	ms := buf.String()
-
-	if !strings.Contains(ms, "MIME-Version: 1.0") {
-		t.Errorf("writeMsg failed. Unable to find MIME-Version")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(ms, "Subject: This is a subject") {
-		t.Errorf("writeMsg failed. Unable to find subject")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(ms, "From: \"Toni Tester\" <test@example.com>") {
-		t.Errorf("writeMsg failed. Unable to find transmitter")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(ms, "To: \"Toni Receiver\" <receiver@example.com>") {
-		t.Errorf("writeMsg failed. Unable to find receiver")
-	}
-
-	boundary := ms[strings.LastIndex(ms, "--")-60 : strings.LastIndex(ms, "--")]
-	if !strings.Contains(ms, fmt.Sprintf("Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol=\"application/pkcs7-signature\"; micalg=sha-256;\r\n boundary=%s", boundary)) {
-		t.Errorf("writeMsg failed. Unable to find Content-Type")
+	if !strings.Contains(ms, `multipart/signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha256;`) {
+		t.Errorf("writeMsg failed. Expected PGP encoding header but didn't find it in message output")
 	}
 }
--- a/part.go
+++ b/part.go
@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ import (
 // PartOption returns a function that can be used for grouping Part options
 type PartOption func(*Part)

-// Part is a part of the Msg.
-//
-// This struct represents a single part of a multipart message. Each part has a content type,
-// charset, optional description, encoding, and a function to write its content to an io.Writer.
-// It also includes a flag to mark the part as deleted.
+// Part is a part of the Msg
 type Part struct {
 	contentType ContentType
 	charset     Charset
@ -27,14 +23,7 @@ type Part struct {
 	smime       bool
 }

-// GetContent executes the WriteFunc of the Part and returns the content as a byte slice.
-//
-// This function runs the part's writeFunc to write its content into a buffer and then returns
-// the content as a byte slice. If an error occurs during the writing process, it is returned.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A byte slice containing the part's content.
-//   - An error if the writeFunc encounters an issue.
+// GetContent executes the WriteFunc of the Part and returns the content as byte slice
 func (p *Part) GetContent() ([]byte, error) {
 	var b bytes.Buffer
 	if _, err := p.writeFunc(&b); err != nil {
@ -43,54 +32,27 @@ func (p *Part) GetContent() ([]byte, error) {
 	return b.Bytes(), nil
 }

-// GetCharset returns the currently set Charset of the Part.
-//
-// This function returns the Charset that is currently set for the Part.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - The Charset of the Part.
+// GetCharset returns the currently set Charset of the Part
 func (p *Part) GetCharset() Charset {
 	return p.charset
 }

-// GetContentType returns the currently set ContentType of the Part.
-//
-// This function returns the ContentType that is currently set for the Part.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - The ContentType of the Part.
+// GetContentType returns the currently set ContentType of the Part
 func (p *Part) GetContentType() ContentType {
 	return p.contentType
 }

-// GetEncoding returns the currently set Encoding of the Part.
-//
-// This function returns the Encoding that is currently set for the Part.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - The Encoding of the Part.
+// GetEncoding returns the currently set Encoding of the Part
 func (p *Part) GetEncoding() Encoding {
 	return p.encoding
 }

-// GetWriteFunc returns the currently set WriteFunc of the Part.
-//
-// This function returns the WriteFunc that is currently set for the Part, which writes
-// the part's content to an io.Writer.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - The WriteFunc of the Part, which is a function that takes an io.Writer and returns
-//     the number of bytes written and an error (if any).
+// GetWriteFunc returns the currently set WriterFunc of the Part
 func (p *Part) GetWriteFunc() func(io.Writer) (int64, error) {
 	return p.writeFunc
 }

-// GetDescription returns the currently set Content-Description of the Part.
-//
-// This function returns the Content-Description that is currently set for the Part.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - The Content-Description of the Part as a string.
+// GetDescription returns the currently set Content-Description of the Part
 func (p *Part) GetDescription() string {
 	return p.description
 }
@ -100,126 +62,63 @@ func (p *Part) IsSMimeSigned() bool {
 	return p.smime
 }

-// SetContent overrides the content of the Part with the given string.
-//
-// This function sets the content of the Part by creating a new writeFunc that writes the
-// provided string content to an io.Writer.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - content: The string that will replace the current content of the Part.
+// SetContent overrides the content of the Part with the given string
 func (p *Part) SetContent(content string) {
 	buffer := bytes.NewBufferString(content)
 	p.writeFunc = writeFuncFromBuffer(buffer)
 }

-// SetContentType overrides the ContentType of the Part.
-//
-// This function sets a new ContentType for the Part, replacing the existing one.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - contentType: The new ContentType to be set for the Part.
+// SetContentType overrides the ContentType of the Part
 func (p *Part) SetContentType(contentType ContentType) {
 	p.contentType = contentType
 }

-// SetCharset overrides the Charset of the Part.
-//
-// This function sets a new Charset for the Part, replacing the existing one.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - charset: The new Charset to be set for the Part.
+// SetCharset overrides the Charset of the Part
 func (p *Part) SetCharset(charset Charset) {
 	p.charset = charset
 }

-// SetEncoding creates a new mime.WordEncoder based on the encoding setting of the message.
-//
-// This function sets a new Encoding for the Part, replacing the existing one.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - encoding: The new Encoding to be set for the Part.
+// SetEncoding creates a new mime.WordEncoder based on the encoding setting of the message
 func (p *Part) SetEncoding(encoding Encoding) {
 	p.encoding = encoding
 }

-// SetDescription overrides the Content-Description of the Part.
-//
-// This function sets a new Content-Description for the Part, replacing the existing one.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - description: The new Content-Description to be set for the Part.
+// SetDescription overrides the Content-Description of the Part
 func (p *Part) SetDescription(description string) {
 	p.description = description
 }

-
 // SetIsSMimeSigned sets the flag for signing the Part with S/MIME
 func (p *Part) SetIsSMimeSigned(smime bool) {
 	p.smime = smime
 }

-// SetWriteFunc overrides the WriteFunc of the Part.
-//
-// This function sets a new WriteFunc for the Part, replacing the existing one. The WriteFunc
-// is responsible for writing the Part's content to an io.Writer.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - writeFunc: A function that writes the Part's content to an io.Writer and returns
-//     the number of bytes written and an error (if any).
+// SetWriteFunc overrides the WriteFunc of the Part
 func (p *Part) SetWriteFunc(writeFunc func(io.Writer) (int64, error)) {
 	p.writeFunc = writeFunc
 }

