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Craft 2.x does not allow email to be configured on a per-environment basis. This plugin fixes that, and allows you to have different email settings depending on the environment your Craft site is running in. For example the local / development versions of your site could use one email provider, and the live version another.

It is recommended that you configure the plugin email settings before installing the plugin in the Control Panel.

This plugin works with Craft 2.4.x and Craft 2.5.x. It isn't required for Craft 3.

Download and unzip the plugin in your craft/plugins folder.

Make sure that the plugin folder is called emailsettings.

Once that's done, view the Craft Control Panel, go to Settings > Plugins, then you should see the plugin has been detected by Craft. Before hitting Install, we should configure the email settings for each environment.

Firstly, open craft/plugins/emailsettings/config.php. You’ll see some example email configurations here. You should edit / add a configuration array for each email provider you’ll be using.

Email settings in the plugin file are ‘merged / inherited’ in the same was as the Craft general config file.

Once you’ve configured the various email provider details, open craft/config/general.php. To make all domains use the ‘mailtrap’ configuration (for example), edit the file as follows:

return [
    '*' => [
        'siteUrl' => SITE_URL,
          // ...
        'emailConfig' => 'mailtrap'
    ],

Now every environment will use the ‘mailtrap’ configuration defined in craft/plugins/emailsettings/config.php. Add additional emailConfig keys / values to configure email for your other environments as needed.

Once you’ve finished with the configuration, hit ‘Install’, then visit Settings > Email in the Craft Control Panel.

You should see a notice saying the settings are being overridden by the plugin. Scroll down, hit ‘Test’, and you should receive a test email using the email provider for the current environment.

If you change any of the email settings in either the plugin config file, or the Craft plugin file, the site email configuration will updated the next time a page is viewed in the site (i.e. you can just refresh the Email Settings page, and the settings will be updated automatically).

If you have any questions, feedback, or need help with the plugin, please feel free to email us at hello@red-robot.co.uk.

Pull requests / issues welcomed :-)