Laravel - Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com [ #0]

Question

I\'m trying to send an email from Gmail using Laravel from localhost. I\'m getting this error: Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com [ #0]

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Answer 1

here's what is working with me

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=<your email>
MAIL_PASSWORD=<your app password>
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

if you are two auth verification with your account , should be generate new app password and use into you env file. this is what working with me.

Answer 2

In Laravel project directory, edit config/mail.php and add the following:

'stream' => [
        'ssl' => [
            'allow_self_signed' => true,
            'verify_peer' => false,
            'verify_peer_name' => false,
        ],
    ]

It worked for me.

Fyi, my SMTP settings are:

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=465
MAIL_USERNAME=[Full Gmail Address]
MAIL_PASSWORD=[Google App Password obtained after two step verification on Google Account Page]
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=ssl

Answer 3

Have you tried changing the encryption to tls? I currently use a Gmail SMTP sever to send emails from my Laravel app. I use TLS and port 587

Answer 4

Change mail driver in both .env and mail.php into MAIL_DRIVER=mailgun

Answer 5

For me, it turned out TripMode blocked nginx & php-fpm. So make sure no app like this or firewall is blocking the connection to the mail server.

Answer 6

You can't send emails from your localhost by default.

If you configure your files correctly, you would be able to send emails from it.

You could also try to upload the site on an server or production zone. There it will work.