sinarahmany/laravel-email-monitor

A comprehensive Laravel package to monitor all outgoing emails with tracking, logging, and dashboard capabilities

0.3.0 2025-10-30 18:51 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.0
• illuminate/database: ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0
• illuminate/mail: ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0
• illuminate/support: ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^12.4

MIT

• Sina Rahmannejad

• logging
• email
• monitor
• laravel
• dashboard
• tracking

README

A comprehensive Laravel package to monitor all outgoing emails with tracking, logging, and dashboard capabilities. Built with ❤️ by Sina Rahmannejad.

✨ Features

• 📧 Automatic Email Tracking: Monitors all outgoing emails automatically
• 📊 Dashboard Interface: Beautiful web interface to view email statistics and logs
• 🔍 Advanced Filtering: Filter emails by status, date range, recipient, and more
• 📈 Statistics & Analytics: Detailed statistics and analytics for email performance
• 🔄 Resend Failed Emails: Easy resending of failed emails
• 🗂️ Email Details: View complete email details including body, headers, and metadata
• ⚙️ Zero Configuration: Works out-of-the-box with sensible defaults
• 🧹 Auto Cleanup: Automatic cleanup of old email logs
• 🔔 Webhook Support: Webhook notifications for email status updates
• 🎯 Status Tracking: Track sending, sent, delivered, failed, and bounced statuses
• 🚀 One-Click Setup: Install and configure with a single command

🚀 Quick Start (One-Click Setup)

1. Install the Package

composer require sinarahmany/laravel-email-monitor

2. One-Click Installation

php artisan email-monitor:install

That's it! 🎉 The package will automatically:

• ✅ Publish all assets (config, migrations, views)
• ✅ Create the database migration
• ✅ Run migrations automatically
• ✅ Set up routes
• ✅ Configure environment variables
• ✅ Verify installation

3. Access the Dashboard

Visit: http://your-app.com/email-monitor

4. Test Email Monitoring

Visit: http://your-app.com/test-email to send a test email and see it in the dashboard

🔧 Alternative Setup Methods

Quick Setup (Legacy)

php artisan email-monitor:setup

Force Reinstall

php artisan email-monitor:install --force

Skip Database Setup

php artisan email-monitor:install --skip-migrate

📋 Manual Installation (Optional)

If you prefer manual control:

1. Install the Package

composer require sinarahmany/laravel-email-monitor

2. Publish Configuration

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=email-monitor-config

3. Publish Migrations

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=email-monitor-migrations

4. Run Migrations

php artisan migrate

5. Publish Views (Optional)

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=email-monitor-views

⚙️ Configuration (Optional)

The package works out-of-the-box with sensible defaults. All configuration is optional!

Environment Variables (Optional)

Add these variables to your .env file only if you want to customize:

# Enable/disable email monitoring (default: true)
EMAIL_MONITOR_ENABLED=true

# Database connection (optional, uses default if not set)
EMAIL_MONITOR_CONNECTION=mysql

# Log email body content (default: true)
EMAIL_MONITOR_LOG_BODY=true

# Log metadata (user_id, ip_address, etc.) (default: true)
EMAIL_MONITOR_LOG_METADATA=true

# Auto cleanup old logs after X days (default: 90)
EMAIL_MONITOR_AUTO_CLEANUP_DAYS=90

# Stuck email timeout in minutes (default: 2)
EMAIL_MONITOR_TIMEOUT_MINUTES=2

# Webhook configuration (optional)
EMAIL_MONITOR_WEBHOOKS_ENABLED=false
EMAIL_MONITOR_WEBHOOK_URL=
EMAIL_MONITOR_WEBHOOK_SECRET=

# Notification configuration (optional)
EMAIL_MONITOR_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED=false
EMAIL_MONITOR_FAILED_THRESHOLD=5

Configuration File

The package includes a comprehensive configuration file at config/email-monitor.php with the following options:

