Expected response code 250 but got code “”, with message “”

Question

I can send my emails in localhost flawlessly. but ever since I uploaded my program into a hosting site I get this error

Expected response code 250 bu

Answer 1

I ran through this error so many times for some reasons.

When see this error,

Expected response code 250 but got code “”, with message “”

Please triple check your email password.

Note : Test your credentals first on a phone app or log-in into the mail site. If pass, you may update in your .env file

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mail.yahoo.com
MAIL_PORT=465
MAIL_USERNAME=dev.bheng@yahoo.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=****

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If you know for sure that your password is correct.

Check to make sure your Gmail or Yahoo Mail allow app log-in.

Example

Yahoo