How to to send mail using gmail in Laravel

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I try again and again to test sending an email from localhost but I still cannot  I don t know anymore how to do it  I try search to find solution but I cannot find one  I edited config mail php     lt  php  return                --------------------------------------------------------------------------       Mail Driver      --------------------------------------------------------------------------             Laravel supports both SMTP and PHP s  mail  function as drivers for the       sending of e-mail  You may specify which one you re using throughout       your application here  By default  Laravel is setup for SMTP mail              Supported   smtp    mail    sendmail    mailgun    mandrill    ses    log                     driver    gt  env  MAIL DRIVER    smtp                 --------------------------------------------------------------------------       SMTP Host Address      --------------------------------------------------------------------------             Here you may provide the host address of the SMTP server used by your       applications  A default option is provided that is compatible with       the Mailgun mail service which will provide reliable deliveries                     host    gt  env  MAIL HOST    smtp gmail com                 --------------------------------------------------------------------------       SMTP Host Port      --------------------------------------------------------------------------             This is the SMTP port used by your application to deliver e-mails to       users of the application  Like the host we have set this value to       stay compatible with the Mailgun e-mail application by default                     port    gt  env  MAIL PORT   587                --------------------------------------------------------------------------       Global  From  Address      --------------------------------------------------------------------------             You may wish for all e-mails sent by your application to be sent from       the same address  Here  you may specify a name and address that is       used globally for all e-mails that are sent by your application                     from    gt    address    gt   myemail gmail com    name    gt   Do not Reply                 --------------------------------------------------------------------------       E-Mail Encryption Protocol      --------------------------------------------------------------------------             Here you may specify the encryption protocol that should be used when       the application send e-mail messages  A sensible default using the       transport layer security protocol should provide great security                     encryption    gt  env  MAIL ENCRYPTION    tls                 --------------------------------------------------------------------------       SMTP Server Username      --------------------------------------------------------------------------             If your SMTP server requires a username for authentication  you should       set it here  This will get used to authenticate with your server on       connection  You may also set the  password  value below this one                     username    gt  env  MAIL USERNAME                 --------------------------------------------------------------------------       SMTP Server Password      --------------------------------------------------------------------------             Here you may set the password required by your SMTP server to send out       messages from your application  This will be given to the server on       connection so that the application will be able to send messages                     password    gt  env  MAIL PASSWORD                 --------------------------------------------------------------------------       Sendmail System Path      --------------------------------------------------------------------------             When using the  sendmail  driver to send e-mails  we will need to know       the path to where Sendmail lives on this server  A default path has       been provided here  which will work well on most of your systems                     sendmail    gt    usr sbin sendmail -bs                --------------------------------------------------------------------------       Mail  Pretend       --------------------------------------------------------------------------             When this option is enabled  e-mail will not actually be sent over the       web and will instead be written to your application s logs files so       you may inspect the message  This is great for local development                     pretend    gt  false          and I edited  env file like this already   MAIL DRIVER smtp MAIL HOST smtp gmail com MAIL PORT 587 MAIL USERNAME myemail gmail com MAIL PASSWORD password MAIL ENCRYPTION null   It still produced error like this

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first login to your gmail account and under My account > Sign In And Security > Sign In to google, enable two step verification, then you can generate app password, and you can use that app password in .env file.

Your .env file will then look something like this

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
[email protected]
MAIL_PASSWORD=apppassword
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

Don't forget to run php artisan config:cache after you make changes in your .env file.

User · Answer

If you re developing on an XAMPP  then you ll need an SMTP service to send the email  Try using a MailGun account  It s free and easy to use

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Using a G Suite account If you are using a G Suite account  anything you try will fail  At least at the time  this answer is being typed  You must use  gmail com account  anything else like  example com will not work  After you use the gmail com address  You just need to update  env as most of the people already mentioned  MAIL MAILER smtp MAIL HOST smtp gmail com MAIL PORT 587 MAIL USERNAME      gmail com MAIL PASSWORD 16digitapppassword MAIL ENCRYPTION tls MAIL FROM ADDRESS      gmail com MAIL FROM NAME  quot   APP NAME  quot   Don t forget to create an App password  if you don t see the option probably your 2-factor authentication is not enabled  And there is no need to allow less secure apps if you follow this approach

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You can also try adding to laravel these 2 lines   MAIL FROM ADDRESS you email com MAIL FROM NAME  you email com    After this run this comand to flush mail cache config   php artisan config cache

