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Is there a way that I can configure the WAMP server for PHP to enable the mail() function?
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You can send mail from localhost with sendmail package , sendmail package is inbuild in XAMPP. So if you are using XAMPP then you can easily send mail from localhost. For example, you can configure C:\xampp\php\php. ini and c:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.
WP Mail SMTP makes it easy to use SMTP on localhost so you don't get the Could not instantiate mail function error. It supports many free providers that are ideal for trying things out before you launch.
The PHPMailer library provides the easiest way to send an email from localhost with an SMTP server using PHP. Not only the text email, but you can also send HTML email from localhost in PHP using PHPMailer.
Configuring a working email client from localhost is quite a chore, I have spent hours of frustration attempting it. I'm sure someone more experienced may be able to help, or they may perhaps agree with me.
If you just want to test, here is a great tool for testing mail locally, that requires almost no configuration:
http://www.toolheap.com/test-mail-server-tool/
It worked right off the bat for me, hope this helps you.
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