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fractal512/plain-smtp-mailer
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Laravel 5+ plain SMTP mailer package.

v1.0.0(5y ago)010MITPHPPHP ^5.6|^7.2|^8.0

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Plain SMTP Mailer for Laravel 5+
================================

[](#plain-smtp-mailer-for-laravel-5)

Custom mail driver for [Laravel 5+](http://www.laravel.com/) working with SMTP server via a socket.

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

[](#installation)

The Plain SMTP Mailer can be installed via [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) by requiring the `fractal512/plain-smtp-mailer` package:

```
composer require fractal512/plain-smtp-mailer

```

or add `fractal512/plain-smtp-mailer` to `require` section and set the `minimum-stability` to `dev` (required for Laravel 5) in your project's `composer.json`:

```
{
    "require": {
        "laravel/framework": "5.0.*",
        "fractal512/plain-smtp-mailer": "^1.0"
    },
    "minimum-stability": "dev"
}
```

then update your packages with `composer update` or install with `composer install`.

Registration in Laravel
-----------------------

[](#registration-in-laravel)

No need in versions with auto discovery (Laravel 5.5+). Register the Plain SMTP Mailer Service Provider in the `providers` key in `config/app.php`.

```
    'providers' => [
        // ...
        'Fractal512\PlainSmtpMailer\PlainSmtpMailerServiceProvider',
    ]
```

for Laravel 5.1+

```
    'providers' => [
        // ...
        Fractal512\PlainSmtpMailer\PlainSmtpMailerServiceProvider::class,
    ]
```

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

[](#configuration)

Publish the package `mailer.php` config file to apply your own settings.

```
$ php artisan vendor:publish --tag=mailerconfig
```

or run (Laravel 8+)

```
$ php artisan vendor:publish
```

then enter the number of the `Fractal512\PlainSmtpMailer\PlainSmtpMailerServiceProvider` service provider.

Options in config file refer to options for mail driver in the app `.env` file:

```
MAIL_DRIVER=PlainSmtpMailer
MAIL_DOMAIN=example.com
MAIL_HOST=smtp.example.com
MAIL_PORT=25
MAIL_USERNAME=noreply@example.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=12345678
MAIL_CLIENT="Desired mail client full name like: Outlook Express (v1.0)...|The Bat! (v1.0)...|Mozilla Thunderbird (v1.0)... etc."
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You need configured SMTP server with account created on your hosting. You can use built in Laravel mail functionality with Plain SMTP Mailer, just enable `PlainSmtpMailer` driver in `.env` by setting:

```
MAIL_DRIVER=PlainSmtpMailer

```

and adding all the other needed options in MAIL section as shown in `Configuration` section above.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1923d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/733562df7e4a3214a62bb9e4a2c52e2d52dc2355a3d2f61463f0c09d7a39d945?d=identicon)[fractal512](/maintainers/fractal512)

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Top Contributors

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