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So I have this function to send an email:
public function email($data) {
Mail::raw("Simple email to confirm email functionality works", function($message) {
$message->to('[email protected]');
$message->from('[email protected]');
});
if (count(Mail::failures()) > 0) {
Log::info("Error! Email did not send.");
}
Log::info("email sent");
}
.....
self::email($data);
....
My config/mail.php is configured like so:
'host' => env('MAIL_HOST', 'smtp.mailgun.org'),
'driver' => env('MAIL_DRIVER', 'smtp'),
'port' => env('MAIL_PORT', xxx),
'from' => [
'address' => env('MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS', '[email protected]'),
'name' => env('MAIL_FROM_NAME', 'me'),
],
....
So I expect my mailtrap account, when the function is called, to send an email to the designated "[email protected]". And it does, it sends an email: I can see that clearly from the logs on my mailtrap account.
But, [email protected] receives nothing. Not in my inbox, and not in my junk email.
Any advice on what could be going on here? Any help would be appreciated
@uccdev you are not sending mail to mailtrap. you need to use their credentials as in this tutorial: https://blog.mailtrap.io/send-email-in-laravel/
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=1a2b3c4d5e6f7g //your username generated by Mailtrap
MAIL_PASSWORD=1a2b3c4d5e6f7g // your password generated by Mailtrap
[email protected]
MAIL_FROM_NAME=Example
I should have included this earlier, but I have this implemented already:
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=my_username
MAIL_PASSWORD=my_password
[email protected]
MAIL_FROM_NAME=Anon
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
And I'm confused how I can't be sending mail to mailtrap if, when I log into my mailtrap inbox, I can see the inbox with my email message, and the from-to addresses included?
Is there anything this is missing?
I'm sorry, your question was that you are not receiving emails. Can you show the screenshot? Are you receiving them after all?
Apologies, Aura, I wasn't sure how to post images on here. https://imgur.com/27jR2na
The email shows the mailtrap.io account I've configured with "[email protected]" (which is also my outlook address). As you can see, it sending an email to "[email protected]" by the hour
However, when I check [email protected] for the corresponding email, it doesn't exist. I can't show a screenshot of there, but it gets no message at all, in either inbox or junk, at least not with the email I keep sending it. And yet, there's my mailtrap.io, clearly containing the message I'm sending.
Is this any clearer? Have I crossed my wires in configuration somewhere?
Have you using the localhost or dedicated server for this then you should, go to the Account->security->Less secure app access to on because it was default as off if you used localhost.
Interesting, thank you. I'm testing on both my local computer and on a server. Where can I adjust those settings?
In your gmail account under the google apps there having Account with your profile image,visit there and do the needful.
But I'm not using a google app or any gmail accounts in these exchanges. "[email protected]" is referencing a work email, not a google email
Are you switching to a real SMTP server when you're testing to see if receive the email in your inbox?
I might be reading your question wrong but it sounds like you're expecting to see a single email in both mailtrap and your inbox. Which is not what mailtrap does.
Mailtrap 'traps' all you outgoing mails and displays them in their inbox view instead of sending out real emails. This allows you to test your application with real email addresses without spamming real people.
I think I've made just that confusion, @erikverbeek My mistake. I'd like to test it by emailing a real address: do you have any recommended emailing tools for just that, which work with laravel?
You can send 100 emails per day for free with https://sendgrid.com
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