How to set up a smtp connection on a domain email in laravel - email

Question

I have a domain: www.mydomain.ro and i created an email like this: office#mydomain.ro
I'm trying to send emails from my laravel application(laravel 5.7) and i did this configurations:
In .env file:
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=office#my-domain.ro
MAIL_PORT=26
MAIL_USERNAME=office#my-domain.ro
MAIL_PASSWORD=mypassword
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
And in config/mail.php:
<?php
return [
'driver' => env('MAIL_DRIVER', 'smtp'),
'host' => env('MAIL_HOST', 'mail.my-domain.ro '),
'port' => env('MAIL_PORT', 26),
'from' => [
'address' => env('MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS', 'office#muy-domain.ro'),
'name' => env('MAIL_FROM_NAME', 'Office my-domain'),
],
'encryption' => env('MAIL_ENCRYPTION', 'tls'),
'username' => env('office#my-domain.ro'),
'password' => env('mypassword'),
'sendmail' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
'markdown' => [
'theme' => 'default',
'paths' => [
resource_path('views/vendor/mail'),
],
],
];
In Controller i'm doing this:
$data = array(
'name' => 'Ioan Andrei',
'body' => 'Test Email'
);
Mail::send('emails.demandreceived',$data,function ($message){
$message->from('office#my-domain.ro','TEST');
$message->to('ioan.andrei97#gmail.com');
$message->subject('Test email');
I get this error:
Connection could not be established with host office#msipremiumcars.ro [php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: nodename nor servname provided, or not known #0]
What am i doing wrong?It's not working beacuse i'm trying to send them from my local server?
Can i use mailgun for example to send the email and still have the email send from office#mydomain.ro?
I tried to restart my local server after configs.
Laravel version: 5.7

Answer 1

The issue is the MAIL_HOST in the .env file. It needs to be hostname like my-domain.ro instead of an email address as you've currently entered office#my-domain.ro.