My goal is to use Laravel to send emails via Mailhog.

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Great, here are the steps to achieve that goal:

1. Download and install Mailhog on your local machine. You can find the installation instructions on the official Mailhog website.

2. Create a new Laravel project or open an existing one.

3. Configure Laravel to use Mailhog as the mail driver. Open the .env file and update the MAIL_DRIVER value to smtp. Then add the following values:

   MAIL_HOST=localhost
   MAIL_PORT=1025
   MAIL_USERNAME=null
   MAIL_PASSWORD=null
   MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
   

4. Create a new Laravel mail class or edit an existing one. For example, let's create a WelcomeMail class:

   php artisan make:mail WelcomeMail
   

5. Open the WelcomeMail class and customize it according to your needs. For example, let's send a welcome email to a new user:

   public function build()
   {
      return $this->view('emails.welcome')->with([
          'name' => 'John Doe',
      ]);
   }
   

6. Open the welcome.blade.php view file and customize it according to your needs. For example:

   <h1>Welcome, {{ $name }}</h1>
   <p>Thank you for signing up on our website.</p>
   

7. Test the email by sending it to yourself or a test email address:

   Mail::to('test@example.com')->send(new WelcomeMail);
   

8. Check the Mailhog interface by opening it in your web browser at http://localhost:8025/. You should see the email that you just sent in the inbox.

Congratulations, you've successfully used Laravel to send emails via Mailhog!