Laravel Homestead Swift Cannot send message without a sender address

Question

I get this error with stock email settings in Laravel 5.1 Homestead when I try to send a password reset mail.

Swift_TransportException in AbstractSmtpTransp         


        

Answer 1

Make sure you have set the 'from' in app/config/mail.php

'from' => ['address' => 'myname@gmail.com', 'name' => 'myname']

It will fix the problem.