title: Error while Sending Mails using Gmail SMTP in laravel project
body: <p>I want to send mail using Gmail from my laravel project.</p>
  
  <p>I am using all required details of gmail account into project env file but i am getting this error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error : Swift_TransportException in StreamBuffer.php line 268:
  Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com [Connection refused #111]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When i am sending mails from my local i mean using driver "sendmail" mails are working fine but my requirment is i want to send mails from smtp.</p>
  
  <p>Below is code you can see what i am using.</p>
  
  <p>Mail.php</p>
  
  <pre><code>    return [
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Mail Driver
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | Laravel supports both SMTP and PHP's "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", "mail", "sendmail", "mailgun", "mandrill",
      |            "ses", "sparkpost", "log"
      |
      */
      'driver' =&gt; env('MAIL_DRIVER', 'smtp'),
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | 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' =&gt; env('MAIL_HOST', 'smtp.mailgun.org'),
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | 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' =&gt; 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' =&gt; [ 'address' =&gt; null , 'name' =&gt; null ],
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | 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' =&gt; env('MAIL_ENCRYPTION', 'tls'),
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | 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' =&gt; env('MAIL_USERNAME'),
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | SMTP Server Password
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | Here you may set the password required by your SMTP server to send out
      | messages from your application. This will be given to the server on
      | connection so that the application will be able to send messages.
      |
      */
      'password' =&gt; 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' =&gt; '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Mail "Pretend"
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | When this option is enabled, e-mail will not actually be sent over the
      | web and will instead be written to your application's logs files so
      | you may inspect the message. This is great for local development.
      |
      */
  
      'pretend' =&gt; false,
  ];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>.env file configration</p>
  
  <pre><code>MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
  MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
  MAIL_PORT=587
  MAIL_USERNAME=mygmail
  MAIL_PASSWORD=mygmailpassword
  MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please let me know where i am doing wrong.</p>
  
  <p>From Google account settings are properly configure.</p>
  
  <p>1) DisplayUnlockCaptcha => Enabled</p>
  
  <p>2) Security Connected Apps  => Enabled</p>
  
  <p>3) IMAP Access  => Enabled</p>
  
  <p>All settings are enable for sending mail from account.</p>