Set up Mailpit development SMTP server¶
Mailpit is a simple development SMPT server that can be used to test sending of emails.
1 Install¶
1.1 If using MacOS without Homebrew¶
You can install it by downloading the appropriate binary from GitHub at
https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/releases (in case of MacOS, search
for the one containing darwin in its name). If you go that way, put
the downloaded binary as mailpit to the appropriate place that is
configured in your PATH environment variable, usually bin
directory in your home directory.
Execute the following on the command line, replacing the path with the correct one for your OS:
cd ~/bin
wget https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/releases/download/v1.14.0/mailpit-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
gunzip < mailpit-darwin-arm64.tar.gz | tar xv --file=- mailpit && rm mailpit-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
chmod a+x ~/bin/mailpit
2 Start¶
As we don’t always need it in a project, Mailpit is to be started when needed.
Execute on the command line:
mailpit
You should receive output similar to the following:
INFO[2024/02/27 08:50:24] [smtpd] starting on [::]:1025
INFO[2024/02/27 08:50:24] [http] starting on [::]:8025
INFO[2024/02/27 08:50:24] [http] accessible via http://localhost:8025/
The server will run in the foreground, and you can stop it with
Control-C.
If needed, find the additional options by executing:
mailpit --help
3 Test¶
When started, web interface will be available at http://localhost:8025 or http://0.0.0.0:8025. Open it to confirm that it is working.
4 Configure in a project¶
To use it in a web application, configure the mailer DSN to
smtp://0.0.0.0:1025.