how to fix stream_socket_enable_crypto(): SSL operation failed with code 1

Editor's note: disabling SSL verification has security implications. Without verification of the authenticity of SSL/HTTPS connections, a malicious attacker can impersonate a trusted endpoint such as Gmail, and you'll be vulnerable to a Man-in-the-Middle Attack.

Be sure you fully understand the security issues before using this as a solution.

You can add below code in /config/mail.php ( tested and worked on laravel 5.1, 5.2, 5.4 )

'stream' => [
   'ssl' => [
      'allow_self_signed' => true,
      'verify_peer' => false,
      'verify_peer_name' => false,
   ],
],

Editor's note: disabling SSL verification has security implications. Without verification of the authenticity of SSL/HTTPS connections, a malicious attacker can impersonate a trusted endpoint such as Gmail, and you'll be vulnerable to a Man-in-the-Middle Attack.

Be sure you fully understand the security issues before using this as a solution.

I have also this error in laravel 4.2 I solved like this way. Find out StreamBuffer.php. For me I use xampp and my project name is itis_db for this my path is like this. So try to find according to your one

C:\xampp\htdocs\itis_db\vendor\swiftmailer\swiftmailer\lib\classes\Swift\Transport\StreamBuffer.php

and find out this function inside StreamBuffer.php

private function _establishSocketConnection()

and paste this two lines inside of this function

$options['ssl']['verify_peer'] = FALSE;
$options['ssl']['verify_peer_name'] = FALSE;

and reload your browser and try to run your project again. For me I put on like this:

private function _establishSocketConnection()
{
    $host = $this->_params['host'];
    if (!empty($this->_params['protocol'])) {
        $host = $this->_params['protocol'].'://'.$host;
    }
    $timeout = 15;
    if (!empty($this->_params['timeout'])) {
        $timeout = $this->_params['timeout'];
    }
    $options = array();
    if (!empty($this->_params['sourceIp'])) {
        $options['socket']['bindto'] = $this->_params['sourceIp'].':0';
    }
    
   $options['ssl']['verify_peer'] = FALSE;
    $options['ssl']['verify_peer_name'] = FALSE;

    $this->_stream = @stream_socket_client($host.':'.$this->_params['port'], $errno, $errstr, $timeout, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT, stream_context_create($options));
    if (false === $this->_stream) {
        throw new Swift_TransportException(
            'Connection could not be established with host '.$this->_params['host'].
            ' ['.$errstr.' #'.$errno.']'
            );
    }
    if (!empty($this->_params['blocking'])) {
        stream_set_blocking($this->_stream, 1);
    } else {
        stream_set_blocking($this->_stream, 0);
    }
    stream_set_timeout($this->_stream, $timeout);
    $this->_in = &$this->_stream;
    $this->_out = &$this->_stream;
}

Hope you will solve this problem.....

Try changing the app/config/email.php

smtp to mail