I’m currently working on a Laravel 5.4 project and trying to set up email functionality using Mailgun as my email service provider. However, I’m running into some configuration issues and the emails aren’t being sent properly.
I’ve been following various tutorials online but they seem to have different approaches and some of the information appears outdated. The documentation isn’t entirely clear on the exact steps needed for Laravel 5.4 specifically.
Has anyone successfully implemented Mailgun with Laravel 5.4? Could you please share the proper configuration steps or point me in the right direction?
I would really appreciate any help or guidance from the community. Thanks in advance for your time and assistance!
I had the same problem switching from Laravel’s default mail to Mailgun. What fixed it for me was checking that the Mailgun webhook wasn’t messing with the basic SMTP setup. Use smtp.mailgun.org as your endpoint - don’t try using their API through Laravel’s mail config. Also make sure your Mailgun domain is verified and out of sandbox mode. Sometimes Laravel thinks emails went out but Mailgun silently rejected them. Check your Mailgun dashboard logs to see what’s actually happening.
hey grace! i totally get it. check your .env file and ensure that the domain and api key r correct. also, make sure your from email in mailgun is set up right. that’s often the issue.
Been there - dealt with this exact pain across multiple projects. Mailgun + Laravel is a configuration nightmare with all the manual tweaks.
Skip wrestling with .env files and API endpoints. Build an automated email workflow instead. You’ll get reliable sending plus delivery tracking, bounce management, and automatic retries for failed sends.
I just built this for our customer notifications. Connected our Laravel app to multiple email providers with Mailgun as backup. One fails? It switches automatically. Logs everything and alerts us when stuff breaks.
Best part: no more Laravel compatibility issues or manual config headaches. Just trigger the workflow from your app and you’re done.
Saved us hours of debugging and works way better than standard Laravel-Mailgun.
Spent days on this too. Here’s what fixed it for me: First, check config/mail.php - use ‘mailgun’ as the driver, not ‘smtp’. Next, your Mailgun secret key in .env needs the ‘key-’ prefix. Laravel 5.4 won’t work without it. The region setting got me too. If you’re on Mailgun EU, add the endpoint ‘api.eu.mailgun.net’ to services.php. It defaults to US, so your API calls hit the wrong server. Don’t forget to run php artisan config:clear after changes or Laravel won’t see them.