Title: Debugging email send failures
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Debugging email send failures

 *  [SJW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitsey/)
 * (@whitsey)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/debugging-email-send-failures/)
 * I am getting the red error when trying to send a contact message.
 * I referred to the FAQ and this is the extent of help available:
 * “There are really various reasons for server side problems, so I can’t explain
   exactly what yours is. But experiences of other users who solved their problem
   might be helpful for you.”
 * Not helpful at all! I don’t really want or expect someone else to solve my problem,
   all I want is some debugging guidance to show the error that is being produced
   so I can debug it myself!
 * How can I see the actual error that is occurring instead of the generic “failed”
   message?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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## Tags

 * [Failed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/failed/)
 * [sending mail](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sending-mail/)

 * 0 replies
 * 1 participant
 * Last reply from: [SJW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitsey/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/debugging-email-send-failures/)
 * Status: not resolved