# How to Configure SMTP/PHP Mail

**How to Configure Contact Form with SMTP/PHP Mail**

This tutorial will show you How to Configure your **Contact Form Setting** to allow **SMTP/PHP Mail** to send Email from **Contact Form**.

#### SELECT CONTACT FORM SETTING

**PHP Mail** function uses your **localhost** to send Email from Contact Form while **SMTP Mail** function uses a **Server** to send Email from your Contact Form. You can configure the Contact Form Settings at **SitePad Dashboard > Settings > Contact Form**.  
   
![](https://dotroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Select_contact_form.png)

#### PHP MAIL

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- You will need to add the same Email-Id in **To** and **From**, enter multiple email address with comma-separated if you want to send multiple recipients.
- You can add enter the format in **Subject** if you need Dynamic Subject.
- You can change **Success/Fail Message**.
- You can add **reCAPTCHA** if you want to avoid spam from your Contact Form.

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![](https://dotroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Configure_contact_form.png)  
   
Click on **Save Button** once you fill the Setting.

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</div><div class="ricsi exclamation alert-info"><span class=".">**Note:** If your host does not allow sending mail using local server then you will need to **Configure SMTP Mail**.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>#### SMTP MAIL

**To Configure SMTP Mail** you will need a **Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail** account or you can use your **Webmail account** with all the SMTP settings provided by your Host in your control panel.

You will need to select the **SMTP Mail** from the drop-down list in **Mailing Method**.

- Add **SMTP Server** (in-case you are using secure server port then please add ssl:// before the server domain i.e ssl://domain.com).
- Add **SMTP Port**
- Add **SMTP Username** (i.e Email Id)
- Add **SMTP Password** (i.e Email Id Password)
- You can also configure settings same as mentioned above in PHP Mail i.e change Subject, change Success/Fail Message, Add reCAPTCHA to avoid spam.

   
![](https://dotroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Configure_SMTP-908x1024-1.png)

Click on **Save Button** once you fill the Setting.