PHPMailer v. mail() for a simple Contact Form

Question

I am new to PHP, but have a decent grasp of things (have not learned classes yet).

The question:

Which to choose? PHPMailer or mail() for my

Answer 1

PHPMailer is my choice because it allows me to send SMTP e-mails to google without installing any libraries or configuring a mailserver, that way I don't have to worry about spam-related problems.