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vakata/mail
===========

A few simple mail sender classes

1.6.0(2mo ago)06.0k↓78.2%MITPHPPHP >=8.3.0

Since Dec 7Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare

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mail
====

[](#mail)

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A few simple mail sender class.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require vakata/mail
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// build the message
$mail = new \vakata\mail\Mail();
$mail
    ->setFrom('Name Family ') // or simply an email
    ->setSubject('Testmail') // unicode is fine too
    ->setMessage('Check this pic out ')
    ->setTo(['first@recipient.tld', 'Second Person '])
    ->setCc('mail@domain.tld')
    ->setBcc('bcc@domain.tld');

// send the message
$sender = new \vakata\mail\driver\SMTPSender('ssl://user:pass@host:port');
// PHP mail() is also supported:
// $sender = new \vakata\mail\driver\MailSender();

$sender->send($mail); // return an array of good and bad emails
```

Read more in the [API docs](docs/README.md)

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [vakata](https://github.com/vakata)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

55

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance85

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity88

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~157 days

Recently: every ~604 days

Total

25

Last Release

78d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.4.0

1.5.1PHP >=8.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146052?v=4)[Ivan Bozhanov](/maintainers/vakata)[@vakata](https://github.com/vakata)

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Top Contributors

[![vakata](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146052?v=4)](https://github.com/vakata "vakata (37 commits)")

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