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your MAIL PASSWORD must a APPpasword  after change the  env stop the server then clear configuratios cahce php artisan config cahce and start the server again  reference Cannot send message without a sender address in laravel 5 2 I have set  env and mail php both

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Working for me after trying various combinations   MAIL DRIVER smtp MAIL HOST smtp gmail com MAIL PORT 465 MAIL USERNAME mail gmail com MAIL PASSWORD passowrd MAIL ENCRYPTION ssl   It is necessary to generate application password https   myaccount google com security and us it as MAIL PASSWORD environment variable    I found about about this by checking error code from google server  which was use-full and lead me to this webpage

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if you still could be able to send mail after setting all configs right and get forbidden or timeout errors you could set the allow less secure apps to access your account in gmail  you can follow how to here

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This is working sample that i have tried    Open your mail php under config folder then fill with this option     driver        gt  env  MAIL DRIVER    smtp     host          gt  env  MAIL HOST    smtp gmail com     port          gt  env  MAIL PORT   587    from          gt    address    gt  youremail mail com    name    gt   Email Subject     encryption    gt  env  MAIL ENCRYPTION    tls     username      gt  env  MAIL USERNAME   yourusername mail com     password      gt  env  MAIL PASSWORD   youremailpassword     sendmail      gt    usr sbin sendmail -bs     Open your  env file under root project  Also edit this file following above option such  MAIL DRIVER smtp     MAIL HOST smtp gmail com    MAIL PORT 587       MAIL USERNAME youremailusername MAIL PASSWORD youremailpassword MAIL ENCRYPTION tls   After that clear your config by running this command   php artisan config cache   Restart your local server  Try visit your route with controller contains mail function at first time it still error Authentication Required  You need to login via your gmail account to authorize untrusted connection  Visit this link to authorize

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All you have to do is just edit in you env file  that s it     MAIL DRIVER smtp MAIL HOST smtp gmail com MAIL PORT 465 MAIL USERNAME  lt your email address gt  MAIL PASSWORD  lt your gmail app password  gt  MAIL ENCRYPTION ssl   for app password goto  https   support google com accounts answer 185833 hl en  and genearate your app pasword and save for future use  because once you generate app password you cannot re-edit password or change same app password  you can create multiple app password

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The problem for me is that for some reason the username password came NULL from mail config   To check that before sending a email check with the follow code   dd Config  get  mail       If your username password came nulled just set with    Config  set  mail username    yourusername    Config  set  mail password    yourpassword

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MAIL DRIVER smtp  MAIL HOST smtp gmail com MAIL PORT 587 MAIL USERNAME yourmail gmail com MAIL PASSWORD yourpassword MAIL ENCRYPTION tls MAIL FROM NAME  Name   allow less secure apps to access your account in the Gmail security setting

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If you are using email password then you should replace it with app password for setting APP password you need to enable the 2 step authentication before setting password which can be disabled later   Also make sure that you have allowed less secure app in setting section For additional info you can follow how to here

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Note  Laravel 7 replaced MAIL DRIVER by MAIL MAILER  MAIL MAILER smtp     MAIL HOST smtp gmail com    MAIL PORT 587       MAIL USERNAME yourgmailaddress MAIL PASSWORD yourgmailpassword MAIL ENCRYPTION tls   Allow less secure apps from  Google Account    - https   myaccount google com   - Settings  - Less secure app access  Turn On   Flush cache config   php artisan config cache   For Apache   sudo service apache2 restart

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you need to enable first the App password of your google account -  security section link  then the app password that will be generated copy it and paste it in to  env file  MAIL DRIVER smtp MAIL HOST smtp googlemail com MAIL PORT 465 MAIL USERNAME account gmail com MAIL PASSWORD app password MAIL ENCRYPTION ssl

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Try using sendmail instead of smtp driver  according to these recommendations  http   code tutsplus com tutorials sending-emails-with-laravel-4-gmail--net-36105   MAIL DRIVER sendmail MAIL HOST smtp gmail com MAIL PORT 587 MAIL USERNAME your gmail com MAIL PASSWORD apppassword MAIL ENCRYPTION tls

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Just change MAIL ENCRYPTION null to MAIL ENCRYPTION tls  And run this command  php artisan config cache

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in bluehost i could not reset password  with this driver worked   MAIL DRIVER sendmail

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