How to inspect/access config values specified in config/email.php?

This does work, although it is a bit verbose just to get a config value.

I later thought that you could extend the library. That way, you could include your own values plus setter and getter functions. You'd have all the functionality of the email library plus whatever you added.

Hey, don't work without a PHP debugger. Several free IDEs have this features built in. Two are NetBeans and CodeLobster. Without a debugger, it's like you're driving with a blindfold on -- you are going to crash!