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You can send a message to an email address using Laravel by following these steps:

1. First, you need to configure Laravel to use a mail driver that can send emails. In the .env file, set the MAIL_DRIVER to the desired driver (e.g. smtp) and fill in the corresponding configuration options.

2. Next, create a new Mail class using the artisan command "php artisan make:mail MyMailClass". This class will contain the logic for building and sending the email.

3. Inside the Mail class, you can use the "build" method to define the email message. Example:

public function build()
{
    return $this->view('emails.my_email_template')
                ->with([
                    'name' => 'John Doe',
                    'message' => 'This is a test email from Laravel'
                ])
                ->subject('Test email from Laravel');
}

1. Once the email message is defined, you can use the "to" method to specify the recipient email address and the "send" method to actually send the email. Example:

$mail = new MyMailClass();
$mail->to('recipient@example.com')->send();

That's it! With these steps, you can easily send a message to an email address using Laravel.