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.
In the development configuration file, change the transport setting to
gmail and set the username and password to the Google credentials:
- YAML
- XML
- PHP
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# app/config/config_dev.yml
swiftmailer:
transport: gmail
username: your_gmail_username
password: your_gmail_passwordTip
It's more convenient to configure these options in the parameters.yml
file:
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# app/config/parameters.yml
parameters:
# ...
mailer_user: your_gmail_username
mailer_password: your_gmail_password- YAML
- XML
- PHP
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# app/config/config_dev.yml
swiftmailer:
transport: gmail
username: '%mailer_user%'
password: '%mailer_password%'Redefining the Default Configuration Parameters
The gmail transport is simply a shortcut that uses the smtp transport
and sets these options:
| Option | Value |
|---|---|
encryption |
ssl |
auth_mode |
login |
host |
smtp.gmail.com |
If your application uses tls encryption or oauth authentication, you
must override the default options by defining the encryption and auth_mode
parameters.
If your Gmail account uses 2-Step-Verification, you must generate an App password
and use it as the value of the mailer_password parameter. You must also ensure
that you allow less secure apps to access your Gmail account.
See also
See the Swiftmailer configuration reference for more details.
