Email to recover passowrd not working

I put the shortcode for a returning user to log in on my log in page. It works just fine and logs the user in. If the user clicks “Lost Your Password?” and after putting in their email/username to receive a new password, they receive an error message that reads “The email could not be sent.
Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function.”

I’ve tried multiple accounts and I get the same message. But I believe email is set up correctly because I have set it so that a new user receives an automatic email upon sign up. And that works fine. I don’t understand what I need to do in order to set up this lost password email. If anybody could help that would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much in advance.

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