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Email with WordPress 📧
This topic is informational purpose. If you want to deep dive or get an idea about Amazon SES, you can read further.
WordPress uses the default wp_mail() function to send emails which is similar to PHP’s mail() function. There is Amazon SES (Simple Email Service), a cloud-based email service to send emails that can be used along with MailHog to test and debug email delivery. ☁️🕵️
Sending emails with Amazon SES
Learn how to set up Amazon SES with WordPress from the below resources –
- How to Set Up WordPress SMTP Using Amazon SES by WPForms
- Set Up Amazon SES for Your WordPress Site by Delicious Brains
Testing emails with MailHog
MailHog is an email testing tool for developers. You can check it out on GitHub. To enable MailHog using Easy Engine, you can follow this support document.
More resources
- Debugging PHP email with MailHog by Lullabot
- How to Send Test Emails on a Mac With MailHog by Josh Stauffer