Error – not sending.

Hey there,

thanks for you feedback. The error occurs when WordPress isn’t able to send the mail through its wp_mail class.

so your reCAPTCHA configuration is correct, at least.

things you can do:

• double check the recipient (unlikely though)
• can your wordpress setup send emails anyway?
• enable wp_debug in the wp-config.php and check the output after trying to send the contact form. You may have to look at the source as well
• If you are an advanced user, you may check your server logs

Thanks for the typo, this and spam-filtering will be fixed in the next update.

To be honest, we already tested the plugin against WordPress 4.3 and run it on several bigger installations. As rude as it sounds, its probably an issue on your end.

sincerely,
Pascale

It doesn’t sound rude at all. I am quite sure that it is at my end. I don’t think the php mail function is installed. I’ll go at it and report back.

As it is now, I do think your plugin is gorgeous. Nice, simple, and light. I just need to get my system working.

The wp_mail class is shipped with WordPress itself.

Feel free to drop me a mail at [email protected] and send me a link to your Website.

OK folks, here was the issue.

My LAMP setup had no email functionality installed. After looking into the options, I decided to install postfix (which is a newer solution over the decade’s old sendmail).

For those in the same boat, try one of the following tutorials, depending on what you want your server to be able to do.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-postfix-as-a-send-only-smtp-server-on-ubuntu-14-04

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-setup-postfix-on-ubuntu-14-04

If you don’t know if you are in the same boat, via your terminal, type

dpkg -l

and look for either postfix or sendmail. If you don’t see them, well, programs that don’t exist cannot send email.

As for the plugin, it is functioning beautifully.

Thanks for posting the solution.

This motivated me to clarify the error messages to track down errors faster.
Maybe someone stumbles on the same problem as you and finds help here!

Sincerely,
Pascale