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Failed to authenticate on SMTP server with username "AK********************" using 2 possible authenticators. Authenticator LOGIN returned Expected response code 334 but got code "530", with message "530 Must issue a STARTTLS command first ↵". Authenticator PLAIN returned Expected response code 235 but got code "530", with message "530 Must issue a STARTTLS command first ↵".
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=email-smtp.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
MAIL_PORT=25
MAIL_USERNAME=*****************
MAIL_PASSWORD=*****************
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=null
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
That sounds like the domain is not properly configured in AWS SES. I am using SES in AWS with almost all Laravel APIs i have written thus far for transactional emails and only ever had that issue when the domain wasn't approved / whitelisted.
Follow instructions on AWS SES for that domain.
My domain is verified DKIM is pending verification
That's the problem, you need to add the dkim entries in the dns of the sender domain.
This is a correct configuration for amazon SES:
SES_REGION=eu-west-1 //Your region
MAIL_DRIVER=ses
MAIL_HOST=email-smtp.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com //Your config host
[email protected]
MAIL_FROM_NAME=yourname
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_USERNAME=********
MAIL_PASSWORD=********
PS- Don't forget to verify your domain!
still getting the same error after making changes on .env and clearing the cache
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