What is the best way to sent out email in Laravel 5? - php

Question

I have a problem sending out email in my Laravel 5 Application.
Here is my mail function
email = test#gmail.com
Mail::send('emails.activation', array(
'username'=>$user->username,
'name'=>$user->name,
'code'=>$user->code,
'email'=>$user->email
),
function($message){
$message->from(env('MAIL_USERNAME'),'Site');
$message->to('email', 'name' )->subject('Site Activation ');
});
I keep getting
Update
Mail Configuration in .env file
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=465
MAIL_USERNAME=donotreply#site.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=***********
New Error
I'm very curios on what is going on.
What did I do wrong ?

Answer 1

This means there is something wrong in email address fields such as From, Sender or Reply-To fields.
Swift Mailer strictly follow RFC standard to avoid emails being caught by spam checker tools.
test#gmail.com doesn't look like a normal email address or does not even exist.
Try with a different email address example send to me
Mail::send('emails.activation', array(
'username'=>$user->username,
'name'=>$user->name,
'code'=>$user->code,
'email'=>$user->email
),
function($message){
$message->from('siteEmailaddress#domain.com'),'Site');
$message->to('avalidEmailaddress#domain.com', 'name' )->subject('Site Activation ');
});
Also if you wish to use gmail as SMTP server below:
'driver' => 'smtp',
'host' => 'smtp.gmail.com',
'port' => 465,
'encryption' => 'ssl',
'username' => 'your-email#gmail.com',
'password' => 'your-password',
EDITED
NB: MAIL_USERNAME must be your #gmail.com email address e.g. myname#gmail.com else you will get Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com error
To handle this exception if you can't resolve it, go to open app\Exceptions\handler.php
add this inside render method:
/**
* Render an exception into an HTTP response.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Exception $e
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function render($request, Exception $e)
{
if ($e instanceof Swift_RfcComplianceException){
//redirect to form
//You can also delete the user account here if already created or do other stuffs
return redirect($request->fullUrl())->with('error',"We have issue sending you an email");
}
.......
}
NB: Remember to add use Swift_RfcComplianceException; at the top of handler.php

Answer 2

It looks like the 'from' address is not valid, you're using an env call currently without knowing 100% what it returns.
Try changing the from address to a real email address for testing purposes.