Description
Contact forms, order notices, and most “someone wrote to the shop” messages never arrive as IMAP. WordPress sends them with wp_mail() — often from the site address to the site address, with the visitor sitting in Reply-To or in the order.
tlloancy Outgoing Mail Inbox logs those outgoing mails (the same source WP Mail Logging uses) and treats the owner-facing ones as an inbox:
- For you — To matches an owner address (admin email, your reply From, or extra addresses you list). These rows are highlighted.
- Sent — everything else the site mailed (customer confirmations, password resets…).
- Reply — sends a new message to the visitor or customer, From the site mailbox. It does not resend the original mail to the same To (that would write to yourself).
The reply address is taken from the Reply-To header when it is not the site, then from a WooCommerce order number in the subject/body, then from the first non-owner email in the message. You can edit it before sending.
Replies go through wp_mail(). If WP Mail SMTP (or another mailer) is already talking to Brevo, the reply is authenticated on your domain like any other site mail.
This is not a mailbox for people who write directly to you@yourdomain.com from Gmail. Those never pass through wp_mail().
Not affiliated with inboxbridge.io, Proton Mail Bridge, or other products named Inbox Bridge.
Step-by-step guides: docs/USER-GUIDE.md (English) and docs/MODE-DEMPLOI.md (French).
Installation
- Upload the
tlloancy-outgoing-mail-inboxfolder to/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate tlloancy Outgoing Mail Inbox.
- Open Inbox in the admin menu.
- Under Inbox Settings, set the reply From address (your domain mailbox) and the owner addresses that mean “this mail is for me”.
- Keep WP Mail SMTP (or equivalent) configured if you already use it.
FAQ
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Is this WP Mail Logging?
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Same raw material: every
wp_mail()call. Different job. WP Mail Logging is a send log with Resend. tlloancy Outgoing Mail Inbox is an inbox: For you vs Sent, and Reply to the human. -
Why is a contact-form mail “outgoing”?
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Because WordPress generated it. The visitor submitted a form; the site mailed you. In the inbox that row is For you.
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Who receives my reply?
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The visitor or customer — Reply-To, billing email on an order, or an address found in the body. Never the site From, unless you type that on purpose.
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No. This is an independent plugin by tlloancy. It only logs WordPress
wp_mail()into wp-admin. It is not affiliated with those products. -
Which From address is used for replies?
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The default is the WordPress admin email (Settings General). You can change it under Inbox Settings. Replies still go through
wp_mail(). If WP Mail SMTP has Force From Email enabled, that SMTP From address is the one recipients see. -
Do I need the Cloudflare worker / Hotmail setup?
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No. This plugin only sees mail WordPress sends.
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Do contact forms need a special setup?
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Most already set Reply-To to the visitor. If they do not, add the visitor email as Reply-To, or type the address on the reply form.
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Will password resets show up?
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Yes, under Sent (and All). They are not highlighted unless they were addressed to an owner mailbox.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.0
- First release: wp_mail log, For you / Sent folders, highlighted owner notices, reply to the correspondent.