I am trying to send a contact us mail with attachment, when I submit the form, it just comeback with no errors but mail never sent. see my code
I setup my config/mail like this
'driver' => 'mail',
'host' => 'smtp.hotmail.com',
'port' => 587,
'from' => array('[email protected]' => null, 'name' => null),
'encryption' => 'tls',
'username' => null,
'password' => null,
'sendmail' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
'pretend' => false,
Controller
public function getJoinRequest()
{
$data = Input::all();
$rules = array(
'name' => 'required|regex:/^[\pL\s\-]+$/u',
'email' => 'required|email',
'job' => 'required|alpha',
'comment' => 'required|min:25'
);
$validator = Validator::make($data, $rules);
if ($validator->passes()) {
Mail::send('emails.joinRetunMessage.hello', $data, function ($message) use ($data) {
$message->from($data['email'], $data['name']);
$message->to('[email protected]', 'El Arabia')->subject('Join us request');
$message->attach($data['resume']->getRealPath(), array(
'as' => 'resume.' . $data['resume']->getClientOriginalExtension(),
'mime' => $data['resume']->getMimeType())
);
});
return Redirect::to('/join-us')
->with('message', 'Your message has been sent. Thank You!');
} else {
return Redirect::to('/join-us')->withErrors($validator);
}
}
here is how I got it to work with my hotmail
'driver' => 'mail',
'host' => 'hotmail.com',
'port' => 587,
'from' => array('address' => '[email protected]', 'name' => 'ElArabia'),
'encryption' => 'tls',
'username' => "[email protected]",
'password' => "XXXX",
'sendmail' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
'pretend' => false,
and same with my domain information. but the the thing I have to say about this is you can write your 'username' => "[email protected]", and then say send it to the same email this will never work.
i think that you need smtp host
you can use mailgun it is free and easy to use ...
https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/mail
Here you can read a article about that subject and how to use with gmail
http://laravelcoding.com/blog/laravel-5-beauty-sending-mail-and-using-queues
@tomi greeting, What if I need to use something like the native PHP emails? Laravel don't support that!!
in config/mail.php replace the code with this.. i hope it helps..
<?php
return array(
'driver' => 'smtp',
'host' => 'smtp.gmail.com',
'port' => 587,
'from' => array('address' => 'your_email', 'name' => 'amit'),
'encryption' => 'tls',
'username' => 'your_email',
'password' => 'your_password',
'sendmail' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
'pretend' => false,
);
Laravel support nativa php mail but i think that than you need to write this in your config
'host' => 'smtp.your-domain',
@tomi can you please help me out here.. I'm stuck in office with this error..
https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/urgent-solution-required
@tomi thanks, now about the code I wrote above will do, or should I change it. thanks again.
@johnef_sh did u try mine?
@amitshrestha221 not yet I just don't want to use gmail.
@johnef_sh what were you planning to use?
@johnef_sh just use smtp.hotmail.com , based on the code u posted above i guess you are using hotmail..
will give it a try, Thanks @amitshrestha221
Same thing still the page coming back without any errors but email not sent!! any idea please
Ran into the same situation few days ago,
solution:
MAIL_DRIVER=mail
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=XXXXXX
MAIL_PASSWORD=XXXXXX
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
You need to change MAIL_ENCRYPTION from null to tls
it fixes, but don't know why
If you use mail driver,
You will also need the mail server properly set up.
@leolam2005 are you using gmail to send this emails?
If you use mail driver,
You will also need the mail server properly set up.
can you please clear this out
Thanks
if you intend to send email with Mail Driver,
you need to set the DNS record correct on production server
example:
mail.mysite.com. A 111.xx.xxx.xx
mysite.com. MX (10) mail.mysite.com.
mysite.com. TXT v=spf1 +a +mx -all +a:vps-xxxxxxxxx.c
p.readyspace.com.hk
You can use other smtp driver like mailgun, but you also need to add mailgun DNS record!
For testing only, you can use their sandbox api
send with mail server
MAIL_DRIVER=mail
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=XXXXXX
MAIL_PASSWORD=XXXXXX
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
send with gmail account
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=XXXXXX
MAIL_PASSWORD=XXXXXX
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
@leolam2005 thanks, maybe this the lost part, but please just one second You said that if I intend to send email with Mail Driver, I need to set the DNS record correct on production server.
You mean like using Simple Zone Editor? and then? I saw this DNS, CNAME, MX but on what base should I edit them? I thought that this settings is only should be done for mailgun! can you please clear this more
thanks
normally you don't need to edit the DNS setting for Mail driver to work on production. Most hosting did add the record for you
But are you sure
you are using Mail Driver on production server to send Email without effect?
in .env MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls , not MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null ?
A few days ago I my server suddenly cannot send mail yet doesnot throw errors just because of the MAIL_ENCRYPTION. It needs to set to tls
@leolam2005 yes I use to use mail driver on the same domain but native PHP and it works will sending emails no problems at all and in my .env MAIL_ENCRYPTION is tls and not NULL I will update my question now please review I will put all .env/mail
thanks
@leolam2005 I updated my code please review
nah, base on your code I can't tell any issues. Maybe others can help.
thanks for all of y'all @leolam2005 @tomi @amitshrestha221 I got it to work but with hotmail account and then got it to work via my domain too.
here is how I got it to work with my hotmail
'driver' => 'mail',
'host' => 'hotmail.com',
'port' => 587,
'from' => array('address' => '[email protected]', 'name' => 'ElArabia'),
'encryption' => 'tls',
'username' => "[email protected]",
'password' => "XXXX",
'sendmail' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
'pretend' => false,
and same with my domain information. but the the thing I have to say about this is you can write your 'username' => "[email protected]", and then say send it to the same email this will never work.
thank you all for your help.
I just had a similar issue. After spending many hours looking into that, I realized the problem is that my server on Digital Ocean had the default SMTYP ports blocked by default. My final tests, /i tried using first LOG instead of SMTP just to make sure that an email was being logged locally. Then I tried using SMTP with Mailtrap, which uses port 2525 locally and on my server. But it didn't work when I tried with Mailgun, which was using port 485 or 587 I think. My final test, I tried Mailgun with port 2525 and it worked just fine.
The worst part is that as described, using a blocked port will not raise any exceptions.
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