[FIXED] sending mail to mailtrap.io

Issue

I am using Laravel 5.1 I made a contact page in my application. So users can send an email. Here I have used mailtrap.io It works when I have created. I mean there was no problem to send mail to mailtrap.io

But today, when I was checking this again, It shows me this error.

Swift_TransportException in StreamBuffer.php line 268: Connection could not be established with host mailtrap.io [A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. #10060]

I have checked my .env file with mailtrap.io setting. everything is ok. Here is my .env file setting

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=25
MAIL_USERNAME=[username]
MAIL_PASSWORD=[password]
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

Anyone please help me?

Solution

Probably you have issues with port 25 being blocked by your provider or host.

You can verify this using telnet:

telnet smtp.mailtrap.io 25

If you get no response or a timeout, you can not use port 25.

Mailtrap allows you to use 2 other ports, 2525 and 465.

You can verify with telnet if those ports are working.

telnet smtp.mailtrap.io 2525

If that connects properly, modify your .env file to use 2525.

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If you are using php artisan serve instead of homestead or something else, be sure to restart after making changes to your .env.

Answered By - Robert