Issues with either the hosting or auto-installer

[nathanalexmccarty67]

I installed drupal onto my website using the auto-installer in cpanel.
Whenever the site trys to do something involving email, it gives a "Could not send mail" error.
It also has this general error
" Error
HTTP request status Fails
Your system or network configuration does not allow Drupal to access web pages, resulting in reduced functionality. This could be due to your webserver configuration or PHP settings, and should be resolved in order to download information about available updates, fetch aggregator feeds, sign in via OpenID, or use other network-dependent services. If you are certain that Drupal can access web pages but you are still seeing this message, you may add $conf['drupal_http_request_fails'] = FALSE; to the bottom of your settings.php file."
Is this a problem with my install, or is this an x10hosting thing?