multiple mail configurations

Question

I configured laravel\'s mail service with mandrill driver. No problems here!

Now, at certain point of my application, I need to send a mail via gmail.

I did

Answer 1

You can create a new Swift_Mailer instance and use that:

// Backup your default mailer
$backup = Mail::getSwiftMailer();

// Setup your gmail mailer
$transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('smtp.gmail.com', 465, 'ssl');
$transport->setUsername('your_gmail_username');
$transport->setPassword('your_gmail_password');
// Any other mailer configuration stuff needed...

$gmail = new Swift_Mailer($transport);

// Set the mailer as gmail
Mail::setSwiftMailer($gmail);

// Send your message
Mail::send();

// Restore your original mailer
Mail::setSwiftMailer($backup);