-// Delete removes the current part from the parts list of the Msg by setting the isDeleted flag to true.
-//
-// This function marks the Part as deleted by setting the isDeleted flag to true. The msgWriter
-// will skip over this Part during processing.
+// Delete removes the current part from the parts list of the Msg by setting the
+// isDeleted flag to true. The msgWriter will skip it then
 func (p *Part) Delete() {
 	p.isDeleted = true
 }

-// WithPartCharset overrides the default Part charset.
-//
-// This function returns a PartOption that allows the charset of a Part to be overridden
-// with the specified Charset.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - charset: The Charset to be set for the Part.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A PartOption function that sets the Part's charset.
+// WithPartCharset overrides the default Part charset
 func WithPartCharset(charset Charset) PartOption {
 	return func(p *Part) {
 		p.charset = charset
 	}
 }

-// WithPartEncoding overrides the default Part encoding.
-//
-// This function returns a PartOption that allows the encoding of a Part to be overridden
-// with the specified Encoding.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - encoding: The Encoding to be set for the Part.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A PartOption function that sets the Part's encoding.
+// WithPartEncoding overrides the default Part encoding
 func WithPartEncoding(encoding Encoding) PartOption {
 	return func(p *Part) {
 		p.encoding = encoding
 	}
 }

-// WithPartContentDescription overrides the default Part Content-Description.
-//
-// This function returns a PartOption that allows the Content-Description of a Part
-// to be overridden with the specified description.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - description: The Content-Description to be set for the Part.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A PartOption function that sets the Part's Content-Description.
+// WithPartContentDescription overrides the default Part Content-Description
 func WithPartContentDescription(description string) PartOption {
 	return func(p *Part) {
 		p.description = description
--- a/random.go
+++ b/random.go
@ -11,37 +11,17 @@ import (
 )

 // Range of characters for the secure string generation
-const cr = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789._-"
+const cr = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890"

 // Bitmask sizes for the string generators (based on 93 chars total)
-//
-// These constants define bitmask-related values used for efficient random string generation.
-// The bitmask operates over 66 possible characters, and the constants help determine the
-// number of bits and indices used in the process.
 const (
-	// letterIdxBits: Number of bits needed to represent a letter index. We have 64 possible characters
-	// which fit into 6 bits.
-	letterIdxBits = 6
-	// letterIdxMask: Bitmask to extract letter indices (all 1-bits for letterIdxBits).
-	letterIdxMask = 1<<letterIdxBits - 1
-	// letterIdxMax: The maximum number of letter indices that fit in 63 bits.
-	letterIdxMax = 63 / letterIdxBits
+	letterIdxBits = 7                    // 7 bits to represent a letter index
+	letterIdxMask = 1<<letterIdxBits - 1 // All 1-bits, as many as letterIdxBits
+	letterIdxMax  = 63 / letterIdxBits   // # of letter indices fitting in 63 bits
 )

-// randomStringSecure returns a random string of the specified length.
-//
-// This function generates a cryptographically secure random string of the given length using
-// the crypto/rand package. It ensures that the randomness is secure and suitable for
-// cryptographic purposes. The function reads random bytes, converts them to indices within
-// a character range, and builds the string. If an error occurs while reading from the random
-// pool, it returns the error.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - length: The length of the random string to be generated.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A randomly generated string.
-//   - An error if the random generation fails.
+// randomStringSecure returns a random, string of length characters. This method uses the
+// crypto/random package and therfore is cryptographically secure
 func randomStringSecure(length int) (string, error) {
 	randString := strings.Builder{}
 	randString.Grow(length)
--- a/random_119.go
+++ b/random_119.go
@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 The go-mail Authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+//go:build !go1.20
+// +build !go1.20
+
+package mail
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// randNum returns a random number with a maximum value of length
+func randNum(maxval int) int {
+	if maxval <= 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	return rand.Intn(maxval)
+}
--- a/random_121.go
+++ b/random_121.go
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 The go-mail Authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+//go:build go1.20 && !go1.22
+// +build go1.20,!go1.22
+
+package mail
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+)
+
+// randNum returns a random number with a maximum value of length
+func randNum(maxval int) int {
+	if maxval <= 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return rand.Intn(maxval)
+}
--- a/random_122.go
+++ b/random_122.go
@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 The go-mail Authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+//go:build go1.22
+// +build go1.22
+
+package mail
+
+import (
+	"math/rand/v2"
+)
+
+// randNum returns a random number with a maximum value of maxval.
+// go-mail compiled with Go 1.22+ will make use of the novel math/rand/v2 interface
+// Older versions of Go will use math/rand
+func randNum(maxval int) int {
+	if maxval <= 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return rand.IntN(maxval)
+}
--- a/random_test.go
+++ b/random_test.go
@ -38,12 +38,34 @@ func TestRandomStringSecure(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func BenchmarkGenerator_RandomStringSecure(b *testing.B) {
-	b.ReportAllocs()
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		_, err := randomStringSecure(22)
-		if err != nil {
-			b.Errorf("RandomStringFromCharRange() failed: %s", err)
-		}
+// TestRandomNum tests the randomNum method
+func TestRandomNum(t *testing.T) {
+	tt := []struct {
+		testName string
+		max      int
+	}{
+		{"Max: 1", 1},
+		{"Max: 20", 20},
+		{"Max: 50", 50},
+		{"Max: 100", 100},
+		{"Max: 1000", 1000},
+		{"Max: 10000", 10000},
+		{"Max: 100000000", 100000000},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tt {
+		t.Run(tc.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			rn := randNum(tc.max)
+			if rn > tc.max {
+				t.Errorf("random number generation failed: %d is bigger than given value %d", rn, tc.max)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRandomNumZero(t *testing.T) {
+	rn := randNum(0)
+	if rn != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("random number generation failed: %d is not zero", rn)
 	}
 }
--- a/reader.go
+++ b/reader.go
@ -8,41 +8,19 @@ import (
 	"io"
 )

-// Reader is a type that implements the io.Reader interface for a Msg.
-//
-// This struct represents a reader that reads from a byte slice buffer. It keeps track of the
-// current read position (offset) and any initialization error. The buffer holds the data to be
-// read from the message.
+// Reader is a type that implements the io.Reader interface for a Msg
 type Reader struct {
 	buffer []byte // contents are the bytes buffer[offset : len(buffer)]
 	offset int    // read at &buffer[offset], write at &buffer[len(buffer)]
 	err    error  // initialization error
 }

-// Error returns an error if the Reader err field is not nil.
-//
-// This function checks the Reader's err field and returns it if it is not nil. If no error
-// occurred during initialization, it returns nil.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - The error stored in the err field, or nil if no error is present.
+// Error returns an error if the Reader err field is not nil
 func (r *Reader) Error() error {
 	return r.err
 }

