With the release of simpleContact 1.1 I added a more robust mechanism for sending emails.
PHPMailer is a "full featured email transfer class for PHP" that exposes a much greater range of features than the standard PHP mail() function. I have it used on several projects in the past, and it has proven itself both highly useful and reliable.
PHPMailer is produced by Brent R. Matzelle (original author), Andy Prevost (project administrator), Patrice Fournier, Chris Ryan, Cem Hurturk, Tom Klingenberg and Jaime Bozza.
The version of PHPMailer supplied is version 1.73, which was the latest at the time of authoring.
PHPMailer is free software. It is distributed in accordance with the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). There is no warranty or responsibility on the part of the original author.
Please note:
* You only need to upload the class.phpmailer.php and class.smtp.php files (which are already in place in the simpleContact folder) for simpleContact to use it
* If for any reason PHPMailer fails in use, simpleContact will revert to the PHP mail() function
* If you use PHPMailer as part of simpleContact for commercial purposes, please consider making a donation to the PHPMailer project
Update: simpleContact Pro includes a newer version of PHPMailer. See the support documentation.