How To Set Up and Configure Gmail SMTP Server for Email Sending

1. Go to your Google Account Settings or click this link
   https://myaccount.google.com
   

2. In the Security section, ensure that 2-Step Verification is turned On
   

3. Go to link https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords, enter a name for the app password, and click Create
   

4. Copy the generated app password and click Done
   

5. Paste it into the MAIL_PASSWORD field in your .env file without spaces, For Example:
   

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=[e-mail]
MAIL_PASSWORD=xbxjfnxeseobslde
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=[e-mail]
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"

If you encounter an error, try replacing MAIL_PORT with one of the following:
25, 465, 587, or 2525.

Comments

[Chuck Watson]

Is this language agnostic? Where is my env file? How does any of this work?

[Michael Casile]

Would like to know as well. Maybe a quick sample. I looked gmail env file and it still leaves me with questions.