-// Read reads the content of the Msg buffer into the provided payload to satisfy the io.Reader interface.
-//
-// This function reads data from the Reader's buffer into the provided byte slice (payload).
-// It checks for errors or an empty buffer and resets the Reader if necessary. If no data is available,
-// it returns io.EOF. Otherwise, it copies the content from the buffer into the payload and updates
-// the read offset.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - payload: A byte slice where the data will be copied.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - n: The number of bytes copied into the payload.
-//   - err: An error if any issues occurred during the read operation or io.EOF if the buffer is empty.
+// Read reads the length of p of the Msg buffer to satisfy the io.Reader interface
 func (r *Reader) Read(payload []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	if r.err != nil {
 		return 0, r.err
@ -59,20 +37,12 @@ func (r *Reader) Read(payload []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return n, err
 }

-// Reset resets the Reader buffer to be empty, but it retains the underlying storage for future use.
-//
-// This function clears the Reader's buffer by setting its length to 0 and resets the read offset
-// to the beginning. The underlying storage is retained, allowing future writes to reuse the buffer.
+// Reset resets the Reader buffer to be empty, but it retains the underlying storage
+// for use by future writes.
 func (r *Reader) Reset() {
 	r.buffer = r.buffer[:0]
 	r.offset = 0
 }

 // empty reports whether the unread portion of the Reader buffer is empty.
-//
-// This function checks if the unread portion of the Reader's buffer is empty by comparing
-// the length of the buffer to the current read offset.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - true if the unread portion is empty, false otherwise.
 func (r *Reader) empty() bool { return len(r.buffer) <= r.offset }
--- a/senderror.go
+++ b/senderror.go
@ -54,11 +54,7 @@ const (
 	ErrAmbiguous
 )

-// SendError is an error wrapper for delivery errors of the Msg.
-//
-// This struct represents an error that occurs during the delivery of a message. It holds
-// details about the affected message, a list of errors, the recipient list, and whether
-// the error is temporary or permanent. It also includes a reason code for the error.
+// SendError is an error wrapper for delivery errors of the Msg
 type SendError struct {
 	affectedMsg *Msg
 	errlist     []error
@ -70,16 +66,7 @@ type SendError struct {
 // SendErrReason represents a comparable reason on why the delivery failed
 type SendErrReason int

-// Error implements the error interface for the SendError type.
-//
-// This function returns a detailed error message string for the SendError, including the
-// reason for failure, list of errors, affected recipients, and the message ID of the
-// affected message (if available). If the reason is unknown (greater than 10), it returns
-// "unknown reason". The error message is built dynamically based on the content of the
-// error list, recipient list, and message ID.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representing the error message.
+// Error implements the error interface for the SendError type
 func (e *SendError) Error() string {
 	if e.Reason > 10 {
 		return "unknown reason"
@ -114,17 +101,7 @@ func (e *SendError) Error() string {
 	return errMessage.String()
 }

-// Is implements the errors.Is functionality and compares the SendErrReason.
-//
-// This function allows for comparison between two errors by checking if the provided
-// error matches the SendError type and, if so, compares the SendErrReason and the
-// temporary status (isTemp) of both errors.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - errType: The error to compare against the current SendError.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - true if the errors have the same reason and temporary status, false otherwise.
+// Is implements the errors.Is functionality and compares the SendErrReason
 func (e *SendError) Is(errType error) bool {
 	var t *SendError
 	if errors.As(errType, &t) && t != nil {
@ -133,13 +110,7 @@ func (e *SendError) Is(errType error) bool {
 	return false
 }

-// IsTemp returns true if the delivery error is of a temporary nature and can be retried.
-//
-// This function checks whether the SendError indicates a temporary error, which suggests
-// that the delivery can be retried. If the SendError is nil, it returns false.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - true if the error is temporary, false otherwise.
+// IsTemp returns true if the delivery error is of temporary nature and can be retried
 func (e *SendError) IsTemp() bool {
 	if e == nil {
 		return false
@ -147,13 +118,8 @@ func (e *SendError) IsTemp() bool {
 	return e.isTemp
 }

-// MessageID returns the message ID of the affected Msg that caused the error.
-//
-// This function retrieves the message ID of the Msg associated with the SendError.
-// If no message ID was set or if the SendError or Msg is nil, it returns an empty string.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - The message ID as a string, or an empty string if no ID is available.
+// MessageID returns the message ID of the affected Msg that caused the error
+// If no message ID was set for the Msg, an empty string will be returned
 func (e *SendError) MessageID() string {
 	if e == nil || e.affectedMsg == nil {
 		return ""
@ -161,13 +127,7 @@ func (e *SendError) MessageID() string {
 	return e.affectedMsg.GetMessageID()
 }

-// Msg returns the pointer to the affected message that caused the error.
-//
-// This function retrieves the Msg associated with the SendError. If the SendError or
-// the affectedMsg is nil, it returns nil.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A pointer to the Msg that caused the error, or nil if not available.
+// Msg returns the pointer to the affected message that caused the error
 func (e *SendError) Msg() *Msg {
 	if e == nil || e.affectedMsg == nil {
 		return nil
@ -175,14 +135,7 @@ func (e *SendError) Msg() *Msg {
 	return e.affectedMsg
 }

-// String satisfies the fmt.Stringer interface for the SendErrReason type.
-//
-// This function converts the SendErrReason into a human-readable string representation based
-// on the error type. If the error reason does not match any predefined case, it returns
-// "unknown reason".
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representation of the SendErrReason.
+// String implements the Stringer interface for the SendErrReason
 func (r SendErrReason) String() string {
 	switch r {
 	case ErrGetSender:
@ -211,16 +164,8 @@ func (r SendErrReason) String() string {
 	return "unknown reason"
 }

-// isTempError checks if the given SMTP error is of a temporary nature and should be retried.
-//
-// This function inspects the error message and returns true if the first character of the
-// error message is '4', indicating a temporary SMTP error that can be retried.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - err: The error to check.
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - true if the error is temporary, false otherwise.
+// isTempError checks the given SMTP error and returns true if the given error is of temporary nature
+// and should be retried
 func isTempError(err error) bool {
 	return err.Error()[0] == '4'
 }
--- a/smime.go
+++ b/smime.go
@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ var (
 	// ErrInvalidKeyPair should be used if key pair is invalid
 	ErrInvalidKeyPair = errors.New("invalid key pair")

+	// ErrInvalidCertificate should be used if a certificate is invalid
+	ErrInvalidCertificate = errors.New("invalid certificate")
+
 	// ErrCouldNotInitialize should be used if the signed data could not initialize
 	ErrCouldNotInitialize = errors.New("could not initialize signed data")

