mail sending issue in laravel 5.4 - email

Question

I am trying to send an email using laravel 5.4. here is my .env
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=username#gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
here is my HomeController
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Requests;
use Mail;
use App\Mail\MyTestMail;
class HomeController extends Controller
{
/**
* Send My Test Mail Example
*
* #return void
*/
public function myTestMail()
{
//echo 'hello';
$myEmail = 'example#gmail.com';
Mail::to($myEmail)->send(new MyTestMail());
dd("Mail Send Successfully");
}
}
But i got an error like
Swift_TransportException in AbstractSmtpTransport.php line 383:
Expected response code 250 but got code "535", with message "535-5.7.8
Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at 535 5.7.8
https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials r67sm38867592pfb.125
- gsmtp "
at Swift_Transport_AbstractSmtpTransport->_assertResponseCode('535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at 535 5.7.8 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials r67sm38867592pfb.125 - gsmtp ', array(250)) in AbstractSmtpTransport.php line 281
at Swift_Transport_AbstractSmtpTransport->executeCommand('RSET ', array(250), array()) in EsmtpTransport.php line 270
at Swift_Transport_EsmtpTransport->executeCommand('RSET ', array(250)) in XOAuth2Authenticator.php line 55
at Swift_Transport_Esmtp_Auth_XOAuth2Authenticator->authenticate(object(Swift_SmtpTransport), 'username#gmail.com', 'password') in AuthHandler.php line 176
at Swift_Transport_Esmtp_AuthHandler->afterEhlo(object(Swift_SmtpTransport)) in EsmtpTransport.php line 332
Then i changed to my .env file to
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=username2#gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=password2
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
then i restart apache2.But still the same error with previous username and password.i don't know why this happens?please help me.

Answer 1

Google now doesn't accept login from less secure apps
You need to authorise the external application use of Gmail.
Follow the next steps and authorise to make it:
First, go to your Google Account Management page
Under the Security options, click Edit link of Authorising
applications & sites
or
You can allow less secure apps from your settings in Gmail, go to:
https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps
and set 'Access for less secure apps' to "Enabled"
Hope it helps you.