How to Install MailHog on macOS

MailHog is an email testing tool that simulates a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server. You can use it to test email sending functionality without actually sending emails to an external email server or real recipients. MailHog provides a web interface where you can preview the emails that your application sends. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing MailHog on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before you begin with the installation process, ensure you have the following prerequisites:

• You have a macOS device.
• You have administrative access to your macOS device.
• You have a terminal application installed on your macOS device.

Steps

Follow the below steps to install MailHog on macOS:

1. Open the terminal application.
2. Install Homebrew by running the following command in the terminal:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

3. Install Go by running the following command in the terminal:

brew install go

4. Check if Go is installed by running the following command in the terminal:

go version

The output should show the Go version installed on your machine.

5. Install MailHog by running the following command in the terminal:

brew install mailhog

6. Start MailHog by running the following command in the terminal:

/usr/local/bin/mailhog

7. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8025. This opens the MailHog web interface where you can preview the emails that your application sends.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install MailHog on macOS to test email sending functionality. Now, you can use MailHog to preview the emails that your application sends without actually sending them to an external email server or real recipients.

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