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Try it at your own risk because it's a problem riside itself into Joomla core files. Try to use PHP mail function before you apprach below.

If you are receiving the error:  PHPMAILER_RECIPIENTS_FAILED when you try to mail via forms setup with Joomla
then you need to do the following:

In file 
joomla/components/com_contact/controller.php, line 162,

Alter Code:
$mail->setSender( array( $email, $name ) );

To Code:
$mail->setSender( array( $MailFrom, $name ) );
$mail->addReplyTo( array( $email, $name ) );  

This will resolve the error and allow you to send mail appropriately!