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 v 5.8.38, I set the env file as the following:

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.googlemail.com
MAIL_PORT=465
MAIL_USERNAME=mygmail@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=difficultCombination
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=ssl
MAIL_FROM_NAME=myWebappName

After doing php artisan config:clear, it worked well on a shard server.