@ -31,8 +34,9 @@ var (

 // SMime is used to sign messages with S/MIME
 type SMime struct {
-	privateKey  *rsa.PrivateKey
-	certificate *x509.Certificate
+	privateKey         *rsa.PrivateKey
+	certificate        *x509.Certificate
+	parentCertificates []*x509.Certificate
 }

 // NewSMime construct a new instance of SMime with a provided *tls.Certificate
@ -41,44 +45,53 @@ func newSMime(keyPair *tls.Certificate) (*SMime, error) {
 		return nil, ErrInvalidKeyPair
 	}

+	parentCertificates := make([]*x509.Certificate, 0)
+	for _, cert := range keyPair.Certificate[1:] {
+		c, err := x509.ParseCertificate(cert)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, ErrInvalidCertificate
+		}
+		parentCertificates = append(parentCertificates, c)
+	}
+
 	return &SMime{
-		privateKey:  keyPair.PrivateKey.(*rsa.PrivateKey),
-		certificate: keyPair.Leaf,
+		privateKey:         keyPair.PrivateKey.(*rsa.PrivateKey),
+		certificate:        keyPair.Leaf,
+		parentCertificates: parentCertificates,
 	}, nil
 }

-// signMessage signs the message with S/MIME
-func (sm *SMime) signMessage(message string) (*string, error) {
+// sign with the S/MIME method the message of the actual *Part
+func (sm *SMime) sign(signaturePart *Part, message string) error {
 	lines := parseLines([]byte(message))
 	toBeSigned := lines.bytesFromLines([]byte("\r\n"))

-	signedData, err := pkcs7.NewSignedData(toBeSigned)
-	signedData.SetDigestAlgorithm(pkcs7.OIDDigestAlgorithmSHA256)
+	tmp, err := pkcs7.NewSignedData(toBeSigned)
+	tmp.SetDigestAlgorithm(pkcs7.OIDDigestAlgorithmSHA256)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, ErrCouldNotInitialize
+		return ErrCouldNotInitialize
 	}

-	if err = signedData.AddSigner(sm.certificate, sm.privateKey, pkcs7.SignerInfoConfig{}); err != nil {
-		return nil, ErrCouldNotAddSigner
+	if err = tmp.AddSignerChain(sm.certificate, sm.privateKey, sm.parentCertificates, pkcs7.SignerInfoConfig{}); err != nil {
+		return ErrCouldNotAddSigner
 	}

-	signedData.Detach()
-
-	signatureDER, err := signedData.Finish()
+	signatureDER, err := tmp.Finish()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, ErrCouldNotFinishSigning
+		return ErrCouldNotFinishSigning
 	}

 	pemMsg, err := encodeToPEM(signatureDER)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, ErrCouldNoEncodeToPEM
+		return ErrCouldNoEncodeToPEM
 	}
+	signaturePart.SetContent(*pemMsg)

-	return pemMsg, nil
+	return nil
 }

 // createMessage prepares the message that will be used for the sign method later
-func (sm *SMime) prepareMessage(encoding Encoding, contentType ContentType, charset Charset, body []byte) string {
+func (sm *SMime) createMessage(encoding Encoding, contentType ContentType, charset Charset, body []byte) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Content-Transfer-Encoding: %v\r\nContent-Type: %v; charset=%v\r\n\r\n%v", encoding, contentType, charset, string(body))
 }

--- a/smime_test.go
+++ b/smime_test.go
@ -1,190 +0,0 @@
-package mail
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/base64"
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-// TestNewSMime tests the newSMime method
-func TestNewSMime(t *testing.T) {
-	keyPair, err := getDummyCertificate()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Error getting dummy certificate: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	sMime, err := newSMime(keyPair)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Error creating new SMime from keyPair: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	if sMime.privateKey != keyPair.PrivateKey {
-		t.Errorf("NewSMime() did not return the same private key")
-	}
-	if sMime.certificate != keyPair.Leaf {
-		t.Errorf("NewSMime() did not return the same leaf certificate")
-	}
-}
-
-// TestSign tests the sign method
-func TestSign(t *testing.T) {
-	keyPair, err := getDummyCertificate()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Error getting dummy certificate: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	sMime, err := newSMime(keyPair)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Error creating new SMime from keyPair: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	message := "This is a test message"
-	singedMessage, err := sMime.signMessage(message)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Error creating singed message: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	if *singedMessage == message {
-		t.Errorf("Sign() did not work")
-	}
-}
-
-// TestPrepareMessage tests the createMessage method
-func TestPrepareMessage(t *testing.T) {
-	keyPair, err := getDummyCertificate()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Error getting dummy certificate: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	sMime, err := newSMime(keyPair)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Error creating new SMime from keyPair: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	encoding := EncodingB64
-	contentType := TypeTextPlain
-	charset := CharsetUTF8
-	body := []byte("This is the body!")
-	result := sMime.prepareMessage(encoding, contentType, charset, body)
-
-	if !strings.Contains(result, encoding.String()) {
-		t.Errorf("createMessage() did not return the correct encoding")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(result, contentType.String()) {
-		t.Errorf("createMessage() did not return the correct contentType")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(result, string(body)) {
-		t.Errorf("createMessage() did not return the correct body")
-	}
-	if result != fmt.Sprintf("Content-Transfer-Encoding: %s\r\nContent-Type: %s; charset=%s\r\n\r\n%s", encoding, contentType, charset, string(body)) {
-		t.Errorf("createMessage() did not sucessfully create the message")
-	}
-}
-
-// TestEncodeToPEM tests the encodeToPEM method
-func TestEncodeToPEM(t *testing.T) {
-	message := []byte("This is a test message")
-
-	pemMessage, err := encodeToPEM(message)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Error encoding message: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	base64Encoded := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(message)
-	if *pemMessage != base64Encoded {
-		t.Errorf("encodeToPEM() did not work")
-	}
-}
-
-// TestBytesFromLines tests the bytesFromLines method
-func TestBytesFromLines(t *testing.T) {
-	ls := lines{
-		{line: []byte("Hello"), endOfLine: []byte("\n")},
-		{line: []byte("World"), endOfLine: []byte("\n")},
-	}
-	expected := []byte("Hello\nWorld\n")
-
-	result := ls.bytesFromLines([]byte("\n"))
-	if !bytes.Equal(result, expected) {
-		t.Errorf("Expected %s, but got %s", expected, result)
-	}
-}
-
-// FuzzBytesFromLines tests the bytesFromLines method with fuzzing
-func FuzzBytesFromLines(f *testing.F) {
-	f.Add([]byte("Hello"), []byte("\n"))
-	f.Fuzz(func(t *testing.T, lineData, sep []byte) {
-		ls := lines{
-			{line: lineData, endOfLine: sep},
-		}
-		_ = ls.bytesFromLines(sep)
-	})
-}
-
-// TestParseLines tests the parseLines method
-func TestParseLines(t *testing.T) {
-	input := []byte("Hello\r\nWorld\nHello\rWorld")
-	expected := lines{
-		{line: []byte("Hello"), endOfLine: []byte("\r\n")},
-		{line: []byte("World"), endOfLine: []byte("\n")},
-		{line: []byte("Hello"), endOfLine: []byte("\r")},
-		{line: []byte("World"), endOfLine: []byte("")},
-	}
-
-	result := parseLines(input)
-	if len(result) != len(expected) {
-		t.Errorf("Expected %d lines, but got %d", len(expected), len(result))
-	}
-
-	for i := range result {
-		if !bytes.Equal(result[i].line, expected[i].line) || !bytes.Equal(result[i].endOfLine, expected[i].endOfLine) {
-			t.Errorf("Line %d mismatch. Expected line: %s, endOfLine: %s, got line: %s, endOfLine: %s",
-				i, expected[i].line, expected[i].endOfLine, result[i].line, result[i].endOfLine)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// FuzzParseLines tests the parseLines method with fuzzing
-func FuzzParseLines(f *testing.F) {
-	f.Add([]byte("Hello\nWorld\r\nAnother\rLine"))
-	f.Fuzz(func(t *testing.T, input []byte) {
-		_ = parseLines(input)
-	})
-}
-
-// TestSplitLine tests the splitLine method
-func TestSplitLine(t *testing.T) {
-	ls := lines{
-		{line: []byte("Hello\r\nWorld\r\nAnotherLine"), endOfLine: []byte("")},
-	}
-	expected := lines{
-		{line: []byte("Hello"), endOfLine: []byte("\r\n")},
-		{line: []byte("World"), endOfLine: []byte("\r\n")},
-		{line: []byte("AnotherLine"), endOfLine: []byte("")},
-	}
-
-	result := ls.splitLine([]byte("\r\n"))
-	if len(result) != len(expected) {
-		t.Errorf("Expected %d lines, but got %d", len(expected), len(result))
-	}
-
-	for i := range result {
-		if !bytes.Equal(result[i].line, expected[i].line) || !bytes.Equal(result[i].endOfLine, expected[i].endOfLine) {
-			t.Errorf("Line %d mismatch. Expected line: %s, endOfLine: %s, got line: %s, endOfLine: %s",
-				i, expected[i].line, expected[i].endOfLine, result[i].line, result[i].endOfLine)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// FuzzSplitLine tests the parseLsplitLineines method with fuzzing
-func FuzzSplitLine(f *testing.F) {
-	f.Add([]byte("Hello\r\nWorld"), []byte("\r\n"))
-	f.Fuzz(func(t *testing.T, input, sep []byte) {
-		ls := lines{
-			{line: input, endOfLine: []byte("")},
-		}
-		_ = ls.splitLine(sep)
-	})
-}
--- a/smtp/auth.go
+++ b/smtp/auth.go
@ -13,19 +13,6 @@

