How to configure Acorn Mail in Sage 11?

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I’m using Sage v11. What’s the correct way to set up and configure roots/acorn-mail in Sage 11? Where should the mail configuration live within the Sage 11 theme structure, and do I need to register any service provider manually or does it work out of the box? Also, what’s the recommended way to verify the SMTP setup from the CLI?

Thanks!

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The README has installation, getting started, and usage instructions that address all of your questions: https://github.com/roots/acorn-mail

Have you tried installing it and publishing the config?

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Yes, I installed it and published the config. The issue was my local environment using http://localhost. WordPress builds the default From as wordpress@localhost and wp_mail() validates that From before phpmailer_init runs (which is where Acorn Mail applies the .env settings). Since wordpress@localhost isn’t a valid address, PHPMailer failed before Acorn Mail could set the config, so the .env values were never applied.

The fix was to use a valid local domain (e.g. http://local.test) or pre-set a valid From via the wp_mail_from/wp_mail_from_name filters. Once the From was valid, the Acorn Mail test picked up the config and worked fine.

Thanks a lot!

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