Failed to authenticate on SMTP server error using gmail

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I m trying to set up email for my first laravel project  and was thrilled that there s a laracast for it   https   laracasts com lessons mailers  I ve followed the simple steps  chose gmail in mail php  x s added for anonymity      driver    gt  env  MAIL DRIVER    smtp     host    gt  env  MAIL HOST    smtp gmail com     port    gt  env  MAIL PORT   587    from    gt    address    gt   dianexxxxx gmail com    name    gt   Diane Kaplan     encryption    gt  env  MAIL ENCRYPTION    tls     username    gt   dianexxxxx gmail com    password    gt   xxxxx    sendmail    gt    usr sbin sendmail -bs    pretend    gt  false     env has  x s added for anonymity - the laracast doesn t have us use MAIL USERNAME and MAIL PASSWORD  but they re updated for good measure assuming I ll pull from there later    MAIL DRIVER smtp MAIL HOST mailtrap io MAIL PORT 2525 MAIL USERNAME dianexxxxx gmail com MAIL PASSWORD xxxxxx MAIL ENCRYPTION null   But in the first little moment of truth trying to send a mail  3 30 mark   I get an authentication error   Swift TransportException in AuthHandler php line 181  Failed to authenticate on SMTP server with username  dianexxxxx gmail com  using 3 possible authenticators  Based on a little stackoverflow reading  I tried turning on  access to less secure apps  in my gmail settings  but no change in the error   And the other posts about this issue had other factors that made a fancier problem than mine     Nothing jumps out at me from laravel log  below - any ideas      2015-11-26 12 25 55  local ERROR  exception  Swift TransportException  with message  Failed to authenticate on SMTP server with username  dianekaplan gmail com  using 3 possible authenticators  in  home vagrant Code Family-laravel vendor swiftmailer swiftmailer lib classes Swift Transport Esmtp AuthHandler php 181 Stack trace       0  home vagrant Code Family-laravel vendor swiftmailer swiftmailer lib classes Swift Transport EsmtpTransport php 307   Swift Transport Esmtp AuthHandler- gt 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User · Accepted Answer

Did you turn on the  Allow less secure apps  on  go to this link  https   myaccount google com security connectedapps  Take a look at the Sign-in  amp  security -  Apps with account access menu   You must turn the option  Allow less secure apps  ON   If is still doesn t work try one of these    Go to https   accounts google com UnlockCaptcha   and click continue and unlock your account for access through other media sites  Use double quote in your password   your password    And change your  env file   MAIL DRIVER smtp MAIL HOST smtp gmail com MAIL PORT 587 MAIL USERNAME dianexxxxx gmail com MAIL PASSWORD xxxxxx MAIL ENCRYPTION tls   because the one s you have specified in the mail php will only be used if the value is not available in the  env file

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I had the same problem and I ve already tried everything and nothing seemed to work until I just changed the  host  value in config php  to     host    gt  env  smtp mailtrap io      When I changed that it worked nicely  somehow it was using the default host   smtp mailtrap org  and ignoring the  env variable I was setting   After making some test I realize that if I placed  the env variable in this order it would worked as it shoulded   MAIL HOST smtp mailtrap io   MAIL DRIVER smtp   MAIL PORT 2525   MAIL USERNAME xxxx   MAIL PASSWORD xxx   MAIL ENCRYPTION null

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If you still get this error when sending email   quot Failed to authenticate on SMTP server with username  quot example gmail com quot  using 3 possible authenticators quot  You may try one of these methods  Go to https   accounts google com UnlockCaptcha  click continue and unlock your account for access through other media sites  Use double quote for your password  like -  quot Abc   67eSDu quot

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This is how  I solved this issue    Change the  env file as follow      Never forget to restart the server after you change the  env file

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If you still get this error when sending email   quot Failed to authenticate on SMTP server with username  quot youremail gmail com quot  using 3 possible authenticators quot  You may try one of these methods   Go to https   accounts google com UnlockCaptcha  click continue and unlock your account for access through other media sites   Using a double quote password   quot your password quot   lt -- this one also solved my problem

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Change the  env file as follow MAIL DRIVER smtp MAIL HOST smtp googlemail com MAIL PORT 587 MAIL USERNAME email address gmail com MAIL PASSWORD password MAIL ENCRYPTION tls  And the go to the gmail security section - gt Allow Less secure app access Then run php artisan config clear  Refresh the site

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Nothing wrong with your method  it s a G-mail security issue    Login g-mail account settings  Enable 2-step verification  Generate app-password  Use new-generated password in place of your real g-mail password    Don t forget to clear cache   php artisan config cache  php artisan config clear   MAIL DRIVER smtp MAIL HOST mailtrap io MAIL PORT 587 MAIL USERNAME yourgmailid gmail com MAIL PASSWORD generatedAppPassword MAIL ENCRYPTION tls

User · Answer

I had the same issue  but when I ran the following command  it was ok   php artisan config cache

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