What are some recommended resources or tutorials for building a custom email system in PHP?

Building a custom email system in PHP involves setting up an SMTP server, handling email composition and sending, and managing incoming emails. To get started, you can refer to tutorials and resources that cover topics such as setting up PHPMailer or Swift Mailer, integrating with SMTP servers, and handling email attachments and HTML content.

<?php
// Example using PHPMailer to send an email
require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // Include the PHPMailer autoloader

$mail = new PHPMailer(true); // Create a new PHPMailer instance

try {
    // Server settings
    $mail->isSMTP();
    $mail->Host = 'smtp.example.com';
    $mail->SMTPAuth = true;
    $mail->Username = 'your@example.com';
    $mail->Password = 'yourpassword';
    $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
    $mail->Port = 587;

    // Recipients
    $mail->setFrom('from@example.com', 'Your Name');
    $mail->addAddress('recipient@example.com', 'Recipient Name');

    // Content
    $mail->isHTML(true);
    $mail->Subject = 'Subject';
    $mail->Body = 'Email content';

    $mail->send();
    echo 'Email sent successfully';
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: {$mail->ErrorInfo}";
}