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centralapps/mail-core
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Abstract mail component for external APIs and Services, including PostmarkApp and Mail Gun

v1.0.0(12y ago)12.9k31PHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Mar 1Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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Mail Component
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[](#mail-component)

[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/66b18609f030a3211876b94604c703886fe64005855dd8f1e66b5fcf63ae316f/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f63656e7472616c617070732f6d61696c2d636f72652f642f746f74616c2e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/centralapps/mail-core)

Simple mail component designed for a range of external email sending and receiving APIs including:

- Postmark App
- MailGun

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4461d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6132ed4ce3683ee41415742612934b9b6e521288782316250a7ede778711f8bf?d=identicon)[mkpeacock](/maintainers/mkpeacock)

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Top Contributors

[![mkpeacock](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/437037?v=4)](https://github.com/mkpeacock "mkpeacock (43 commits)")[![andytait](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3502280?v=4)](https://github.com/andytait "andytait (1 commits)")

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Tags

mailemailmailgunpostmarkapp

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