The expected response code is 220, but received the code ", with the message" "in laravel 5.3

Question

The disk setup in my .env file is as follows

MAIL_DRIVER=sendmail MAIL_HOST=gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com MAIL_PORT=587 MAIL_USERNAME=[e-mail] MAIL_PASSWORD=password MAIL_ENCRYPTION=ssl 

and in my config / mail.php my configurations

  <?php return [ /* |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Mail Driver |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Laravel supports both SMTP and PHP "mail" function as drivers for the | sending of e-mail. You may specify which one you're using throughout | your application here. By default, Laravel is setup for SMTP mail. | | Supported: "smtp", "sendmail", "mailgun", "mandrill", "ses", | "sparkpost", "log", "array" | */ 'driver' => env('MAIL_DRIVER', 'sendmail'), /* |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SMTP Host Address |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Here you may provide the host address of the SMTP server used by your | applications. A default option is provided that is compatible with | the Mailgun mail service which will provide reliable deliveries. | */ 'host' => env('MAIL_HOST', 'gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com'), /* |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SMTP Host Port |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | This is the SMTP port used by your application to deliver e-mails to | users of the application. Like the host we have set this value to | stay compatible with the Mailgun e-mail application by default. | */ 'port' => env('MAIL_PORT', 587), /* |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Global "From" Address |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | You may wish for all e-mails sent by your application to be sent from | the same address. Here, you may specify a name and address that is | used globally for all e-mails that are sent by your application. | */ 'from' => [ 'address' => env('MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS', ' [e-mail] '), 'name' => env('MAIL_FROM_NAME', 'Tressly'), ], /* |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E-Mail Encryption Protocol |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Here you may specify the encryption protocol that should be used when | the application send e-mail messages. A sensible default using the | transport layer security protocol should provide great security. | */ 'encryption' => env('MAIL_ENCRYPTION', 'ssl'), /* |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SMTP Server Username |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | If your SMTP server requires a username for authentication, you should | set it here. This will get used to authenticate with your server on | connection. You may also set the "password" value below this one. | */ 'username' => env('MAIL_USERNAME'), 'password' => env('MAIL_PASSWORD'), /* |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Sendmail System Path |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | When using the "sendmail" driver to send e-mails, we will need to know | the path to where Sendmail lives on this server. A default path has | been provided here, which will work well on most of your systems. | */ 'sendmail' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs', 'pretend' => false, /* |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Markdown Mail Settings |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | If you are using Markdown based email rendering, you may configure your | theme and component paths here, allowing you to customize the design | of the emails. Or, you may simply stick with the Laravel defaults! | */ 'mailgun' => [ 'domain' => 'your-mailgun-domain', 'secret' => 'your-mailgun-key', ], 'markdown' => [ 'theme' => 'default', 'paths' => [ resource_path('views/vendor/mail'), ], ], ]; 

I use the following function to send email

  Mail::send('Mail.mail', ['msg' => 'Congratulations!!! Your first email template sent'], function($message ) use ($id) { $user = User::getEmail($id); $var = $user->email; $var1 = $user->first_name; $message->to($var, $var1)->subject('User has been approved'); }); 

after calling this function I get the following error

  Expected response code 220 but got code "", with message "" 

I tried many solutions from stackoverflow as well as from other sites, but nothing worked in this case. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I think you have problems with your type of drivers and encryption, which should look like this: use smtp host

  MAIL_DRIVER=smtp MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com MAIL_PORT=587 MAIL_USERNAME=/// MAIL_PASSWORD=/// MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls