how does WP send mail?

WP doesn’t have to be installed in the root for email to work. Did you check the spam folder of the email used to register?

Nevermind, I just tested it and didn’t receive an email either. Feel free to delete that user (test).

I’m wondering if WP has it’s own email engine? I don’t think I ever setup an email account with godaddy.

You don’t have to set up an email account for WP to send out emails. Godaddy? Ugh. Do you have linux hosting or windows hosting?

windows

Ah. That’s why. For future reference, you should go with linux. Much better… as better as Godaddy can get that is but I digress. Anyway, I found this article: https://angstrey.com/index.php/2009/04/22/how-to-send-e-mail-with-wordpress-from-godaddy-windows-hosting/comment-page-9/

PS: You can switch from windows to linux if I remember correctly but I’m not quite sure how that works so I’d research it first so your entire site doesn’t go down the drain.

I intentionally got a Windows account so I could use Coldfusion.
Your suggestion worked!! One hurdle cleared thanks.