Failed to authenticate on SMTP server error using gmail

Question

I\'m trying to set up email for my first laravel project, and was thrilled that there\'s a laracast for it: https://laracasts.com/lessons/mailers

I\'ve followed the

Answer 1

Change the .env file as follow

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.googlemail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=email_address@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

And the go to the gmail security section ->Allow Less secure app access

Then run

php artisan config:clear

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