Answers.Body: <p>There's a good article here for troubleshooting email errors and well as email deliverability issues: <a href="https://craftcms.com/support/troubleshooting-email-errors" rel="nofollow">https://craftcms.com/support/troubleshooting-email-errors</a></p>
  
  <p>TL/DR: Don't use PHP's mail/sendmail methods in production and even in development, you aren't guaranteed email deliverability with those.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Are you testing in a local environment? If you don't have a mail server configured then PHP won't be able to send the email.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Yes that is correct.  Now the noob question - will this work real-world as is?
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Body: <p>I am using the Pixel &amp; Tonic Contact Form plugin.  I set it up using the Mijingo tutorial.  Everything appears to be working ...</p>
  
  <p>I hit submit, redirects to thank you, no message received.  Setup looks good.  Hidden input fields appear good.  Error messages working when required inputs (<code>fromEmail</code> and <code>message</code>) left blank.  Redirects to thank you.  Honeypot setup looks good.   But, <strong>no message received.  And I don't know how to confirm it is really being sent.  What might I try? Thanks</strong></p>
  
  <p>I am in dev mode</p>
  
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Title: Contact Form plugin email is not being received, not clear if it is being sent
ThreadText: # Contact Form plugin email is not being received, not clear if it is being sent
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-09-19)
  
  I am using the Pixel & Tonic Contact Form plugin. I set it up using the Mijingo tutorial. Everything appears to be working ...
  
  I hit submit, redirects to thank you, no message received. Setup looks good. Hidden input fields appear good. Error messages working when required inputs (`fromEmail` and `message`) left blank. Redirects to thank you. Honeypot setup looks good. But, **no message received. And I don't know how to confirm it is really being sent. What might I try? Thanks**
  
  I am in dev mode
  
  **Tags:** templating, plugin-contactform
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-09-19. Score: 3
  
  There's a good article here for troubleshooting email errors and well as email deliverability issues: <https://craftcms.com/support/troubleshooting-email-errors>
  
  TL/DR: Don't use PHP's mail/sendmail methods in production and even in development, you aren't guaranteed email deliverability with those.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-09-19. Score: 1
  
  Are you testing in a local environment? If you don't have a mail server configured then PHP won't be able to send the email.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Yes that is correct.  Now the noob question - will this work real-world as is?  
  > **username_2**: Haven't seen your code, but if it's set up properly; yes.  
  
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