haimster2797 wrote
I assumed I would need to first have a form inside a wiki page and then use it to send email within my Wiki which is what the SMTP Plugin boasts, send emails from your wiki pages.
No. The plugin provides sending mails via an SMTP server when a local MTA is not available. It simply takes care of sending the mails DokuWiki usually can send on its own.
haimster2797 wrote
How would you go about using this plugin?
You install and configure it. That's it.
If you want to send mails via a form the bureaucracy plugin might be what you need (as you found out) or maybe the feedback plugin.