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Please download it from the following URL:
http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/configure-smtp/

Please follow these steps to install this plugin and configure it.

1. Unzip the file on your local computer.
2. Upload the 'configure-smtp' to the wordpress/wp-content/plugins folder.
3. Log in to your wordpress blog with your admin account.
4. Activate the configure-smtp plugin from the Plugins section. Doing this will put an SMTP
submenu in the Options section.
 

5. See the following image for the necessary settings.


* This plugin has been verified with WordPress version 2.2.

Note: Be aware that you cannot have more than one plugin activated that attempts to override
the core WP function, wp_mail(). If you activate this plugin and do not see the SMTP
tab under Options in the Admin section, then you *may* have mail plugin conflicts.