Check mail is sent successfully or not on Laravel 5 - laravel

Question

I have a function that can send mail on Laravel5 using this
/**
* Send Mail from Parts Specification Form
*/
public function sendMail(Request $request) {
$data = $request->all();
$messageBody = $this->getMessageBody($data);
Mail::raw($messageBody, function ($message) {
$message->from('yourEmail#domain.com', 'Learning Laravel');
$message->to('goper.zosa#gmail.com');
$message->subject('Learning Laravel test email');
});
return redirect()->back();
}
/**
* Return message body from Parts Specification Form
* #param object $data
* #return string
*/
private function getMessageBody($data) {
$messageBody = 'dummy dummy dummy dummy';
}
and is sent successfully. But how to check if it was sent or not? Like
if (Mail::sent == 'error') {
echo 'Mail not sent';
} else {
echo 'Mail sent successfully.';
}
I'm just guessing that code.

Answer 1

I'm not entirely sure this would work but you can give it a shot
/**
* Send Mail from Parts Specification Form
*/
public function sendMail(Request $request) {
$data = $request->all();
$messageBody = $this->getMessageBody($data);
Mail::raw($messageBody, function ($message) {
$message->from('yourEmail#domain.com', 'Learning Laravel');
$message->to('goper.zosa#gmail.com');
$message->subject('Learning Laravel test email');
});
// check for failures
if (Mail::failures()) {
// return response showing failed emails
}
// otherwise everything is okay ...
return redirect()->back();
}

Answer 2

Hope this helps
The Mail::failures() will return an array of failed emails.
Mail::send(...)
if( count(Mail::failures()) > 0 ) {
echo "There was one or more failures. They were: <br />";
foreach(Mail::failures() as $email_address) {
echo " - $email_address <br />";
}
} else {
echo "No errors, all sent successfully!";
}
source : http://laravel.io/forum/08-08-2014-how-to-know-if-e-mail-was-sent

Answer 3

For Laravel 9.11.0
Mail::failures() // is deprecated in laravel 9.11.0
To check if your email was sent successfully one could wrap mail send in a try catch block:
try {
Mail::to($userEmail)->send($welcomeMailable);
} catch (Exception $e) {
//Email sent failed.
}
or since Mail::to($email)->send($mailable) on success returns an instance of : SentMessage one could check:
$welcomeEmailSent = Mail::to($userEmail)->send($welcomeMailable);
if ($welcomeEmailSent instanceof \Illuminate\Mail\SentMessage) {
//email sent success
} else {
//email sent failed
}

Answer 4

You may additionally can make use "Swift_TransportException" to identify any errors.
try{
//code to send the mail
}catch(\Swift_TransportException $transportExp){
//$transportExp->getMessage();
}

Answer 5

You can use the Mail::failures() function for that.
It will have a collection of failed mails if it exists so you can use the code below to check for it.
public function sendMail(Request $request) {
$data = $request->all();
$messageBody = $this->getMessageBody($data);
Mail::raw($messageBody, function ($message) use ($messageBody) {
$message->from('yourEmail#domain.com', 'Learning Laravel');
$message->to('goper.zosa#gmail.com');
$message->subject($messageBody);
});
// check for failed ones
if (Mail::failures()) {
// return failed mails
return new Error(Mail::failures());
}
// else do redirect back to normal
return redirect()->back();
}