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  • January 31, 2016 at 9:08 am #772991

    Tandem26
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    Hi, I was wondering if I can test the contact form 7 even though I am only working locally on my site?

    thanks

    January 31, 2016 at 6:44 pm #773457

    Rue Nel
    Moderator

    Hello There,

    Thanks for writing in!

    If you are trying to send emails from any WordPress installation, you will need to make sure you have a functioning mail server setup there. Local installs (using MAMP, WAMP, XAMPP etc.) often don’t have this capability.

    Test if your WordPress installation is able to send emails
    Try going through the “forgot password” function on wp-login.php.
    Do you get the email? If you don’t you will need to rectify this.

    Assuming your are able to send emails from your localhost, there are a host of issues that can stop or delay emails on both the sending and receiving ends. It depends entirely on your local Server & WordPress configuration.

    See Contact Form 7 Email Issues. Most people that work through this information appear to be able to resolve their email sending & receiving issues.

    Hope this helps. Please let us know how it goes.

    February 1, 2016 at 4:02 am #774002

    Tandem26
    Participant

    Thanks a lot! Will try and feed back !

    February 1, 2016 at 4:14 am #774018

    Thai
    Moderator

    You’re most welcome 🙂

    Let us know how it goes!

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