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# dalewarner

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## Forum Replies Created

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] [Plugin: Contact Form 7] Still doesn't work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-still-doesnt-work/)
 *  [dalewarner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalewarner/)
 * (@dalewarner)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-still-doesnt-work/#post-2996513)
 * 🙁 Sorry I couldn’t help. I don’t know much about email.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] [Plugin: Contact Form 7] Still doesn't work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-still-doesnt-work/)
 *  [dalewarner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalewarner/)
 * (@dalewarner)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-still-doesnt-work/#post-2996510)
 * You’ve either got an error with your SMTP settings, or you need to create the
   address from which you are attempting to send the emails.
 * For example, the default ‘from address’ that wordpress uses is ‘wordpress@your-
   domain.com’
 * I would recommend creating that address, changing the ‘from address,’ ensure 
   that your ‘to address’ is an address on the same domain, then test the form again.
 * If that works, then you’ve had a problem with the settings on your mail server.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] [Plugin: Contact Form 7] Still doesn't work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-still-doesnt-work/)
 *  [dalewarner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalewarner/)
 * (@dalewarner)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-still-doesnt-work/#post-2996459)
 * I had a problem with this as well.
 * To chase down the problem, I installed the “Email Log” plugin to verify that 
   WordPress was sending the emails. I then installed “Configure SMTP” to override
   the outgoing server settings. I tried sending through GMAIL but that didn’t work.
   I changed my email address under WordPress>Settings>General to [wordpress@mydomain.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalewarner/replies/wordpress@mydomain.com?output_format=md)(
   I actually had to create that email address on my mail server). Then I set the
   contact form to send to an internal email address – [webmaster@mydomain.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalewarner/replies/webmaster@mydomain.com?output_format=md)(
   which I then forwarded to the external address that I actually wanted to send
   to [info@otherdomain.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalewarner/replies/info@otherdomain.com?output_format=md)).
 * Not the cleanest solution but I didn’t have time to track down the problem and
   this works for now. I also recommend “Contact Form to DB Extension” so you can
   store all submissions to a database and verify it every couple of days.
 * I’m sure I could solve the problem the right way if I knew anything about email
   servers and mx records, but I don’t.

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