How to Use Gmail to Send Emails
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How to Use Gmail to Send Emails
During development, instead of using a regular SMTP server to send emails, you might find using Gmail easier and more practical. The SwiftmailerBundle makes it really easy.
Tip
Instead of using your regular Gmail account, it's of course recommended that you create a special account.
In the development configuration file, change the transport setting to
gmail and set the username and password to the Google credentials:
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# app/config/config_dev.yml
swiftmailer:
transport: gmail
username: your_gmail_username
password: your_gmail_passwordYou're done!
Tip
If you are using the Symfony Standard Edition, configure the parameters in parameters.yml:
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# app/config/parameters.yml
parameters:
# ...
mailer_transport: gmail
mailer_host: ~
mailer_user: your_gmail_username
mailer_password: your_gmail_passwordNote
The gmail transport is simply a shortcut that uses the smtp transport
and sets encryption, auth_mode and host to work with Gmail.
Note
Depending on your Gmail account settings, you may get authentication errors
within your app. If your Gmail account uses 2-Step-Verification, you should
generate an App password to use for your mailer_password parameter.
You should also ensure that you allow less secure apps to access your Gmail account.
