How do I set up Craft to send emails from my local MAMP/Virtual Host X dev environment

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I'm developing a site locally using MAMP + VirtualHostX on Mavericks. I'm at the point in the project where I want to create some user accounts for clients, but I can't seem to get my mail set up properly so Craft can send emails from my local environment.

Has anyone done this same thing? Any advice for getting Craft emails working on a similar local dev environment?

Thanks!

Stephen Lewis · Accepted Answer

These days I just use Mandrill.

It's simple to set up, free unless you're sending tens of thousands of emails, and you can continue to use it on any development (or production) machine without any configuration changes.

Just set the Mandrill SMTP settings in the Craft admin area, and you're done.

Sandwich · Answer

It's 2018, and as Masiorama mentioned, MandrillApp is no longer available for free. As a Windows user, the general "Get PHP Mail to work on localhost" solution detailed here worked for me.

Note: It requires a Gmail address, and that you paste your Gmail password into the php.ini file of your localhost server. Basically, you need to configure sendmail on localhost to use your Gmail account's SMTP service.

piotrpog · Answer

In Craft 3, you can use app.php file to connect to an external SMTP server.

Article on my blog craftSnippets describes how to do this. It deals with Mailtrap, fake SMTP server, but you can connect to any server that way.

http://craftsnippets.com/articles/testing-and-debugging-emails-sent-by-craft-cms-using-mailtrap

George A Campbell · Answer

If you are just testing email under MAMP try using ToolHeap Mail tool: Test Mail Server Tool. It will save you a lot of headaches. George Campbell

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