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1. ecoevolver
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hi there,

   In the Mail settings section, the second option, 'From' contains the following entry:
   [reservation-name] <[reservation-email]>

   however, when the email is sent, it never uses the value specified in [reservation-email] which is the users email address... rather.. it only goes to the default email address on the web server.

   so instead of From: = user_email@personal.com
   From: = info@server.com

   Does that make sense? I'm trying to send an email and have the "From" field contain the users email address, but it only ever contains the default server email address...

   let me know if you can think of anything, thanks!

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

2. Takayuki Miyoshi
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Have you contacted your host support?

3. ecoevolver
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hi,
   thank you for replying. What exactly do I ask them? The emails are being sent, what's happening is that the data in the variables is being discarded at some point and not sent to the mail daemon. Obviously some of the variables are working, otherwise the emails would not contain data. But the From field is not accepting the data and overwriting it with the server defaults.

   Additionally, Bcc: and Cc: are not working either.

   Seems there are issues with the mail function.

   If you can provide some additional suggestions I would be grateful.

   Cheers,

4. Takayuki Miyoshi
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   But the From field is not accepting the data and overwriting it with the server defaults.

   Plugins don't know what the server defaults are, so they souldn't be able to overwrite it. Isn't it more natural to think that some sort of server side system (maybe mail filter?) does it?

5. ecoevolver
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Thank you for your reply :)
   I interpreted it the other way, the data wasn't being sent by the plugin to the mail server, so the server simply used the default email account...

   I understand what you are saying and will ask the hosting company what they think.

   cheers,

6. prazzl
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Hi, Have you resolved this?

   I am having the same issue. I am not sure if it's a plugin issue or host issue. I'm using Google Apps as my email server.

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