Future Mail is a production-ready email scheduling backend that allows users to send emails automatically at a future date & time.
Emails are stored securely and delivered via background cron execution — no manual intervention required.
Many applications need delayed or scheduled emails:
- ⏰ Reminders
- 🔔 Notifications
- 📩 Onboarding emails
- 🧾 Alerts & reports
Future Mail solves this reliably using a database-driven queue + cron jobs.
✅ Schedule emails for future delivery
✅ Automatic background email sending
✅ Secure credentials using environment variables
✅ SMTP support using PHPMailer
✅ Database-based email queue (pending, sent, failed)
✅ Production-ready & scalable design
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Backend | PHP |
| Mail Service | PHPMailer (SMTP) |
| Database | MySQL |
| Scheduler | Cron Job |
| Hosting | Render / VPS / Shared Hosting |
1️⃣ User schedules an email
2️⃣ Email is saved in the database with status pending
3️⃣ Cron job runs automatically
4️⃣ Due emails are sent via SMTP
5️⃣ Status updates to sent or failed
* * * * * /usr/bin/php /path/to/send_pending_emails.php >> cron.log 2>&1