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k-ko/send-mail-smtp
===================

Shell script wrapper for PHPMailer

v2.1.0(4y ago)012MITPHP

Since Feb 22Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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sendmail
========

[](#sendmail)

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require k-ko/send-mail-smtp

```

Send emails secured via your own SMTP email server
--------------------------------------------------

[](#send-emails-secured-via-your-own-smtp-email-server)

```
Usage: vendor/bin/sendmail -c  [options]

Options:
        -c      Config file {required}
        -t      To: address(es), can be used multiple times
        -s      Subject
        -b      Plain text body, if starts with @ assume get from file
        -f      HTML body, if starts with @ assume get from file
        -w      CC: address(es), can be used multiple times
        -z      BCC: address(es), can be used multiple times
        -r      From: From email address, overwrites config file if given
        -a      Attachment(s); file_name[,display_name]
        -p      Priority (0|1)
        -v[vvv] PHPMailer verbosity
        -h      This help

Possible formats for emails: 'name@example.com' or 'any name '
If a HTML body is set, an additional plain text body will be ignored!

```

**All options can be defined in the config file and will be overwritten by command line parameters.**

All Email addresses are accepted as `name@example.com` or `any name ` or `"any name" `

Verbosity levels are translated to

- `0` - No debug output, default
- `1` - Client commands
- `2` - Client commands and server responses
- `3` - Client commands and server responses plus connection status
- `4` - Low-level data output, all messages

Messages goes to STDERR

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

[](#configuration)

Copy `config.dist.php` and adjust for your needs

```
$ cp vendor/k-ko/send-mail-smtp/config.dist.php email.conf.php

```

###  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

Every ~34 days

Recently: every ~76 days

Total

10

Last Release

1595d ago

Major Versions

v1.3.0 → v2.0.02021-02-23

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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