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Log into your Joomla Dashboard
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In the top menu, hover over Site and then click Global Configuration
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Click the Server tab
- Under Mail Settings, configure the following settings and then click Save
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Mailer |
Set this to SMTP |
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SMTP Authentication |
Set this to Yes |
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SMTP Security |
If your SMTP server uses SSL, select this option from SMTP Security and then enter the SSL Port required for your SMTP server |
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SMTP Username |
Enter your SMTP Username, which generally is your full email address |
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SMTP Password |
This will usually be your email address' password |
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SMTP Host |
If your email account you're sending email from is on the same server as your Joomla 2.5 site, use "localhost" here. Otherwise, enter your SMTP hostname here. |