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Install MailHog with MAMP Pro

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.

@mgrn0
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mgrn0 commented Feb 10, 2020

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.

@stevengliebe
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Thanks for sharing this.

@mikeebee
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mikeebee commented Mar 6, 2020

Thanks so much for this

@jamessy
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jamessy commented Mar 31, 2020

Thanks for showing the setup.

@mjot
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mjot commented Apr 22, 2020

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

@romellem
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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.

@lelik4w
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lelik4w commented Oct 6, 2020

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

@stevengliebe
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Mailhog is included with MAMP 6 now.

@urukai
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urukai commented Dec 3, 2020

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

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atep77 commented Feb 22, 2021

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

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

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