 package smtp

-import "errors"
-
-var (
-	// ErrUnencrypted is an error indicating that the connection is not encrypted.
-	ErrUnencrypted = errors.New("unencrypted connection")
-	// ErrUnexpectedServerChallange is an error indicating that the server issued an unexpected challenge.
-	ErrUnexpectedServerChallange = errors.New("unexpected server challenge")
-	// ErrUnexpectedServerResponse is an error indicating that the server issued an unexpected response.
-	ErrUnexpectedServerResponse = errors.New("unexpected server response")
-	// ErrWrongHostname is an error indicating that the provided hostname does not match the expected value.
-	ErrWrongHostname = errors.New("wrong host name")
-)
-
 // Auth is implemented by an SMTP authentication mechanism.
 type Auth interface {
 	// Start begins an authentication with a server.
--- a/smtp/auth_login.go
+++ b/smtp/auth_login.go
@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2024 The go-mail Authors
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2023 The go-mail Authors
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

 package smtp

 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 )

@ -12,35 +13,53 @@ import (
 type loginAuth struct {
 	username, password string
 	host               string
-	respStep           uint8
 }

+const (
+	// LoginXUsernameChallenge represents the Username Challenge response sent by the SMTP server per the AUTH LOGIN
+	// extension.
+	//
+	// See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/exchange_server_protocols/ms-xlogin/.
+	LoginXUsernameChallenge      = "Username:"
+	LoginXUsernameLowerChallenge = "username:"
+
+	// LoginXPasswordChallenge represents the Password Challenge response sent by the SMTP server per the AUTH LOGIN
+	// extension.
+	//
+	//	See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/exchange_server_protocols/ms-xlogin/.
+	LoginXPasswordChallenge      = "Password:"
+	LoginXPasswordLowerChallenge = "password:"
+
+	// LoginXDraftUsernameChallenge represents the Username Challenge response sent by the SMTP server per the IETF
+	// draft AUTH LOGIN extension. It should be noted this extension is an expired draft which was never formally
+	// published and was deprecated in favor of the AUTH PLAIN extension.
+	//
+	// See: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-murchison-sasl-login-00.
+	LoginXDraftUsernameChallenge = "User Name\x00"
+
+	// LoginXDraftPasswordChallenge represents the Password Challenge response sent by the SMTP server per the IETF
+	// draft AUTH LOGIN extension. It should be noted this extension is an expired draft which was never formally
+	// published and was deprecated in favor of the AUTH PLAIN extension.
+	//
+	// See: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-murchison-sasl-login-00.
+	LoginXDraftPasswordChallenge = "Password\x00"
+)
+
 // LoginAuth returns an [Auth] that implements the LOGIN authentication
 // mechanism as it is used by MS Outlook. The Auth works similar to PLAIN
 // but instead of sending all in one response, the login is handled within
 // 3 steps:
-// - Sending AUTH LOGIN (server might responds with "Username:")
-// - Sending the username (server might responds with "Password:")
+// - Sending AUTH LOGIN (server responds with "Username:")
+// - Sending the username (server responds with "Password:")
 // - Sending the password (server authenticates)
-// This is the common approach as specified by Microsoft in their MS-XLOGIN spec.
-// See: https://msopenspecs.azureedge.net/files/MS-XLOGIN/%5bMS-XLOGIN%5d.pdf
-// Yet, there is also an old IETF draft for SMTP AUTH LOGIN that states for clients:
-// "The contents of both challenges SHOULD be ignored.".
-// See: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-murchison-sasl-login-00
-// Since there is no official standard RFC and we've seen different implementations
-// of this mechanism (sending "Username:", "Username", "username", "User name", etc.)
-// we follow the IETF-Draft and ignore any server challange to allow compatiblity
-// with most mail servers/providers.
 //
 // LoginAuth will only send the credentials if the connection is using TLS
 // or is connected to localhost. Otherwise authentication will fail with an
 // error, without sending the credentials.
 func LoginAuth(username, password, host string) Auth {
-	return &loginAuth{username, password, host, 0}
+	return &loginAuth{username, password, host}
 }

