How do I set up Notify to send email from my application?

If you mean Laravel Notifications (“Notify”) sending email, the setup is usually:

1) Configure your mail settings

In .env:

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=your_username
MAIL_PASSWORD=your_password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=no-reply@example.com
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"

Then in config/mail.php, make sure it reads from those env values (Laravel does this by default).

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2) Create a notification

php artisan make:notification OrderShipped

Inside the notification, define the email content:

use Illuminate\Notifications\Messages\MailMessage;

public function via($notifiable)
{
    return ['mail'];
}

public function toMail($notifiable)
{
    return (new MailMessage)
        ->subject('Your order has shipped')
        ->greeting('Hello!')
        ->line('Your order has been shipped.')
        ->action('View Order', url('/orders/123'))
        ->line('Thanks for using our application!');
}

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3) Make your model notifiable

Usually your User model already includes it:

use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Notifiable;
}

And it should have an email field.

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4) Send the notification

$user->notify(new OrderShipped());

Or:

Notification::send($users, new OrderShipped());

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5) If you want queueing

Implement ShouldQueue on the notification:

use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;

class OrderShipped extends Notification implements ShouldQueue
{
    ...
}

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6) Test it

Use a local mail tool like:

• Mailtrap
• Mailhog
• Mailpit

If you meant a different “Notify” package/library, tell me which one and I’ll give the exact setup steps.