Expected response code 235 but got code 535 laravel send email using office365 smtp

Question

I want to send email using my office365 smtp credentials in laravel application. i have make changes in my .env file for email settings as below:

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.office365.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=info@***.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=*******
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

while i am trying to send email i got error like

Failed to authenticate on SMTP server with username \"[email protected]\" using 2 possible authenticators. Authenticator LOGIN returned Swift_TransportException: Expected response code 235 but got code \"535\", with message \"535 Incorrect authentication data\r\n\"

my email sending code is as below

Mail::send(array(), array(), function ($m) use ($templatecontent) {
        $m->from('customerservice@****.com', 'TEST');
        $m->to('[email protected]', 'Test')
                ->subject($templatecontent['subject'])
                ->setBody($templatecontent['content'], 'text/html');
    });

Can anyone guide me what is the issue and how to solve this issue?

Answer 1

I don't know if the cause is the same as OP, but I got the same error. I fixed it by enclosing the password with double quotes.

I'm assuming that the parsing fails when the password contains special characters.