Title: Issue with CF7 4.2.1
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Issue with CF7 4.2.1

 *  [scott_van](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scott_van/)
 * (@scott_van)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-cf7-421/)
 * Hello,
 * I have CF7 installed and functioning well (for a long time) on a number of websites–
   great plugin. I’ve notice on two sites that have been upgraded to version CF7
   4.2.1 (4.2 was not tested) that when the `[email]` tag is wrapped in `<` and `
   >` characters (e.g. `<[email]>`) in the template then email notifications that
   are sent have the email address stripped out. Indeed if I add any text between`
   <` and `>` in the template then that is stripped. By removing the < and > the`[
   email]` tag, email addresses are no longer stripped.
 * The email is correctly added to the DB (Flamingo or Contact Form DB) so it is
   not the actual form submission. I suspect the WordPress function `wp_strip_all_tags()`
   or another function that uses it is being over zealous somewhere.
 * I have one other site that seems to work fine when upgraded at least with the
   Mail(2) template (waiting for the site owner to forward the Mail(1) test messages).
   Perhaps this is a plugin conflict. I will test the other sites when I have time.
 * Cheers,
    Scott
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-cf7-421/#post-6318996)
 * See [Setting Up Mail](http://contactform7.com/setting-up-mail/)
 * Make sure “Use HTML content type” box is **not** checked.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-cf7-421/#post-6318996)
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