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I created a web app using Laravel that sends reminder emails for medication refills to the admin email at [email protected], which is set up in Google Workspace.
The app is hosted on GoDaddy, but it’s not sending emails to [email protected] email. It works fine from localhost and other servers. I reached out to GoDaddy support, and they recommended using the relay mentioned below.
smtp host=localhost
port=25
smpt auth=false
smtp ssl=false/none
As per their statement, I have employed the relay shown below.
MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=localhost
MAIL_PORT=25
[email protected]
MAIL_PASSWORD=**********
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=TLS
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="[email protected]"
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
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The mail host of ‘localhost’ is what is striking me as odd. I’m not a bit networking guy, but I think that would me GoDaddy has you hosting your web server on the same machine or in the same VM as their mail service, which … sounds unlikely. They should have an smtp.godaddy.com address or something like that. You may want to try a free service like MailTrap for testing an SMTP service, or something like SendGrid which I think has a free tier for several thousand free sends a month.
Your mail host is not pointing to an smtp server.
Try referring to this article go get the right settings. Either relay or smtp server.
https://support.google.com/a/answer/176600?hl=en
Also, you might need to create an app password for the authentication if you’re using an individual gmail account.
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en#zippy=%2Cwhy-you-may-need-an-app-password