Hi all, Do you have to going through a hosting site to setup smtp?im not going thru one yet. im doing everything on my local pc first. im trying to set it up but i cant seem to get it right? im having authenication trouble, im trying to setup xampp's mercury mail. i have smtp enabled on my website also and it tries to connect but just cant get the authenication it needs.im not getting any errors though just nothing happens. Can anyone help me with this please,, any suggestions and tips,, ideas anything.

thank you very much in advance!!