Mails were sent using SMTP authorization

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mixextra
 
 
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Mails were sent using SMTP authorization

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Hi Pablo,

Today I received the following message from my hosting provider:

"You have not been able to send regular e-mails from our mail servers without SMTP authentication for many years. But if you also send e-mails from your website (e.g. order confirmation, filled-in contact form, etc.), you still have the option to use the PHP mail() function, which cannot support SMTP authentication. This function is often abused by various spammers through security holes in your scripts. There is no reasonable reason to allow them to continue to do so. We have therefore decided to remove support for PHP's mail() function and unauthorized sending of e-mails. This change will come into effect on May 1, 2024, so you have plenty of time to prepare for it.

Please review your scripts, and if you use the mail() function, modify your scripts so that mails are sent using SMTP authorization. A suitable solution is, for example, PHPMailer"

Will it still be possible to submit the form from the website using WWB after this change?
Thank you for the info.
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