• enabled: Enable/disable email monitoring
• connection: Database connection to use
• table: Table name for email logs
• log_body: Whether to log email body content
• log_metadata: Whether to log additional metadata
• route_prefix: Dashboard route prefix
• middleware: Middleware for dashboard routes
• auto_cleanup_days: Auto cleanup configuration
• track_statuses: Which statuses to track
• webhooks: Webhook configuration
• filters: Email filtering options
• notifications: Notification settings

Usage

Dashboard Access

Once installed, you can access the email monitor dashboard at:

http://your-app.com/email-monitor

API Endpoints

The package provides several API endpoints:

• GET /email-monitor/api/statistics - Get email statistics
• GET /email-monitor/api/recent - Get recent email logs

Programmatic Access

You can also access email logs programmatically:

use Laravel\EmailMonitor\Models\EmailLog;
use Laravel\EmailMonitor\Services\EmailMonitorService;

// Get email logs
$emailLogs = EmailLog::where('status', 'sent')->get();

// Get statistics
$emailMonitorService = app(EmailMonitorService::class);
$statistics = $emailMonitorService->getStatistics(30); // Last 30 days

// Get recent logs
$recentLogs = $emailMonitorService->getRecentLogs(10);

Model Methods

The EmailLog model provides several useful methods:

// Get formatted status
$emailLog->formatted_status; // "Sent"

// Get status badge class
$emailLog->status_badge_class; // "badge-success"

// Get time since sent
$emailLog->time_since_sent; // "2 hours ago"

// Get recipients as array
$emailLog->recipients; // ['[e-mail]', '[e-mail]']

// Mark as delivered
$emailLog->markAsDelivered();

// Mark as failed
$emailLog->markAsFailed('SMTP timeout');

// Mark as bounced
$emailLog->markAsBounced('Invalid email address');

Dashboard Features

Statistics Overview

The dashboard provides comprehensive statistics:

• Total emails sent
• Successfully sent emails
• Pending emails
• Failed emails
• Daily statistics

Email Logs Table

View all email logs with:

• Status badges
• Recipient information
• Sender information
• Subject lines
• Sent timestamps
• Action buttons (view, resend, delete)

Filtering and Search

• Filter by status (sending, sent, delivered, failed, bounced)
• Search by recipient, sender, or subject
• Date range filtering
• Pagination support

Email Details

View detailed information for each email:

• Complete email headers
• Full email body
• Timing information
• Error messages (if any)
• Metadata (user_id, ip_address, etc.)
• Action buttons (resend, delete)

Advanced Features

Webhook Support

Configure webhooks to receive real-time notifications:

// In your webhook handler
public function handleEmailStatusUpdate($data)
{
    // Handle email status update
    $emailLog = EmailLog::where('message_id', $data['message_id'])->first();
    
    if ($data['status'] === 'delivered') {
        $emailLog->markAsDelivered();
    } elseif ($data['status'] === 'bounced') {
        $emailLog->markAsBounced($data['reason']);
    }
}

Custom Middleware

Add authentication or other middleware to the dashboard:

// In config/email-monitor.php
'middleware' => ['web', 'auth', 'admin'],

Email Filtering

Configure which emails to monitor:

// In config/email-monitor.php
'filters' => [
    'exclude_patterns' => [
        '[e-mail]',
        '*@test.com',
    ],
    'include_patterns' => [
        // Only monitor emails matching these patterns
    ],
],

Auto Cleanup

Automatically clean up old email logs:

// In config/email-monitor.php
'auto_cleanup_days' => 90, // Clean up logs older than 90 days

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. Emails not being logged: Check if EMAIL_MONITOR_ENABLED=true in your .env file
2. Dashboard not accessible: Ensure the package is properly installed and routes are registered
3. Database errors: Make sure migrations have been run

Debug Mode

Enable debug mode to see detailed logging:

// In config/email-monitor.php
'debug' => env('EMAIL_MONITOR_DEBUG', false),

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Support

For support, please open an issue on GitHub or contact the maintainers.

Changelog

Version 0.2.0

• Initial release
• Basic email monitoring functionality
• Dashboard interface
• Statistics and analytics
• Email filtering and search
• Resend functionality
• Auto cleanup
• Webhook support