This is the mail configuration I use on Laravel to get it to send email to [MailCatcher](http://mailcatcher.me/)

mail.php

<?php

return array(

	// Send it mail via SMTP
	'driver' => 'smtp',
	
	// Whatever port you have MailCatcher's SMTP server running on (they suggest 1025)
	'port' => 1025,
	
  	// The from address you would like your server to use
	'from' => array('address' => 'info@example.com', 'name' => 'Website Mailer Name'),
	
  	// This tripped me up for a while. Laravel defaults to 'tls', but that breaks MailCatcher.
  	// An empty string makes it use no encryption
	'encryption' => '',
	
	// Really send mail via SMTP (even though our server is pretend)
	'pretend' => false,

);

What are you using for the SMTP HOST ADDRESS portion of the config?

I know this was posted over a year ago, but just used this myself -- @JacobBennett, you just need to add the line:

'host' => '127.0.0.1',

Cheers for sharing this gist @captbaritone!