MailCare is an email testing tool that helps you to test your emails before sending them to your subscribers. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to install MailCare on macOS.
Before we get started with the installation procedure, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Follow the steps below to install MailCare on macOS:
Open your terminal app by pressing cmd + space and typing Terminal and hitting Enter.
Install Homebrew, a package manager for macOS, by pasting the following command into your terminal:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
Once Homebrew is installed, use the following command to install Docker:
brew install docker
After installing Docker, install docker-compose by running the following command:
brew install docker-compose
Clone the MailCare repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/mailcare/mailcare-docker.git
Open the MailCare directory, and copy the env-example file by running the following command:
cp env-example .env
Open the .env file and update the MAILCARE_API_KEY with your API key. You can find your API key from your MailCare dashboard.
Start the MailCare server by running the following command:
docker-compose up
Wait for the Docker containers to build and start. It may take a few minutes for the build to complete.
Once the build is complete, you can access the MailCare web interface by opening your web browser and typing http://localhost:8080 into the address bar.
That's it! Now, you have successfully installed MailCare on your macOS machine. You can now start testing your emails by sending them through the MailCare server.
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