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Phase 1.13 Delivers the Real SMTP Transport

A dedicated SMTP transport now powers password resets, welcome messages, verification emails, and test delivery.

Phase: 1 Checkpoint: 1.13 Category: Email Published: July 16, 2026

Phase 1.13 completed the real email-delivery engine.

What changed

Added `app/Mail/SmtpTransport.php`.
Added authenticated SMTP delivery.
Added SSL on port 465 and STARTTLS on port 587.
Added local cPanel Exim fallback endpoints.
Added multipart HTML and plain-text messages.
Wired the transport into password reset, welcome, activation, verification, and test emails.
Added endpoint-by-endpoint diagnostics.

Result

Email settings are now backed by a real transport rather than only configuration and templates.

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