Title: cannot send email
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# cannot send email

 *  [mleung07](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mleung07/)
 * (@mleung07)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-send-email/)
 * the email function suddenly dont work few days ago.
    and now i use the “Check
   Email” plugin, I cant receive the test email.
 * Here is the email setting in my php.ini
    i believe i havent change that. [mail
   function] ; For Win32 only. ; [http://php.net/smtp](http://php.net/smtp) SMTP
   = localhost ; [http://php.net/smtp-port](http://php.net/smtp-port) smtp_port 
   = 25
 * ; For Win32 only.
    ; [http://php.net/sendmail-from](http://php.net/sendmail-from);
   sendmail_from = [me@example.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-send-email/me@example.com?output_format=md)
 * ; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: “sendmail -t -i”).
   ;
   [http://php.net/sendmail-path](http://php.net/sendmail-path) sendmail_path = /
   usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
 * ; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as extra parameters
   ;
   to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value of ; the
   5th parameter to mail(), even in safe mode. ;mail.force_extra_parameters =
 * ; Add X-PHP-Originating-Script: that will include uid of the script followed 
   by the filename
    mail.add_x_header = On
 * ; The path to a log file that will log all mail() calls. Log entries include
   ;
   the full path of the script, line number, To address and headers. ;mail.log =
 * Is there any else setting or plug-in can help?

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 *  [Ahir Hemant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hemant-ahir/)
 * (@hemant-ahir)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-send-email/#post-6694134)
 * Yes try With [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/)
   
   check test email. do setting see screenshot tab of this plugin
 *  [Jason Hendriks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonhendriks/)
 * (@jasonhendriks)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-send-email/#post-6694152)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/)
   
   Use the setup wizard to configure your email Verify that your emails are sent
   in the email log
 *  Thread Starter [mleung07](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mleung07/)
 * (@mleung07)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-send-email/#post-6694221)
 * I have use the wp mail smtp to try
    It fail to sent the test mail. Here is the
   output
 *  [“language”:protected]=>
    array(19) { [“authenticate”]=> string(35) “SMTP Error:
   Could not authenticate.” [“connect_host”]=> string(43) “SMTP Error: Could not
   connect to SMTP host.” [“data_not_accepted”]=> string(30) “SMTP Error: data not
   accepted.” [“empty_message”]=> string(18) “Message body empty” [“encoding”]=>
   string(18) “Unknown encoding: “ [“execute”]=> string(19) “Could not execute: “[“
   file_access”]=> string(23) “Could not access file: “ [“file_open”]=> string(33)“
   File Error: Could not open file: “ [“from_failed”]=> string(35) “The following
   From address failed: “ [“instantiate”]=> string(36) “Could not instantiate mail
   function.” [“invalid_address”]=> string(15) “Invalid address” [“mailer_not_supported”]
   => string(25) ” mailer is not supported.” [“provide_address”]=> string(54) “You
   must provide at least one recipient email address.” [“recipients_failed”]=> string(
   45) “SMTP Error: The following recipients failed: “ [“signing”]=> string(15) “
   Signing Error: “ [“smtp_connect_failed”]=> string(22) “SMTP connect() failed.”[“
   smtp_error”]=> string(19) “SMTP server error: “ [“variable_set”]=> string(30)“
   Cannot set or reset variable: “ [“extension_missing”]=> string(19) “Extension
   missing: “ } [“error_count”:protected]=> int(2) [“sign_cert_file”:protected]=
   > string(0) “” [“sign_key_file”:protected]=> string(0) “” [“sign_extracerts_file”:
   protected]=> string(0) “” [“sign_key_pass”:protected]=> string(0) “” [“exceptions”:
   protected]=> bool(true) [“uniqueid”:protected]=> string(32) “0fcfd3d53bf2bba9d2745815aebf3850”}
   The SMTP debugging output is shown below: 2015-10-29 08:10:22 Connection: opening
   to ssl://localhost:25, timeout=300, options=array ( ) 2015-10-29 08:10:24 SMTP
   ERROR: Failed to connect to server: (0) 2015-10-29 08:10:24 SMTP connect() failed.
   [https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting)
 * Is the reason of i am using an email from different domain?
 * Actually what I want to do is send email to both admin and user after a form 
   is submitted.
 *  Thread Starter [mleung07](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mleung07/)
 * (@mleung07)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-send-email/#post-6694256)
 * Update
 * When i choose to use php mail() function to send,
    it return a true value, but
   i still cant receive that test email

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