John Davidson

Message:

I'm trying to setup an email system through my Laravel app via Mailgun, here's my .env file
(sensitive info is replaced of course)

APP_NAME=Laravel

APP_ENV=local

APP_KEY=***

APP_DEBUG=true

APP_URL=***



LOG_CHANNEL=stack

LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL=null

LOG_LEVEL=debug



DB_CONNECTION=mysql

DB_HOST=mysql

DB_PORT=3306

DB_DATABASE=***

DB_USERNAME=***

DB_PASSWORD=***



BROADCAST_DRIVER=log

CACHE_DRIVER=file

FILESYSTEM_DISK=local

QUEUE_CONNECTION=sync

SESSION_DRIVER=file

SESSION_LIFETIME=120



MEMCACHED_HOST=memcached



REDIS_HOST=redis

REDIS_PASSWORD=null

REDIS_PORT=6379



MAIL_MAILER=mailgun

MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailgun.org

MAIL_PORT=587

MAIL_USERNAME=postmaster@*****.mailgun.org

MAIL_PASSWORD=(provided default password for this domain)

MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=*****@gmail.com

MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"

MAIL_DRIVER=mailgun



MAILGUN_DOMAIN=*****.mailgun.org

MAILGUN_SECRET=(I'm not sure what to put here, I tried the API key provided when I signed up and also the Mailgun password)



AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=

AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=

AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1

AWS_BUCKET=

AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT=false



PUSHER_APP_ID=

PUSHER_APP_KEY=

PUSHER_APP_SECRET=

PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=mt1



MIX_PUSHER_APP_KEY="${PUSHER_APP_KEY}"

MIX_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER="${PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER}"



SCOUT_DRIVER=meilisearch

MEILISEARCH_HOST=http://meilisearch:7700

The error here is showing up pretty much no matter what I've tried changing. I can also supply the mail.php, controller, etc. if needed. I feel like it might be much simpler than that though.

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My Answer:
To send emails using Mailgun in Laravel 9, you can follow these steps:

1. Install the Mailgun SDK by running the following command in your terminal:

composer require mailgun/mailgun-php


2. Update your `.env` file with your Mailgun API credentials:

MAIL_MAILER=mailgun
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailgun.org
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=your-mailgun-username
MAIL_PASSWORD=your-mailgun-password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=your-email@example.com
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
MAILGUN_DOMAIN=your-mailgun-domain
MAILGUN_SECRET=your-mailgun-secret


3. Create a new Mailable class by running the following command:

php artisan make:mail TestMail


4. Update the `build` method in your Mailable class to define the email content:
php
public function build()
{
return $this->view('emails.test');
}


5. Create a new blade template for your email content in `resources/views/emails/test.blade.php`.

6. Use the `Mail` facade to send the email in your controller or wherever you want to trigger the email:
php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
use App\Mail\TestMail;

Mail::to('recipient@example.com')->send(new TestMail());


7. That's it! Your email should now be sent using Mailgun in Laravel 9.