Laravel Gmail not working, “Username and Password not accepted. Learn more…”

Question

When I try to send an e-mail through my website running Laravel 4, I get this exception:

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Answer 1

Remove the @gmail.com from username, already you mentioned smtp. So no need @gmail.com on your username. I'm 100% sure it is your problem, because I had that problem.

Answer 2

Did you activate 2-step google authentification? If so, you need to define a new "application-specific password" password: http://www.google.com/landing/2step/.