I’m working on a local development setup and running into issues with email functionality. My current configuration includes a local server environment, but whenever I try to send emails through Gmail’s SMTP service, nothing gets delivered. I’ve been tweaking various configuration parameters but can’t seem to get it working properly. The frustrating part is that there are no error messages showing up, so it’s hard to debug what’s going wrong. Has anyone successfully set up Gmail email sending from their local development environment? What specific settings or configurations did you use to make it work? Any help would be really appreciated since I’ve been stuck on this for a while now.
check if your gmail has 2fa enabled - that’s usually why u get no error msgs. also double check the creds in ur .env file. a simple typo can break everything without throwing errors.
I encountered a similar issue while attempting to configure Gmail SMTP for my local environment. What helped me was ensuring that I used an App Password specifically generated for my application, rather than my regular Gmail password. In addition, check that you are connecting to smtp.gmail.com on port 587 with STARTTLS enabled. If necessary, enable “Less secure app access” in your account settings. Lastly, verify that your firewall is not obstructing the SMTP ports to ensure successful email delivery.
Gmail SMTP is tricky - Google’s authentication requirements aren’t always obvious. Besides the App Password setup, double-check your config: smtp.gmail.com, port 587, TLS enabled. What got me was Gmail sometimes needs you to explicitly set authentication to LOGIN or PLAIN depending on your email library. Also check if your host or ISP blocks outbound SMTP on port 587 - happens more than you’d think. Test with telnet smtp.gmail.com 587 first to verify connectivity before digging into your app code.