-// Start begins the SMTP authentication process by validating server's TLS status and hostname.
-// Returns "LOGIN" on success.
 func (a *loginAuth) Start(server *ServerInfo) (string, []byte, error) {
 	// Must have TLS, or else localhost server.
 	// Note: If TLS is not true, then we can't trust ANYTHING in ServerInfo.
@ -48,28 +67,23 @@ func (a *loginAuth) Start(server *ServerInfo) (string, []byte, error) {
 	// That might just be the attacker saying
 	// "it's ok, you can trust me with your password."
 	if !server.TLS && !isLocalhost(server.Name) {
-		return "", nil, ErrUnencrypted
+		return "", nil, errors.New("unencrypted connection")
 	}
 	if server.Name != a.host {
-		return "", nil, ErrWrongHostname
+		return "", nil, errors.New("wrong host name")
 	}
-	a.respStep = 0
 	return "LOGIN", nil, nil
 }

-// Next processes responses from the server during the SMTP authentication exchange, sending the
-// username and password.
 func (a *loginAuth) Next(fromServer []byte, more bool) ([]byte, error) {
 	if more {
-		switch a.respStep {
-		case 0:
-			a.respStep++
+		switch string(fromServer) {
+		case LoginXUsernameChallenge, LoginXUsernameLowerChallenge, LoginXDraftUsernameChallenge:
 			return []byte(a.username), nil
-		case 1:
-			a.respStep++
+		case LoginXPasswordChallenge, LoginXPasswordLowerChallenge, LoginXDraftPasswordChallenge:
 			return []byte(a.password), nil
 		default:
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrUnexpectedServerResponse, string(fromServer))
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected server response: %s", string(fromServer))
 		}
 	}
 	return nil, nil
--- a/smtp/auth_plain.go
+++ b/smtp/auth_plain.go
@ -13,6 +13,10 @@

