Title: Mail settings in WordPress
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Mail settings in WordPress

 *  [retro2707](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retro2707/)
 * (@retro2707)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mail-settings-in-wordpress/)
 * We use email for posts approval and have recently changed our mail servers. Unfortunately
   I cant seem to find where in WordPress the SMTP details are.
 * Could anyone help please?

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 *  [Justin Greer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justingreerbbi/)
 * (@justingreerbbi)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mail-settings-in-wordpress/#post-6911599)
 * [@retro2707](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retro2707/)
    SMTP settings can
   be just about anywhere. My first guess would be to check your plugins. This to
   me would be the most common place to adjust these settings.
 * If you have not plugins for SMTP, then I would start to look at your theme functions.
   php file.
 *  Thread Starter [retro2707](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retro2707/)
 * (@retro2707)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mail-settings-in-wordpress/#post-6911608)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for the reply. I cant see anything email related in the plugins and I 
   did a search and found the following file:
 * /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/functions.php
 * Is this what you mean? There was no “twentysixteen” folder.
 * Thank you for your patience, im a complete newbie here with this. I did a search
   for email and SMTP and cant see anything in this file but maybe im just looking
   for the wrong thing.
 *  [Justin Greer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justingreerbbi/)
 * (@justingreerbbi)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mail-settings-in-wordpress/#post-6911609)
 * That is indeed a theme functions file but any change made to the file that you
   have mentioned will be overwritten after an update.
 * Note your current theme name and then that is the theme directory you need to
   look for.
 *  [wphostonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wphostonline/)
 * (@wphostonline)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mail-settings-in-wordpress/#post-6911614)
 * Hi,
 * To help you in this matter can you please provide us list of themes and plugins
   you have installed on your website.
 * [Signature removed by moderator per [forum rules](https://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Signatures).]
 *  [Justin Greer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justingreerbbi/)
 * (@justingreerbbi)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mail-settings-in-wordpress/#post-6911620)
 * [@wphostonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wphostonline/).com
    Please
   do not tag your posts.
 *  [wphostonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wphostonline/)
 * (@wphostonline)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mail-settings-in-wordpress/#post-6911622)
 * Hi Justin, What is tag in posts?
 *  Thread Starter [retro2707](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retro2707/)
 * (@retro2707)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mail-settings-in-wordpress/#post-6911624)
 * Thanks Justin,
 * I am using the Suffusion theme. I have found the correct theme directory.
 * Is it worth me copying the contents of the functions.php file in here? will that
   help?
 *  Thread Starter [retro2707](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retro2707/)
 * (@retro2707)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mail-settings-in-wordpress/#post-6911628)
 * My active plugins:
 * Active Directory Integration
    BM Custom Login Connections Contact Form 7 NextGEN
   Gallery by Photocrati Smart Youtube PRO Staff Directory
 *  [Justin Greer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justingreerbbi/)
 * (@justingreerbbi)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mail-settings-in-wordpress/#post-6911629)
 * Sorry for not clarifying. Please refer to [forum rules](https://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Signatures).
   By “tagging” I am referring to to leaving a website link back as if ever post
   was an email.
 * This wides a fine line of spam.
 * [@retro2707](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retro2707/)
    Please do not post
   your functions.php content here. Please use pastebin.
 *  Thread Starter [retro2707](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retro2707/)
 * (@retro2707)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mail-settings-in-wordpress/#post-6911631)
 * See this link [ for the file.](http://pastebin.com/cgwVPENh)

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