Title: Hotmail/Gmail account problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Hotmail/Gmail account problem

 *  Resolved [georgebaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgebaker/)
 * (@georgebaker)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hotmailgmail-account-problem/)
 * Hey,
 * When a user register with name and email address WP doens’t sent out a confirmation
   mail to Hotmail and Gmail accounts.
 * What do i need to change for this to work?

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 *  Thread Starter [georgebaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgebaker/)
 * (@georgebaker)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hotmailgmail-account-problem/#post-1718706)
 * I’m running WP locally on my computer right now. Could that be the problem?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hotmailgmail-account-problem/#post-1718717)
 * Probably. If you are using Xampp [http://www.google.com/search?q=xampp+using+email](http://www.google.com/search?q=xampp+using+email)
 *  Thread Starter [georgebaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgebaker/)
 * (@georgebaker)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hotmailgmail-account-problem/#post-1718723)
 * I’m using Wamp.
 * Is that also a problem?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hotmailgmail-account-problem/#post-1718734)
 * [http://www.google.com/search?q=wamp+using+email](http://www.google.com/search?q=wamp+using+email)
 *  Thread Starter [georgebaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgebaker/)
 * (@georgebaker)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hotmailgmail-account-problem/#post-1718800)
 * Thanks Michael for your help.
 * I didn’t try the wamp guide, but uploaded everything to the site and now WP sents
   mail to Hotmail/GMail.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [georgebaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgebaker/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hotmailgmail-account-problem/#post-1718800)
 * Status: resolved

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