Password reset receive email 530 5.7.1 Authentication required

Question

When I try to send a reset password, I get the following error:

Swift_TransportException in AbstractSmtpTransport.php line 383:
Expected response code 250 but got code "530", with message "530 5.7.1 Authentication required"

I am not sure what is wrong here. I looked at Qaru and Laracasts and found similar problems. I tried two different email addresses and servers. But I get the same error.

Here is my .env file:

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=[e-mail]
MAIL_PASSWORD=[password]
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

Here is my mail.php file:

'driver' => env('MAIL_DRIVER'),
'host' => env('MAIL_HOST'),
'port' => env('MAIL_PORT'),
'from' => [
   'address' => '[e-mail]',
   'name' => 'XX',
],
'encryption' => env('MAIL_ENCRYPTION'),
'username' => env('MAIL_USERNAME'),
'password' => env('MAIL_PASSWORD'),
'sendmail' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',

Any ideas what I'm here wrong?

Answer 1

I found that changing the .env file requires clearing the cache configuration:

php artisan config:cache

Email worked and sent.