Laravel 5.1 mail not sending and no error reported

Question

Below are my mail code and configuration. The issue which I'm facing is that mail() is not working, but I'm getting the output as mail sent (from code,when 'pretend' => false,) and not sent ('pretend' => true, and I also get "server.INFO: Pretending to mail message to:soandso@mail.com " in the log file ).What could be the issue? Same code is working for another site hosted with the same provider( GoDaddy)

$mail= Mail::send($view, $data, function ($message) use ($email, $subject, $data) {

            if (isset($data['senderEmail'])) {

                $message->from($data['senderEmail'], $data['senderFullname']);
            }else{
                $defult=\DB::table('settings')->select('value')->where('option','=','defaultMail')->first();
                $message->from($defult->value, 'mailFrom');
            }
            if (isset($data['attachment'])) {
                $message->attach($data['attachment']);
            }
            $message->to($email)->subject($subject);
        });
        if($mail){
          dd("mail sent");
        }else{
          dd("not sent");
        }

.env file

MAIL_DRIVER=sendmail
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=XXXXXXXX@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD="XXXXXXXX"
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

SENDERS_EMAIL=XXXXXXXX@gmail.com
SENDERS_NAME=afsal

config/mail.php

'sendmail'   => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
 'pretend'    => false,

Are you sending email through gmail or sendmail, and where's the rest of your mail file? — James, Nov 28 '16 at 07:37
mail is send through Gmail, if I use MAIL_DRIVER= SMTP, it throws an error ('Swift_TransportException' with message 'Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com [Connection refused #111]'). The mail file is in view/emails folder(the path to the file is in $view) — Afsal, Nov 28 '16 at 07:48
The SMTP driver is what you need to use. Looks like the error you are getting has been explained here. http://stackoverflow.com/a/14179075/1739852 — James, Nov 28 '16 at 07:52

Laravel 5.1 mail not sending and no error reported

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