How to configure Laravel mail.php to use built-in mail function?

Question

I need to send an email via the mail() PHP function. I\'ve read somewhere that I have to change driver parameter in config/mail.php to

Answer 1

To use the email server running on localhost, your .env file should look like this (The PHP mail function doesn't need a username or a password)

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=localhost
MAIL_PORT=25
MAIL_USERNAME=
MAIL_PASSWORD=
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null

Then, update the configuration cache:

php artisan config:cache