A comprehensive overview of sending emails with PHPMailer via Gmail SMTP and why it is advantageous to do so.

Laravel is arguably the most popular PHP frameworks and that’s unlikely to change any time soon. Developers love it because of its ability to handle complex tasks with ease—plus, it operates at a high speed and has excellent security features. As you might expect, it’s also really easy to set up for email testing.

Today, we discuss three great methods for email testing in Laravel. We explain what you can expect from each and how to set them up easily.

#smtp   #email   #API  

Which email transfer method should you use for sending transactional or bulk emails? Primarily, there are two options. A platform-agnostic SMTP relay is the most common one. It is based on the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and sometimes is the only choice that makes sense. Web APIs, however, are better than the SMTP method in many use cases and have increased in popularity. You may also want to give it a shot. Let’s find out.