Connecting to Email Services
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AWS SES
To create a service for connecting to Amazon SES (Simple Email Service), follow these steps.
- Go to the Services tab in the admin console.
- Click Create.
- Set the Service Type to AWS SES.
- Enter a name and label for the service. Name will be part of the URL for accessing the service via the REST API.
- Go to the Config tab for the new service.
- Enter your AWS access key, secret key, and region.
- Click Create Service to save your new service.
- Go to the API Docs tab in the admin console to test your new service.
Local Email Service
To create a service for connecting to local email, follow these steps.
- Go to the Services tab in the admin console.
- Click Create.
- Set the Service Type to Local Email Service.
- Enter a name and label for the service. Name will be part of the URL for accessing the service via the REST API.
- Click Create Service to save your new service.
- Go to the API Docs tab in the admin console to test your new service.
Note: By default DreamFactory uses 'sendmail' for Local Email Service. You can change this in the .env file by changing the 'MAIL_DRIVER' option. Valid options for 'MAIL_DRIVER' are 'smtp', 'mail', 'sendmail', 'ses', 'mailgun', 'mandrill'. If you choose 'smtp' as Local Email Service driver then see config/mail.php for SMTP configuration. If you choose 'ses', 'mailgun', or 'mandrill' as the driver then see config/services.php for configuration options.
Mailgun Email Service
To create a service for connecting to Mailgun email, follow these steps.
- Go to the Services tab in the admin console.
- Click Create.
- Set the Service Type to Mailgun Email Service.
- Enter a name and label for the service. Name will be part of the URL for accessing the service via the REST API.
- Go to the Config tab for the new service.
- Enter your Mailgun Domain and API Key.
- Click Create Service to save your new service.
- Go to the API Docs tab in the admin console to test your new service.
Mandrill Email Service
To create a service for connecting to Mandrill Email Service, follow these steps.
- Go to the Services tab in the admin console.
- Click Create.
- Set the Service Type to 'Mandrill Email Service'.
- Enter a name and label for the service. Name will be part of the URL for accessing the service via the REST API.
- Go to the Config tab for the new service.
- Enter your Mandrill API Key.
- Click Create Service to save your new service.
- Go to the API Docs tab in the admin console to test your new service.
SMTP Email Service
To create a service for connecting to a SMTP Email Service, follow these steps.
- Go to the Services tab in the admin console.
- Click Create.
- Set the Service Type to 'SMTP Email Service'.
- Enter a name and label for the service. Name will be part of the URL for accessing the service via the REST API.
- Go to the Config tab for the new service.
- Enter your Host, Port (default: 587), Encryption (default: tls), Username, Password.
- Click Create Service to save your new service.
- Go to the API Docs tab in the admin console to test your new service.
