Thread: smtp server

I am setting up a contact form. Not using the voda one. I have already used it and it is working fine, What i need to know is this. I have another script that i got from the internet and it says to put my smtp server here. What exactly is the smtp server. I thought that stood for send mail to people. is it the pop3 for outgoing for my website?

It's mail.(yourwebsite).com

SMTP is a method of sending an authenticated email from the server. It stands for simple mail transfer protocol

If the script requires you to enter SMTP information, just set the host the "localhost" (or possible leave blank, depending on the script), and you shouldn't need to enter a username/password (if you do it should be cpanel user/pass).