Maillog / Mail Developer

Maillog

The Maillog module provides a method of keeping archival copies of all emails
sent through the site. It can also, optionally, display a copy of the email
using the Devel module, if present.

Features

• All emails being sent by the site may have a copy stored in the database for
  later review.

• All email delivery may be halted, preventing a site from sending out emails
  in situations where that might not be needed, e.g. for a local development
  copy of the site.

• If the Devel module https://www.backdropcms.org/project/devel is installed, emails
  can also be displayed on the page as they are being sent.

• If the MailSystem module https://www.backdropcms.org/project/mailsystem is
  installed it is possible to control which of the installed email modules will
  be used to send messages from Maillog's settings page, mirroring MailSystem's
  functionality.

Configuration

1. On the User Accounts Permissions administration page ("Administer >> Configure

   People >> Permissions") there are three permissions to control:

   • The "Administer Maillog" permission allows users to access the settings
     page to control the module's options.

   • The "View Maillog" permission allows users to access the Maillog list page
     at admin/reports/maillog.

   • The "Delete Entries from the log" permission allows users to delete items
     from the log page.

2. The main administrative page controls the module's settings page:
   admin/config/development/maillog

Troubleshooting / known issues

If the email is not being logged then the site's default email system is not
configured correctly. It is recommended to use the MailSystem module
https://www.backdropcms.org/project/mailsystem to help with this. Alternatively, edit
the system.mail.json file in your active config folder:

  "default-system": "MaillogMailSystem",

Related modules

Some similar modules that are available include:

• Reroute Email
  Reroutes outbound emails to a specific destination address.
  http://backdropcms.org/project/reroute_email

License

This project is GPL v2 software. See the LICENSE.txt file in this directory for
complete text.

Current Maintainers

• Seeking maintainers.

Credits

• Ported to Backdrop CMS by herbdool (https://github.com/herbdool).

This module is a port of the SMTP module for Drupal which was written and maintained by a large number of contributors, including:

Maintained by Miro Dietiker https://www.drupal.org/u/miro_dietiker, Sascha Grossenbacher https://www.drupal.org/u/berdir and Damien McKenna
https://www.drupal.org/u/damiemckenna.