 package smtp

+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
 // plainAuth is the type that satisfies the Auth interface for the "SMTP PLAIN" auth
 type plainAuth struct {
 	identity, username, password string
@ -38,10 +42,10 @@ func (a *plainAuth) Start(server *ServerInfo) (string, []byte, error) {
 	// That might just be the attacker saying
 	// "it's ok, you can trust me with your password."
 	if !server.TLS && !isLocalhost(server.Name) {
-		return "", nil, ErrUnencrypted
+		return "", nil, errors.New("unencrypted connection")
 	}
 	if server.Name != a.host {
-		return "", nil, ErrWrongHostname
+		return "", nil, errors.New("wrong host name")
 	}
 	resp := []byte(a.identity + "\x00" + a.username + "\x00" + a.password)
 	return "PLAIN", resp, nil
@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ func (a *plainAuth) Start(server *ServerInfo) (string, []byte, error) {
 func (a *plainAuth) Next(_ []byte, more bool) ([]byte, error) {
 	if more {
 		// We've already sent everything.
-		return nil, ErrUnexpectedServerChallange
+		return nil, errors.New("unexpected server challenge")
 	}
 	return nil, nil
 }
--- a/smtp/auth_scram.go
+++ b/smtp/auth_scram.go
@ -1,317 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024 The go-mail Authors
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-package smtp
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"crypto/hmac"
-	"crypto/rand"
-	"crypto/sha1"
-	"crypto/sha256"
-	"crypto/tls"
-	"encoding/base64"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"hash"
-	"io"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/pbkdf2"
-	"golang.org/x/text/secure/precis"
-)
-
-// scramAuth represents a SCRAM (Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism) client and
-// satisfies the smtp.Auth interface.
-type scramAuth struct {
-	username, password, algorithm               string
-	firstBareMsg, nonce, saltedPwd, authMessage []byte
-	iterations                                  int
-	h                                           func() hash.Hash
-	isPlus                                      bool
-	tlsConnState                                *tls.ConnectionState
-	bindData                                    []byte
-}
-
-// ScramSHA1Auth creates and returns a new SCRAM-SHA-1 authentication mechanism with the given
-// username and password.
-func ScramSHA1Auth(username, password string) Auth {
-	return &scramAuth{
-		username:  username,
-		password:  password,
-		algorithm: "SCRAM-SHA-1",
-		h:         sha1.New,
-	}
-}
-
-// ScramSHA256Auth creates and returns a new SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication mechanism with the given
-// username and password.
-func ScramSHA256Auth(username, password string) Auth {
-	return &scramAuth{
-		username:  username,
-		password:  password,
-		algorithm: "SCRAM-SHA-256",
-		h:         sha256.New,
-	}
-}
-
-// ScramSHA1PlusAuth returns an Auth instance configured for SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS authentication with
-// the provided username, password, and TLS connection state.
-func ScramSHA1PlusAuth(username, password string, tlsConnState *tls.ConnectionState) Auth {
-	return &scramAuth{
-		username:     username,
-		password:     password,
-		algorithm:    "SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS",
-		h:            sha1.New,
-		isPlus:       true,
-		tlsConnState: tlsConnState,
-	}
-}
-
-// ScramSHA256PlusAuth returns an Auth instance configured for SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS authentication with
-// the provided username, password, and TLS connection state.
-func ScramSHA256PlusAuth(username, password string, tlsConnState *tls.ConnectionState) Auth {
-	return &scramAuth{
-		username:     username,
-		password:     password,
-		algorithm:    "SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS",
-		h:            sha256.New,
-		isPlus:       true,
-		tlsConnState: tlsConnState,
-	}
-}
-
-// Start initializes the SCRAM authentication process and returns the selected algorithm, nil data, and no error.
-func (a *scramAuth) Start(_ *ServerInfo) (string, []byte, error) {
-	return a.algorithm, nil, nil
-}
-
-// Next processes the server's challenge and returns the client's response for SCRAM authentication.
-func (a *scramAuth) Next(fromServer []byte, more bool) ([]byte, error) {
-	if more {
-		if len(fromServer) == 0 {
-			a.reset()
-			return a.initialClientMessage()
-		}
-		switch {
-		case bytes.HasPrefix(fromServer, []byte("r=")):
-			resp, err := a.handleServerFirstResponse(fromServer)
-			if err != nil {
-				a.reset()
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			return resp, nil
-		case bytes.HasPrefix(fromServer, []byte("v=")):
-			resp, err := a.handleServerValidationMessage(fromServer)
-			if err != nil {
-				a.reset()
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			return resp, nil
-		default:
-			a.reset()
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrUnexpectedServerResponse, string(fromServer))
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, nil
-}
-
-// reset clears all authentication-related properties in the scramAuth instance, effectively resetting its state.
-func (a *scramAuth) reset() {
-	a.nonce = nil
-	a.firstBareMsg = nil
-	a.saltedPwd = nil
-	a.authMessage = nil
-	a.iterations = 0
-}
-
-// initialClientMessage generates the initial message for SCRAM authentication, including a nonce and
-// optional channel binding.
-func (a *scramAuth) initialClientMessage() ([]byte, error) {
-	username, err := a.normalizeUsername()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("username normalization failed: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	nonceBuffer := make([]byte, 24)
-	if _, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, nonceBuffer); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to generate client secret: %w", err)
-	}
-	a.nonce = make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.EncodedLen(len(nonceBuffer)))
-	base64.StdEncoding.Encode(a.nonce, nonceBuffer)
-
-	a.firstBareMsg = []byte("n=" + username + ",r=" + string(a.nonce))
-	returnBytes := []byte("n,," + string(a.firstBareMsg))
-
-	// SCRAM-SHA-X-PLUS auth requires channel binding
-	if a.isPlus {
-		if a.tlsConnState == nil {
-			return nil, errors.New("tls connection state is required for SCRAM-SHA-X-PLUS")
-		}
-		bindType := "tls-unique"
-		connState := a.tlsConnState
-		bindData := connState.TLSUnique
-
-		// crypto/tl: no tls-unique channel binding value for this tls connection, possibly due to missing
-		// extended master key support and/or resumed connection
-		// RFC9266:122 tls-unique not defined for tls 1.3 and later
-		if bindData == nil || connState.Version >= tls.VersionTLS13 {
-			bindType = "tls-exporter"
-			bindData, err = connState.ExportKeyingMaterial("EXPORTER-Channel-Binding", []byte{}, 32)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to export keying material: %w", err)
-			}
-		}
-		bindData = []byte("p=" + bindType + ",," + string(bindData))
-		a.bindData = make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.EncodedLen(len(bindData)))
-		base64.StdEncoding.Encode(a.bindData, bindData)
-		returnBytes = []byte("p=" + bindType + ",," + string(a.firstBareMsg))
-	}
-
-	return returnBytes, nil
-}
-
-// handleServerFirstResponse processes the first response from the server in SCRAM authentication.
-func (a *scramAuth) handleServerFirstResponse(fromServer []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	parts := bytes.Split(fromServer, []byte(","))
-	if len(parts) < 3 {
-		return nil, errors.New("not enough fields in the first server response")
-	}
-	if !bytes.HasPrefix(parts[0], []byte("r=")) {
-		return nil, errors.New("first part of the server response does not start with r=")
-	}
-	if !bytes.HasPrefix(parts[1], []byte("s=")) {
-		return nil, errors.New("second part of the server response does not start with s=")
-	}
-	if !bytes.HasPrefix(parts[2], []byte("i=")) {
-		return nil, errors.New("third part of the server response does not start with i=")
-	}
-
-	combinedNonce := parts[0][2:]
-	if len(a.nonce) == 0 || !bytes.HasPrefix(combinedNonce, a.nonce) {
-		return nil, errors.New("server nonce does not start with our nonce")
-	}
-	a.nonce = combinedNonce
-
-	encodedSalt := parts[1][2:]
-	salt := make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.DecodedLen(len(encodedSalt)))
-	n, err := base64.StdEncoding.Decode(salt, encodedSalt)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid encoded salt: %w", err)
-	}
-	salt = salt[:n]
-
-	iterations, err := strconv.Atoi(string(parts[2][2:]))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid iterations: %w", err)
-	}
-	a.iterations = iterations
-
-	password, err := a.normalizeString(a.password)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to normalize password: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	a.saltedPwd = pbkdf2.Key([]byte(password), salt, a.iterations, a.h().Size(), a.h)
-
-	msgWithoutProof := []byte("c=biws,r=" + string(a.nonce))
-
-	// A PLUS authentication requires the channel binding data
-	if a.isPlus {
-		msgWithoutProof = []byte("c=" + string(a.bindData) + ",r=" + string(a.nonce))
-	}
-
-	a.authMessage = []byte(string(a.firstBareMsg) + "," + string(fromServer) + "," + string(msgWithoutProof))
-	clientProof := a.computeClientProof()
-
-	return []byte(string(msgWithoutProof) + ",p=" + string(clientProof)), nil
-}
-
-// handleServerValidationMessage verifies the server's signature during the SCRAM authentication process.
-func (a *scramAuth) handleServerValidationMessage(fromServer []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	serverSignature := fromServer[2:]
-	computedServerSignature := a.computeServerSignature()
-
-	if !hmac.Equal(serverSignature, computedServerSignature) {
-		return nil, errors.New("invalid server signature")
-	}
-	return []byte(""), nil
-}
-
-// computeHMAC generates a Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC) using the specified key and message.
-func (a *scramAuth) computeHMAC(key, msg []byte) []byte {
-	mac := hmac.New(a.h, key)
-	mac.Write(msg)
-	return mac.Sum(nil)
-}
-
-// computeHash generates a hash of the given key using the configured hashing algorithm.
-func (a *scramAuth) computeHash(key []byte) []byte {
-	hasher := a.h()
-	hasher.Write(key)
-	return hasher.Sum(nil)
-}
-
-// computeClientProof generates the client proof as part of the SCRAM authentication process.
-func (a *scramAuth) computeClientProof() []byte {
-	clientKey := a.computeHMAC(a.saltedPwd, []byte("Client Key"))
-	storedKey := a.computeHash(clientKey)
-	clientSignature := a.computeHMAC(storedKey[:], a.authMessage)
-	clientProof := make([]byte, len(clientSignature))
-	for i := 0; i < len(clientSignature); i++ {
-		clientProof[i] = clientKey[i] ^ clientSignature[i]
-	}
-	buf := make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.EncodedLen(len(clientProof)))
-	base64.StdEncoding.Encode(buf, clientProof)
-	return buf
-}
-
-// computeServerSignature returns the computed base64-encoded server signature in the SCRAM
-// authentication process.
-func (a *scramAuth) computeServerSignature() []byte {
-	serverKey := a.computeHMAC(a.saltedPwd, []byte("Server Key"))
-	serverSignature := a.computeHMAC(serverKey, a.authMessage)
-	buf := make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.EncodedLen(len(serverSignature)))
-	base64.StdEncoding.Encode(buf, serverSignature)
-	return buf
-}
-
-// normalizeUsername replaces special characters in the username for SCRAM authentication
-// and prepares it using the SASLprep profile as per RFC 8265, returning the normalized
-// username or an error.
-func (a *scramAuth) normalizeUsername() (string, error) {
-	// RFC 5802 section 5.1: the characters ',' or '=' in usernames are
-	// sent as '=2C' and '=3D' respectively.
-	replacer := strings.NewReplacer("=", "=3D", ",", "=2C")
-	username := replacer.Replace(a.username)
-	// RFC 5802 section 5.1: before sending the username to the server,
-	// the client SHOULD prepare the username using the "SASLprep"
-	// profile [RFC4013] of the "stringprep" algorithm [RFC3454]
-	// treating it as a query string (i.e., unassigned Unicode code
-	// points are allowed). If the preparation of the username fails or
-	// results in an empty string, the client SHOULD abort the
-	// authentication exchange.
-	//
-	// Since RFC 8265 obsoletes RFC 4013 we use it instead.
-	username, err := a.normalizeString(username)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to normalize username: %w", err)
-	}
-	return username, nil
-}
-
-// normalizeString normalizes the input string according to the OpaqueString profile of the
-// precis framework. It returns the normalized string or an error if normalization fails or
-// results in an empty string.
-func (a *scramAuth) normalizeString(s string) (string, error) {
-	s, err := precis.OpaqueString.String(s)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("failled to normalize string: %w", err)
-	}
-	if s == "" {
-		return "", errors.New("normalized string is empty")
-	}
-	return s, nil
-}
--- a/smtp/smtp.go
+++ b/smtp/smtp.go
@ -36,16 +36,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/wneessen/go-mail/log"
 )

