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dengrocrm/bad-mailer
====================

A transport driver for Laravel's Mailer that always returns an error, intended for testing

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Bad Mailer
==========

[](#bad-mailer)

Bad Mailer is a transport driver for Laravel's Mailer that always returns an error, intended for testing.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install using Composer for development:

```
composer require --dev dengrocrm/bad-mailer

```

Optionally for non development environments can remove the `--dev` flag. Next if version is less than 5.5 add to Laravel providers inside `config/app.php`:

```
Dengro\Badmailer\BadmailerServiceProvider::class,

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

In the `.env` file set the mail driver to Bad Mailer:

```
MAIL_DRIVER=badmailer

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

WHen using Laravel Mailer, a 400 error will always be returned. An example of where this could be useful is in tests. The error message is:

```
[MOCK ERROR] 'to' parameter is not a valid address. please check documentation

```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Every ~32 days

Recently: every ~40 days

Total

6

Last Release

2674d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.1 → 1.0.02019-01-16

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![dan-rally](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23233956?v=4)](https://github.com/dan-rally "dan-rally (8 commits)")

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