Send test emails with WampServer

What you’ll need:

WampServer downloaded and installed (I am using version 1.7.3)
Fake Sendmail
GoDaddy email account (I tried Gmail and Yahoo email accounts but couldn’t get them working.)

Go ahead and install WampServer. I just installed mine to the root of the c:\ drive so it makes for easy access (For example, “c:\wamp”).
Next download Fake Sendmail. Fake [...]

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