-var (
-
-	// ErrNonTLSConnection is returned when an attempt is made to retrieve TLS state on a non-TLS connection.
-	ErrNonTLSConnection = errors.New("connection is not using TLS")
-
-	// ErrNoConnection is returned when attempting to perform an operation that requires an established
-	// connection but none exists.
-	ErrNoConnection = errors.New("connection is not established")
-)
-
 // A Client represents a client connection to an SMTP server.
 type Client struct {
 	// Text is the textproto.Conn used by the Client. It is exported to allow for clients to add extensions.
@ -75,9 +65,6 @@ type Client struct {
 	// helloError is the error from the hello
 	helloError error

-	// isConnected indicates if the Client has an active connection
-	isConnected bool
-
 	// localName is the name to use in HELO/EHLO
 	localName string // the name to use in HELO/EHLO

@ -124,7 +111,6 @@ func NewClient(conn net.Conn, host string) (*Client, error) {
 	}
 	c := &Client{Text: text, conn: conn, serverName: host, localName: "localhost"}
 	_, c.tls = conn.(*tls.Conn)
-	c.isConnected = true

 	return c, nil
 }
@ -133,7 +119,6 @@ func NewClient(conn net.Conn, host string) (*Client, error) {
 func (c *Client) Close() error {
 	c.mutex.Lock()
 	err := c.Text.Close()
-	c.isConnected = false
 	c.mutex.Unlock()
 	return err
 }
@ -529,7 +514,6 @@ func (c *Client) Quit() error {
 	}
 	c.mutex.Lock()
 	err = c.Text.Close()
-	c.isConnected = false
 	c.mutex.Unlock()

 	return err
@ -569,41 +553,18 @@ func (c *Client) SetDSNRcptNotifyOption(d string) {
 // HasConnection checks if the client has an active connection.
 // Returns true if the `conn` field is not nil, indicating an active connection.
 func (c *Client) HasConnection() bool {
-	c.mutex.RLock()
-	isConn := c.isConnected
-	c.mutex.RUnlock()
-	return isConn
+	return c.conn != nil
 }

-// UpdateDeadline sets a new deadline on the SMTP connection with the specified timeout duration.
 func (c *Client) UpdateDeadline(timeout time.Duration) error {
 	c.mutex.Lock()
-	defer c.mutex.Unlock()
 	if err := c.conn.SetDeadline(time.Now().Add(timeout)); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("smtp: failed to update deadline: %w", err)
 	}
+	c.mutex.Unlock()
 	return nil
 }

-// GetTLSConnectionState retrieves the TLS connection state of the client's current connection.
-// Returns an error if the connection is not using TLS or if the connection is not established.
-func (c *Client) GetTLSConnectionState() (*tls.ConnectionState, error) {
-	c.mutex.RLock()
-	defer c.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	if !c.isConnected {
-		return nil, ErrNoConnection
-	}
-	if !c.tls {
-		return nil, ErrNonTLSConnection
-	}
-	if conn, ok := c.conn.(*tls.Conn); ok {
-		cstate := conn.ConnectionState()
-		return &cstate, nil
-	}
-	return nil, errors.New("unable to retrieve TLS connection state")
-}
-
 // debugLog checks if the debug flag is set and if so logs the provided message to
 // the log.Logger interface
 func (c *Client) debugLog(d log.Direction, f string, a ...interface{}) {
--- a/smtp/smtp_test.go
+++ b/smtp/smtp_test.go
--- a/tls.go
+++ b/tls.go
@ -4,32 +4,25 @@

 package mail

-// TLSPolicy is a type wrapper for an int type and describes the different TLS policies we allow.
+// TLSPolicy type describes a int alias for the different TLS policies we allow
 type TLSPolicy int

 const (
 	// TLSMandatory requires that the connection to the server is
 	// encrypting using STARTTLS. If the server does not support STARTTLS
-	// the connection will be terminated with an error.
+	// the connection will be terminated with an error
 	TLSMandatory TLSPolicy = iota

 	// TLSOpportunistic tries to establish an encrypted connection via the
 	// STARTTLS protocol. If the server does not support this, it will fall
-	// back to non-encrypted plaintext transmission.
+	// back to non-encrypted plaintext transmission
 	TLSOpportunistic

-	// NoTLS forces the transaction to be not encrypted.
+	// NoTLS forces the transaction to be not encrypted
 	NoTLS
 )

-// String satisfies the fmt.Stringer interface for the TLSPolicy type.
-//
-// This function returns a string representation of the TLSPolicy. It matches the policy
-// value to predefined constants and returns the corresponding string. If the policy does
-// not match any known values, it returns "UnknownPolicy".
-//
-// Returns:
-//   - A string representing the TLSPolicy.
+// String is a standard method to convert a TLSPolicy into a printable format
 func (p TLSPolicy) String() string {
 	switch p {
 	case TLSMandatory:
--- a/util_test.go
+++ b/util_test.go
@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ const (
 	keyFilePath  = "dummy-child-key.pem"
 )

-// getDummyCertificate loads a certificate and a private key form local disk for testing purposes
 func getDummyCertificate() (*tls.Certificate, error) {
 	keyPair, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(certFilePath, keyFilePath)
 	if err != nil {