Laravel - Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com [ #0]

Question

I\'m trying to send an email from Gmail using Laravel from localhost. I\'m getting this error: Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com [ #0]

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Answer 1

This one line change in .env file will make it work

MAIL_DRIVER=sendmail

If it also has no effect try to switch between the mail port

MAIL_PORT=587

Or

MAIL_PORT=465

This will work only if you enable "Allow Less secure app access" under google account