WP email on WAMP testing server.

[braggm]

As a newbie to WP I recently installed 3.01 on my WAMP server. WP has email functionality and I'm assuming WAMP server has that also, as evidenced by WAMP asking for my email address upon install.

I have been unable to get WP or WAMP to generate an email even though I have configured the SMTP settings in my WAMP configuration .ini file and my WP installation. My research in the WAMP world suggests that WAMP does not have a SMTP server installed. WAMP askes for email settings but does not do email out of the box.(huh?) Apparently there are PHP SMTP server apps/scripts that will handle the job.

Now I understand that this actually may be a question better directed to WAMP users but here goes anyway.

Should I expect to be able to have email functionality (SMTP) from a local instance of WP on my testing server set-up? Or will that come together after moving to a live server?

Thanks

Matt

[jeffrose]

I had the same issue with my XAMPP setup on Windows. What I did was install the Configure SMTP plugin. http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/configure-smtp

It lets you use any SMTP server (so your standard email account for example) while on your local box. Unless you're moving the entire build (including WAMP) to the server, WordPress should work properly without the plugin in your production environment.

[braggm]

Thank you jeffrose for your helpful response. I believe I recently listened to a podcast featuring that plug-in. I will give it a shot. I do have one additional question regarding your comment

Unless you're moving the entire build (including WAMP) to the server, WordPress should work properly without the plugin in your production environment.

If WP should work w/o the plug-in in my production environment, do you know of any reason why I don't have email functionality?

Thanks
Matt