Why might emails be logged instead of sent, and how do you enable real sending?

If emails appear in logs but don't actually send, the deployment is likely using a log/test send provider rather than a real one — useful in development to avoid sending live mail. To enable real sending, configure a real email provider (SMTP or a service like SES) with valid credentials and select it as the active provider. Once a real provider is configured, messages go out instead…

If emails appear in logs but don't actually send, the deployment is likely using a log/test send provider rather than a real one — useful in development to avoid sending live mail. To enable real sending, configure a real email provider (SMTP or a service like SES) with valid credentials and select it as the active provider. Once a real provider is configured, messages go out instead of being logged. So "emails are only logging" is usually a provider-configuration state, not a bug.