Email Configuration

You need to configure the following settings in your .env file

• MAIL_HOST: Your mail server host
• MAIL_PORT: Your mail server port
• MAIL_USERNAME: Your email id
• MAIL_PASSWORD: your email password
• MAIL_ENCRYPTION: If your MAIL_PORT=587 then MAIL_ENCRYPTION must be tls and if your MAIL_PORT=465 then it must be ssl
• MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS: Your Email Address

For Gmail server you need to do the following steps

If 2 Step Verification is Enabled:

If your 2 step verification is enabled in gmail account you need to do the following steps.

• Login into Gmail.
• Click on the "Google Account".
• Click Security -> App Passwords
• Select "Mail" as the app and "Other (Custom name)" as the device from the drop downs then click generate.
• New window open with your 16 character app password . (Kindly copy this and keep it safe).
• Know open your .env file and change the following setting
1. MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
2. MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
3. MAIL_PORT=465
4. [email protected]
5. MAIL_PASSWORD=your-app-password
6. MAIL_ENCRYPTION=ssl
7. MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS: [email protected]

If 2 Step Verification is Disabled:

• Open your .env file and change the following setting
1. MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
2. MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
3. MAIL_PORT=587
4. [email protected]
5. MAIL_PASSWORD=your-gmail-password
6. MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
7. MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS: [email protected]