introduction
SeAT requires email to be setup to allow for things like password reminders and notifications to be sent. This guide will attempt to describe how to go about setting up your email using gmail as an SMTP.
the config
As with anything Laravel, the config for your email setup will live in your installs .env
file. To use gmail as an SMTP service, set the MAIL_DRIVER
option in your .env
configuration file to smtp
. Next, specify the SMTP details:
// File: .env
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=username@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=gmailpassword
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=username@gmail.com
Done! To test, you can send yourself a password reset email.