Title: Google Apps and WordPress Mail
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Google Apps and WordPress Mail

 *  [matthew2riches](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthew2riches/)
 * (@matthew2riches)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-apps-and-wordpress-mail/)
 * Ok people, I have been reading the forums for quite a while and information has
   been invaluable! Today I am stuck though so have just sent an account up on the
   forum to hopefully resolve a problem…….
 * I have just moved to a new host, transfered WordPress and it is almost working
   fine. I have just realised that my email form isn’t working, comment notifications
   are not working and nor is the forgotten password link 🙁
 * The server is using Cpanel and is running Redhat Linux. I have been in contact
   with the host and they said everything is working – no problems. But I am not
   too sure…
 * If the contact form is filled in and sent to my Google account (Google apps running
   on my domain) the email will not arrive but soon as I change my delivery address
   to a Yahoo account – IT WORKS!
 * To rule out any WordPress issues, I setup just a normal PHP form and using the
   Google mail address as the ‘send to’ address there is no reply but if I use my
   Yahoo address it works!
 * So, the question is: what is happening? Why doesn’t it send to Google mail and
   it does send to Yahoo?
 * Any ideas would help!

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 *  [tkdteam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkdteam/)
 * (@tkdteam)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-apps-and-wordpress-mail/#post-1273152)
 * You’ve explained very well. I have the same problem.
    I do not receive the mails
   from WordPress to my Google Apps email account. But if I configure another mail
   account (Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.) everything works like a charm.
 * In my email account from Google apps do not get the messages of the following
   events.
    Notice for comment moderation. Notice of new subscribers. Visitors emails
   written using the contact page.
 * I tried reinstalling the plugin Contact Form 7, but did not work.
 * Please anyone can help.
    Thank you very much.
 *  [tkdteam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkdteam/)
 * (@tkdteam)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-apps-and-wordpress-mail/#post-1273153)
 * Sorry, I forgot one very important detail:
    To date 02.10.2009, everything worked
   very well. I suspect the problem started when I upgraded to version 2.8.5 or 
   2.8.6 (can not remember) I currently have installed is version 2.8.6. Thanks 
   again.
 *  [tkdteam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkdteam/)
 * (@tkdteam)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-apps-and-wordpress-mail/#post-1273156)
 * Hello Friends:
 * I think I found the problem, It’s in the Google Apps help
 * I have a form on my website that sends emails to my account but does not work.
   What happens?
 * If you have a form (using PHP / ASP / etc.) In your site that is configured to
   send a message to your email account from Google Apps, but not receive mail from
   it, makes the following findings:
 *  * Sends a message to your email account from a Google Apps personal email account
   not belonging to this application.
    * Modify the form to send mail to your Gmail
   account or other personal electronic not part of Google Apps.
 * If you successfully complete both tests, it is likely that the problem is due
   to the settings for sending mail from your web server. Because your website and
   your email address share the same Google Apps domain name, the mail agent running
   on the server that hosts your website thinks that is responsible for mail that
   is sent to your domain name . It is a typical default configuration. When someone
   submits the form to your website, the mail agent recognizes your domain name 
   and concludes that it should send the message to yourself. The mail agent will
   try to send the message locally.
    To resolve this issue, tells the mail agent
   running on the server that hosts your website is not responsible for managing
   the email on your domain. Please contact your web host for detailed instructions.
   If you host your own website, please contact the support team for your mail server
   software.
 *  [Adithya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adithya/)
 * (@adithya)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-apps-and-wordpress-mail/#post-1273172)
 * Hi matthew2riches,
    Jus go to “Plugins” in your Administrator Panel, then click
   on edit – Search for wp_mail($to,……) Replace wp_mail to mail($to,…….).
 * Am Using wp_mail_SMTP.
 *  [kalligator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalligator/)
 * (@kalligator)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-apps-and-wordpress-mail/#post-1273183)
 * As you can see [on this topic](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/277117) the
   answer to this problem is simple.
 * Log into your cPanel and hit MX Entry > Email Routing > Remote Mail Exchanger(
   instead of Local Mail Exchanger).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-apps-and-wordpress-mail/#post-1273183)
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