Local Host Can’t Send Emails?

  • Resolved b1037353

    (@b1037353)


    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hi There,

    For my university project I am required to create a website. Within this site, there is a contact page where users can submit a request.

    My site is currently being hosted locally on localhost.


    At the moment when I am user a plugin called WpForms Lite and this is supposed to email you the results of what a user enters into the contact form.

    I believe the issue is because I am hosting my website locally, there is not email sending capabilities. I was just wondering if there is a way/plugin which can help with these emails getting sent on localhost?

    Thanks in advance for your help

    Kind Regards

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  • George Appiah

    (@gappiah)

    3 years, 1 month ago

    You need a mail server to send emails whether you’re using “localhost” on your computer, or a real online host.

    On localhost, you most likely don’t have a mail server software installed and properly configured.

    I was just wondering if there is a way/plugin which can help with these emails getting sent on localhost?

    There are SMPTP plugins can use an external mail server to send the mails, but chances are your local internet service provider has blocked the port for sending emails, so even the SMTP plugin isn’t likely to work. Might be worth a try though.

    Thread Starter b1037353

    (@b1037353)

    3 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks a lot George, appreciate your response, will have a look and see if I can fix 🙂

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