Laravel sending mail over gmail

Question

I can't seem to get this to work:

ENV:

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=my_acc@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=***
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

In controller:

Mail::send('mail.template', ['post' => $post, 'user' => $user], function($message) {
            $message->to('my_acc@gmail.com', 'X Y')->subject('Comment');
        });

And I get error:

stream_socket_enable_crypto(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages:
error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed

I have tried adding this to StreamBuffer.php

$options['ssl']['verify_peer'] = FALSE;
$options['ssl']['verify_peer_name'] = FALSE;

And then I get this error:

Expected response code 250 but got code "535", with message "535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted.

And even if I didn't get that error, I would like a solution, not a quick fix...

Do you have two factor authentication enabled on your gmail account? — David Barker, May 05 '16 at 12:38
No, but I tried with it also. Should it be enabled or not? Logic suggests not :) — Norgul, May 05 '16 at 12:51
That's personal preference, if you do have it enabled you need to generate an app password to get access to it through your app. — David Barker, May 05 '16 at 12:53
I'll keep that in mind...but I don't have it now, and the error is there — Norgul, May 05 '16 at 13:04
For the record, I encountered the same issue and the [following post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40378067/symfony-swiftmailer-via-smtp-gmail-on-localhost-openssl-error) corrected this error. — NaeiKinDus, Oct 24 '17 at 08:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 05 '16 at 12:23

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Use your MAIL_ENCRYPTION=ssl and should work fine.

answered May 05 '16 at 12:23

Luis Dalmolin

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Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com – Norgul May 05 '16 at 12:51
Try to change the port also to 465. – Luis Dalmolin May 07 '16 at 12:07
Check if your openssl extension is enabled in your php.ini. If not, enable and try again. – Luis Dalmolin May 08 '16 at 13:27
Laravel doesn't have php.ini file? – Norgul May 08 '16 at 18:27
No, your PHP installation will have one. Try to run `php -i | grep php.ini` in terminal to know where your php.ini file is located. – Luis Dalmolin May 08 '16 at 22:25
PHP is drawn from my WAMP installation, and I have found extension=php_openssl.dll uncommented. Is that it? – Norgul May 09 '16 at 14:06
Weird, try to check if your apache mod_ssl module is active and try again. – Luis Dalmolin May 09 '16 at 19:19
Where can I check that? – Norgul May 09 '16 at 19:38
In WAMP, I think is by clicking in the icon on the bottom right, then Apache > Modules > mod_ssl (or something like that). – Luis Dalmolin May 10 '16 at 13:20

Laravel sending mail over gmail

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