<p>It definitely sounds like whatever mail method you're using isn't configured properly (phpmail or sendmail).  Try swapping to a proper SMTP server and see if that helps or a transactional email provider like Mandrill (<a href="https://mandrill.com/" rel="nofollow">https://mandrill.com/</a>) and see if that helps.</p>

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2015-01-29T18:58:30.653Z
I always recommend people use Mandrill for this reason and others. +1 for Mandrill. If you use Postmaster for Craft, you can use the HTTP API to send requests to Mandrill instead of relying on SMTP (which they recommend in their API docs).
Justin Kimbrell
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Brad Bell
<p>OK, it was problem with the provider.
For all german users using HostEurope here is the solution <a href="https://faq.hosteurope.de/?cpid=11073" rel="nofollow">https://faq.hosteurope.de/?cpid=11073</a></p>

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Philip
<p>I am having problems with the ContactForm plugin. It stopped sending mails.
I'm getting following error after submitting "Could not instantiate mail function." </p>

<p>PHPMail should be working.
I checked with a simple php outside of craft. Also the sendmail option in ContactForm does not work.</p>

<p>I don't now when it stopped working. I thought when I added a second locale, so I added a new test single including a from with only one locale. But that single cannot send the form, too.</p>

<p>Craft Pro 2.3.2626
ContactFrom 1.4</p>

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ContactForm error on send
# ContactForm error on send

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-29)

I am having problems with the ContactForm plugin. It stopped sending mails.
I'm getting following error after submitting "Could not instantiate mail function."

PHPMail should be working.
I checked with a simple php outside of craft. Also the sendmail option in ContactForm does not work.

I don't now when it stopped working. I thought when I added a second locale, so I added a new test single including a from with only one locale. But that single cannot send the form, too.

Craft Pro 2.3.2626
ContactFrom 1.4

**Tags:** plugin-contactform

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-01-29. Score: 1

It definitely sounds like whatever mail method you're using isn't configured properly (phpmail or sendmail). Try swapping to a proper SMTP server and see if that helps or a transactional email provider like Mandrill (<https://mandrill.com/>) and see if that helps.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I always recommend people use Mandrill for this reason and others. +1 for Mandrill. If you use Postmaster for Craft, you can use the HTTP API to send requests to Mandrill instead of relying on SMTP (which they recommend in their API docs).  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2015-02-06. Score: 1

OK, it was problem with the provider.
For all german users using HostEurope here is the solution <https://faq.hosteurope.de/?cpid=11073>


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