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 ### Setup
 
-To send mail messages from your view functions you must include the `MAIL` dictionary in your settings and the mail_componet in.
+To send mail messages from your view functions you must include the `MAIL` dictionary in your settings and the mail_component in your component list.
 
 ```
 from apistar import WSGIApp as App