[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] PHPMAIL function error

I get this error in test message:

Test Message Sent

The result was:

bool(false)

The full debugging output is shown below:

object(PHPMailer)#885 (44) {
[“Priority”]=>
int(3)
[“CharSet”]=>
string(5) “UTF-8”
[“ContentType”]=>
string(10) “text/plain”
[“Encoding”]=>
string(4) “8bit”
[“ErrorInfo”]=>
string(36) “Could not instantiate mail function.”
[“From”]=>
string(29) “[email protected]”
[“FromName”]=>
string(19) “Observer’s Paradise”
[“Sender”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Subject”]=>
string(48) “WP Mail SMTP: Test mail to [email protected]”
[“Body”]=>
string(68) “This is a test email generated by the WP Mail SMTP WordPress plugin.”
[“AltBody”]=>
string(0) “”
[“WordWrap”]=>
int(0)
[“Mailer”]=>
string(4) “mail”
[“Sendmail”]=>
string(18) “/usr/sbin/sendmail”
[“PluginDir”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Version”]=>
string(5) “2.0.4”
[“ConfirmReadingTo”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Hostname”]=>
string(0) “”
[“MessageID”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Host”]=>
string(9) “localhost”
[“Port”]=>
int(25)
[“Helo”]=>
string(0) “”
[“SMTPSecure”]=>
string(0) “”
[“SMTPAuth”]=>
bool(false)
[“Username”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Password”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Timeout”]=>
int(10)
[“SMTPDebug”]=>
int(2)
[“SMTPKeepAlive”]=>
bool(false)
[“SingleTo”]=>
bool(false)
[“smtp”]=>
NULL
[“to”]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(21) “[email protected]”
[1]=>
string(0) “”
}
}
[“cc”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“bcc”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“ReplyTo”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“attachment”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“CustomHeader”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“message_type”]=>
string(5) “plain”
[“boundary”]=>
array(2) {
[1]=>
string(35) “b1_587df790414c8be5247a857dc6da6502”
[2]=>
string(35) “b2_587df790414c8be5247a857dc6da6502”
}
[“error_count”]=>
int(1)
[“LE”]=>
string(1) “
“
[“sign_cert_file”]=>
string(0) “”
[“sign_key_file”]=>
string(0) “”
[“sign_key_pass”]=>
string(0) “”
}

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