Swift_TransportException Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com

Question

I can\'t figure for the life of me why exactly is it failing.. this is the exact error I am getting:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception \'Swift_TransportExcepti         


        

Answer 1

In my case, I was using Laravel 5 and I had forgotten to change the mail globals in the .env file that is located in your directory root folder (these variables override your mail configuration)

   MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
   MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
   MAIL_PORT=465
   MAIL_USERNAME=yourmail@gmail.com
   MAIL_PASSWORD=yourpassword

by default, the mailhost is:

   MAIL_HOST=mailtraper.io

I was getting the same error but that worked for me.