Brian Thornton asked 1 month ago
Hi Formidable Forms community,
I'm using Formidable Forms on my WordPress site for handling contact forms and other submissions that send emails. Currently, I have a subscription ($25 monthly) to an SMTP service to ensure reliable email delivery from these forms, but I'd like to avoid paying that extra fee if possible.
My site is hosted with GoDaddy, and I also use their email services (which I already pay for as part of my plan). Is there a way to configure Formidable Forms to use GoDaddy's built-in email/SMTP services instead of a third-party paid SMTP provider? For example, could I set it up through a plugin like WP Mail SMTP or directly in WordPress settings to leverage GoDaddy's servers without incurring additional costs?
If that's not feasible, what other free or low-cost alternatives are out there for sending form emails reliably? I'm open to options like using PHP mail, server-side configurations, or other integrations that don't require a separate paid SMTP subscription.
Any step-by-step advice, plugins, or experiences from those who've done something similar would be greatly appreciated!
Victor Font Staff answered 1 month ago
Formidable is agnostic to whatever SMTP service sends emails because Formidable doesn’t actually send emails, WordPress does. Formidable formats emails and hands it off to WordPress to process.The question to answer in your case is whether or not there’s a SMTP plugin that works with Gmail’s configuration. I don’t know the answer, you need to do the research.
Brian, I'm not sure I understand your needs exactly, but I use the Post SMTP plugin. It does everything I need for free. It's better than WP Mail SMTP because the free version of that plugin does not include email logging. You have to get their paid version for that. Post SMTP includes email logging for free.
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