Laravel mail encryption

Laravel provides a built-in mechanism for encrypting emails using the Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail facade and the Illuminate\Mail\Transport\EncryptedTransport class.

Here's an example of how to use email encryption in Laravel:

Step 1: Install the required package

You need to install the illuminate/mail package, which is already included in Laravel. If you're using Laravel 5.8 or later, you can skip this step.

Step 2: Configure the email transport

In your config/mail.php file, update the transport key to use the encrypted transport:

'mail' => [
    //...
    'transport' => 'encrypted',
],

Step 3: Set the encryption key

In your config/mail.php file, update the encryption_key key to set the encryption key:

'mail' => [
    //...
    'encryption_key' => env('MAIL_ENCRYPTION_KEY'),
],

Step 4: Set the encryption key in your.env file

In your .env file, add the following line:

MAIL_ENCRYPTION_KEY=your_encryption_key_here

Replace your_encryption_key_here with a strong encryption key.

Step 5: Send an encrypted email

To send an encrypted email, use the Mail::send() method and pass the encrypted transport as the second argument:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;

Mail::send('emails.your_email', [], function ($message) {
    $message->to('[email protected]')->subject('Encrypted Email');
});

Laravel will automatically encrypt the email using the configured encryption key.

Step 6: Decrypt the email

To decrypt the email, the recipient needs to have the same encryption key. You can provide the encryption key to the recipient or store it securely.

Note: Make sure to use a strong encryption key and keep it secure to prevent unauthorized access to the encrypted emails.

That's it! With these steps, you should be able to send encrypted emails using Laravel.