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mehr-it/laravel-mail-file-driver
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A Laravel Mail driver that saves messages to disk

1.0.0(3y ago)05PHP

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laravel-mail-file-driver
========================

[](#laravel-mail-file-driver)

A Laravel Mail driver that saves messages to disk for testing/ci purposes.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require mehr-it/laravel-mail-file-driver
```

Replace default laravel mail manager in /config/app.php
-------------------------------------------------------

[](#replace-default-laravel-mail-manager-in-configappphp)

This is usually not required when using package autoloading.

```
return [
  'providers' => [
    # ...

    #Illuminate\Mail\MailServiceProvider::class,
    Mmeyer2k\LaravelMailFile\MailFileServiceProvider::class,

    # ...
  ],
];
```

Add to .env
-----------

[](#add-to-env)

```
MAIL_MAILER=file
```

Custom storage location in .env
-------------------------------

[](#custom-storage-location-in-env)

By default, messages are saved to path returned by `sys_get_temp_dir()`.

```
MAIL_FILE_PATH=/path/to/storage
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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 ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

1252d ago

Major Versions

0.0.5 → 1.0.02022-12-07

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/44973729?v=4)[mehr.IT GmbH](/maintainers/mehr-it)[@mehr-it](https://github.com/mehr-it)

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Top Contributors

[![chmgr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94837732?v=4)](https://github.com/chmgr "chmgr (7 commits)")[![mmeyer2k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1887431?v=4)](https://github.com/mmeyer2k "mmeyer2k (7 commits)")

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