Merge tag 'v1.26.0' into develop

Release v1.26.0

CHANGELOG.md

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 Notable changes to Mailpit will be documented in this file.
 
+## [v1.26.0]
+
+### Feature
+- Send API allow separate auth ([#504](https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/issues/504))
+- Add Prometheus exporter ([#505](https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/issues/505))
+
+### Chore
+- Add MP_DATA_FILE deprecation warning
+- Update Go dependencies
+- Update node dependencies
+
+### Fix
+- Ignore basic auth for OPTIONS requests to API when CORS is set
+- Fix sendmail symlink detection for macOS ([#514](https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/issues/514))
+
+
 ## [v1.25.1]
 
 ### Chore