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Adds a 'preview' and 'local' mail driver for testing emails in laravel. v2.0.5(8y ago)2884MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9 Since Mar 13Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/se468/laravel-mail-preview)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/se468/laravel-mail-preview)[ Docs](https://github.com/se468/laravel-mail-preview)[ RSS](/packages/se468-laravel-mail-preview/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today READMEChangelogDependencies (6)Versions (20)Used By (0) Laravel Mail Preview / Local Email Inbox Driver =============================================== [](#laravel-mail-preview--local-email-inbox-driver) Forked from [Laravel Mail Preview](https://github.com/themsaid/laravel-mail-preview). This package introduces a new `preview` and `local` mail driver for Laravel that when selected will render the content of the sent email and save it as both `.html` and `.eml` files. [![localemail](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/82dbcb53668964feda95b96d226610901993e08439fbf9adcc67b3eadb20527b/68747470733a2f2f7365796f6e6763686f2e636f6d2f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f323031382f30332f53637265656e2d53686f742d323031382d30332d33302d61742d31312e35332e33302d414d2e706e67 "Local Email")](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/82dbcb53668964feda95b96d226610901993e08439fbf9adcc67b3eadb20527b/68747470733a2f2f7365796f6e6763686f2e636f6d2f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f323031382f30332f53637265656e2d53686f742d323031382d30332d33302d61742d31312e35332e33302d414d2e706e67) Installation ------------ [](#installation) Begin by installing the package through Composer. Run the following command in your terminal: ``` composer require se468/laravel-mail-preview ``` Then publish the config file: ``` php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Themsaid\MailPreview\MailPreviewServiceProvider" ``` Finally, change `MAIL_DRIVER` to `preview` or `local` in your `.env` file: ``` MAIL_DRIVER=preview or MAIL_DRIVER=local ``` Run ``` php artisan migrate and php artisan vendor:publish --tag=public --force ``` How it works ------------ [](#how-it-works) ### Mail Preview [](#mail-preview) Everytime an email is sent, an `.html` and `.eml` file will be generated in `storage/email-previews` with a name that includes the first recipient and the subject: ``` 1457904864_jack_at_gmail_com_invoice_000234.html 1457904864_jack_at_gmail_com_invoice_000234.eml ``` You can open the `.html` file in a web browser, or open the `.eml` file in your default email client to have a realistic look at the final output. ### Local Email Storage [](#local-email-storage) If you are using `local` for the `MAIL_DRIVER`, you can go to `/email-previews` route to see all the emails that has been stored. It will create a local inbox where you can see and preview the emails that's sent out. ### Preview in a web browser [](#preview-in-a-web-browser) When you open the `.html` file in a web browser you'll be able to see how your email will look, however there might be some differences that varies from one email client to another. At the beginning of the generated file you'll find an HTML comment with all the message info: ``` ``` Package Configurations ---------------------- [](#package-configurations) From the `config/mailpreview.php` file you'll be able to change the output location of the preview files as well as the maximum lifetime for keeping previews, after this time old previews will get removed. ### Logged out after clicked on the preview link [](#logged-out-after-clicked-on-the-preview-link) You will always lose your current session if you click on the generated notification link. This is because Laravel stores the session in an encrypted cookie. To change this behavior, you have to adjust the `middleware` property in the `config/mailpreview.php` file to match the following snippet: ``` 'middleware' => [ \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class, ], ``` ### Health Score 33 — LowBetter than 75% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity17 Limited adoption so far Community17 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity67 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 61.8% 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. 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