Title: Possible scripts problem?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Possible scripts problem?

 *  Resolved [hstiver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hstiver/)
 * (@hstiver)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-scripts-problem/)
 * I am moving a WordPress site to a new server and after uploading, I received 
   the following email from the provider:
 * “Below are the recently upload scripts that contain code to send email. You may
   wish to inspect them to ensure they are not sending out SPAM.
 * ………………/wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php:172: */
    ………………/wp-includes/class-phpmailer.
   php:173: public $Sendmail = ‘/usr/sbin/sendmail’; ………………/wp-includes/class-phpmailer.
   php:174: — ………………/wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php:175: /** ………………/wp-includes/
   class-phpmailer.php:176: * Whether mail() uses a fully sendmail-compatible MTA.………………/
   wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php:177: * One which supports sendmail’s “-oi -f”
   options. — ………………/wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php:585: /** ………………/wp-includes/
   class-phpmailer.php:586: * Call mail() in a safe_mode-aware fashion. ………………/wp-
   includes/class-phpmailer.php:587: * Also, unless sendmail_path points to sendmail(
   or something that — ………………/wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php:658: /** ………………/wp-
   includes/class-phpmailer.php:659: * Send messages using PHP’s mail() function.………………/
   wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php:660: * [@return](https://wordpress.org/support/users/return/)
   void
 * Etc. “
 * Do I need to worry about this?
 * Thanks

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 *  [Bob Cristello](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gntmidnight/)
 * (@gntmidnight)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-scripts-problem/#post-5030419)
 * Those class files are included with every WordPress installation. It is true 
   that they could be used to send spam and your host probably has some sort of 
   automatic parsing check to find files that contain the php mail() or a sendmail()
   function. I would contact your host and ask them if they have any issues with
   you having WordPress installed, but I honestly can’t believe in this day and 
   age that any host would.
 * If my host sent me an email of this nature, I would certainly contact their technical
   support department.
 * Bob
 *  Thread Starter [hstiver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hstiver/)
 * (@hstiver)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-scripts-problem/#post-5030422)
 * Thanks Bob

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 * [script](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/script/)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-scripts-problem/#post-5030422)
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