How to add a mailing feature on laravel 8 - laravel

Question

I am taking over a project and a client wants me to add a mailing feature like a gmail with inbox, sent messages and the user can also reply to emails from outside the system and the people receiving it can also reply. I have basic knowledge on laravel but this is my first time creating a feature like this can anyone give a stepping stone. This project has a VUE.js as a front end and a laravel as an API

Answer 1

Step -1: Create a Mail using,
php artisan make:mail MailName
Check the file MailName.php inside App/Mail/ directory
Step - 2: Create a function to send the email with the requested data.
public function sendMail(Request $request){
$data = [
'value1'=> $request->value1,
'value2'=> $request->value2,
'value3'=> $request->value3
];
//You can add any function like storing the values into db.
if(someconditions){
\Mail::to('emailid#domainname.com')->send(new MailName($data));
return back()->with('success', 'Email has been sent successfully!');
}
else
{
return back()->with('error', 'Something went wrong!');
}
}
Step - 3: Open the App/Mail/MailName.php
<?php
namespace App\Mail;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Content;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Envelope;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Address;
//You can include your model here.
class DeleteResponseMail extends Mailable
{
use Queueable, SerializesModels;
/**
* Create a new message instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public $data;
public function __construct($data)
{
$this->data = $data;
}
/**
* Get the message envelope.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Envelope
*/
public function envelope()
{
return new Envelope(
from: new Address('fromemail#somedomain.com', 'From Email Name'),
replyTo: [
new Address('admin#yourdomain.com', 'Your email name'),
],
subject: 'Email Subject',
);
}
/**
* Get the message content definition.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Mail\Mailables\Content
*/
public function content()
{
return new Content(
view: 'emails.mail',
);
}
/**
* Get the attachments for the message.
*
* #return array
*/
public function attachments()
{
return [];
}
}
Step - 4: Create mail.blade.php under resources/views/emails
Hi $data['value1'],
We have received your application. Thanks!
Step - 5: Open your .env file and add the email configurations.
MAIL_MAILER=enteryourmailerhere (ex.smtp)
MAIL_HOST=enteryourmailhosthere (ex.smtp.gmail.com)
MAIL_PORT=entertheport (ex. 25)
MAIL_USERNAME=emailid#yourdomain.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=emailpassword
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=""
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="fromemail#yourdomain.com"
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
That's all! It should work.