joomla component error

I have installed a joomla component and its working quite good but i am facing the problem that whenever i am trying to send mail by开发者_如何学运维 using the component iam always getting the message "Could not instantiate mail function."

Please help me in getting the solution to the problem

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It could not find any valid setting in your configuration.php for sending out e-mail. The settings you should check in configuration are the ones prefixed with '$smtp'.

On the other hand, if you installed a 3rd party component, check if they implemented the send email function in a proper way; meaning that e-mails are sent using the mail routines provided by the framework (phpmailer) rather than a custom mail implementation.