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====== How to Setup Form Notification Emails in Wordpress ======

**Question:** I want to get notification through email when a visitor sends an enquiry through my Wordpress site's contact form. What should I do?

**Answer:**
By default, Wordpress uses PHP mail function to send emails generated by Wordpress or form plug-ins like [[https://ninjaforms.com/|Ninja Forms]] and [[https://wpforms.com/|WPForms]]. However, Wordpress does not provide a setting for SMTP authentication, which most email hosting services require to relay an email from third party systems. We suggest to install the [[https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/|WP Mail SMTP]] plug-in where you can set up SMTP configuration to deliver emails from Wordpress system.

Before we begin, please make sure that you have already created a user account (e.g. webtomail@yourdomain.com) which will be used for SMTP authentication purpose. Please refer to [[faq:administrator:how_to_create_a_new_user_account|How to create a new user account]] for more information (note that you must log in as the Avomaster or voadmin to create a user).

1. Install and activate **WP Mail SMTP** on your Wordpress.

2. The following screen will be shown when you activated the plug-in. Click **Let's Get Started** to proceed.

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3. Select **Other SMTP**, and click **Save and Continue**.

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4. On the "Configure Mailer Settings" step, enter the following details:

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^Encryption|SSL|
^SMTP Port|465|
^Auto TLS|Enable Auto TLS: Yes|
^Authentication|Enable Authentication: Yes|
^SMTP Username|(Enter the email that is created for SMTP authentication purpose, e.g. webtomail@yourdomain.com)|
^SMTP Password|(Enter the password for the SMTP email address)|
^From Name|(This name will be displayed as the sender's name in the From field when you receive the notification email)|
^Force From Name|No|
^From Email|(This email will be the sender email address. We suggest to use the same as the SMTP email, or any email address within your domain)|
^Force From Email|Yes|

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Once all details are filled in, click **Save and Continue**.

5. On this step, maintain the recommended selection and click **Save and Continue**.

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6. On the following step, simply proceed with **Skip This Step**.

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7. On this step, if you are using the free version of the plug-in, click **Skip This Step**.

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8. Finally, click **Finish Setup** to complete the setting.

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To test sending a notification mail, go to WP Mail SMTP > Email Test.