unable to connect to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465 (Connection refused) Laravel

Question

Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com :stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465 (Connection refused)

I tried to send email using laravel but i could not able to send email using godaddy Shared Hosting.

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=465
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=ssl

Answer 1

Try this:

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=

Or better:

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
[email protected]
MAIL_PASSWORD=secret
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls