Install MailHog with MAMP Pro

mailhog-mamp.md

Install MailHog with MAMP Pro, using HomeBrew.

MailHog

First let's make sure HB is updated. Open up terminal for the following steps.

$ brew update

Now let's install MailHog.

$ brew install mailhog

Set MailHog to start when OSX boots.

$ brew services start mailhog

Now you can access MailHog at it's default location, http://127.0.0.1:8025/

Lastly, we need to configure MAMP's PHP to use MailHog.

Edit the php.ini for the version of PHP you are using with MAMP.In MAMP: File > Edit Template > PHP (php.ini) > 7.1.8 (latest PHP MAMP includes at the time of writing this).

Search for sendmail_path in your php.ini, by default is is commented out, uncomment it. Change value to below:

sendmail_path = /usr/local/Cellar/mailhog/1.0.0/bin/MailHog sendmail test@test

Current MailHog version is 1.0.0. To find the current version run $ brew info mailhog.

Notes:

My homebrew install contained both 0.2.1 and 1.0.0. Using either of these in the sendmail config seemed to work in my use case, but I kept 1.0.0 in the config.

When MAMP updates are installed, they generally include updated versions of PHP, and configuration changes to the php.ini are usually lost. So make a note that when you update MAMP (or if you toggle between PHP versions) you will need to reconfigure the sendmail_path in your php.ini.

Why did I have to literally spend ALL DAY trying different tutorials that didn't work, before finding this perfectly clear and accurate guide? Thank you!

This still works perfect in 2019 on PHP 7.2

...works perfectly on Mac OS El Capitan with PHP 7.2.1 and Mamp Pro 4.5. Thank you very much! ;)

works on macOS Mojave 10.14.3 with PHP 7.2.10 and MAMP PRO 5.2.2 and TYPO3 9.5.4
for TYPO3 - LocalConfiguration.php:

'MAIL' => [
        'transport' => 'smtp',
        ...
        'transport_smtp_server' => 'localhost:1025',
        ...
],

THX

This is only solution which works for me

Works great with MAMP 5 and PHP 7.3.

Thanks.

Wow. So good. Thanks heaps. It means I can check the emails that were 'sent' - regardless if they arrived or not. So good for dev work.

Cool work, easy setup with your infos. Thank you.

works on macOS Mojave 10.14.3 with PHP 7.2.10 and MAMP PRO 5.2.2 and TYPO3 9.5.4
for TYPO3 - LocalConfiguration.php:

'MAIL' => [
        'transport' => 'smtp',
        ...
        'transport_smtp_server' => 'localhost:1025',
        ...
],

THX

Thanks, this combination works for me with MAMP pro and PHP 7, with lower PHP versions I did not need this setting in the localconf file.

Thanks for sharing this.

Thanks so much for this

Thanks for showing the setup.

Works fine with MAC OS Catalina 10.15.4 (19E287) and PHP 7.4.2 and MAMP Pro 5.7

One small thing that might not be obvious, whenever you make a change to your php.ini file, you need to restart your webserver.

If you are using MAMP, then after adding the sendmail_path path line, just stop and start the MAMP Servers to get this working.

thanks so much. Saved another couple of hours!
Works perfect with Catalina!

Mailhog is included with MAMP 6 now.

In order to activate Mailhog in the MAMP Application, I had to deactivate Postfix first.

Hi, thanks and for me, works with a little change in path for sendmail_path = (after instalation with brew ):
/usr/local/Cellar/mailhog/1.0.0/bin/MailHog -> /usr/local/bin/mailhog
Thanks.
Petr

Worth noting that MAMP v6.x includes Mail Hog natively now, so no more manual hacks needed :)

Worth noting that MAMP v6.x includes Mail Hog natively now, so no more manual hacks needed :)

It works very well. For the host, I set 127.0.0.1 in the settings of my Drupal Synfony Mailer module so that the emails sent are properly captured. I imagine that this host works for other types of CMS or applications.