<p>In that case, it's likely that Sendmail isn't configured on your new host. You could contact them for help in setting that up, though I'd recommend considering a switch to sending via SMTP/API. There's a bunch of different services out there, many of which have free tiers if you're not sending many emails - SendGrid, Mandrill, Amazon SES are a few options available.</p>

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revlis
<p>I have moved a website to a new webhost. Since the freeform ist no able to send any emails for notification reasons or alert reasons. Is there a basic switch or something similar I am missing to enable sending emails?</p>

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If you go to Settings > Emails, what is Transport Type set to?
revlis
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Also worth giving these a read-through: https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/troubleshooting-email-errors and https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/why-doesnt-craft-send-emails
Brad Bell
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@tommysvr transport type is sendmail. Testing fails: "an error while testing the email settings ..." I tried gmail, but no luck.
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Freeform is unable to send emails after changing webhost
# Freeform is unable to send emails after changing webhost

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-23)

I have moved a website to a new webhost. Since the freeform ist no able to send any emails for notification reasons or alert reasons. Is there a basic switch or something similar I am missing to enable sending emails?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If you go to Settings > Emails, what is Transport Type set to?  
> **username_2**: Also worth giving these a read-through: https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/troubleshooting-email-errors and https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/why-doesnt-craft-send-emails  
> **username_0**: @tommysvr transport type is sendmail. Testing fails: "an error while testing the email settings ..." I tried gmail, but no luck.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-01-25. Score: 2

In that case, it's likely that Sendmail isn't configured on your new host. You could contact them for help in setting that up, though I'd recommend considering a switch to sending via SMTP/API. There's a bunch of different services out there, many of which have free tiers if you're not sending many emails - SendGrid, Mandrill, Amazon SES are a few options available.


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