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picdorsey/courier
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Send transactional email using Postmark directly from ExpressionEngine templates.

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Courier
=======

[](#courier)

Send transactional email using Postmark directly from ExpressionEngine templates.

- **[Changelog](https://github.com/picdorsey/courier/releases)**
- **[Issues](https://github.com/picdorsey/courier/issues)**

Requirments
-----------

[](#requirments)

- swiftmailer/swiftmailer: ~5.0
- openbuildings/postmark: 0.2.\*

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

[](#installation)

- Download the package [here](https://github.com/picdorsey/courier/archive/master.zip) and put it in `system/third-party/courier` OR If you use composer in your EE sites, add this to your composer.json file:

```
require: "picdorsey/courier": "dev-master"

```

- run `composer install` inside of the courier plugin folder
- Open "pi.courier.php" and add your Postmark API key

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Place the courier tag inside an EE template to fire an email:

```
{exp:courier:send
    layout="_layouts/email"
    subject="Thank you for shopping with Acme, Inc."
}
	Put some content for your email here...
{/exp:courier:send}

```

If you are using a layout, any content in the above tag pair will be injected into your template, using:

```
[[content]]

```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Courier is maintained by [Piccirilli Dorsey](http://picdorsey.com)

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](LICENSE)

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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