Picking the right port for an email transmission can make the difference between your email being delivered or not. Luckily, it’s not something you need to think about a lot as your email provider does it for you. And they care about the successful delivery as much as you do. 

Sometimes, however, the default SMTP port might not guarantee the best delivery. This is when knowing what the alternatives are might really help. Let’s start then!

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.

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.

The longer you search, the more factors impacting deliverability you’ll find on the internet. Whatever the source, you’ll always stumble upon one factor, though – email sender reputation. Is it really that important? And how does one make it better? Let’s see.