Title: Registration E-Mail
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Registration E-Mail

 *  [arranf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arranf/)
 * (@arranf)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/)
 * My users can register but when they do the E-mail that they are meant to receive
   with they’re account details hasn’t arrived. I’ve tried this myself. How long
   should it take?

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 *  [iamPariah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iampariah/)
 * (@iampariah)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601214)
 * It should be near instantaneous, Arranf. Have you tried registering new accounts
   yourself?
 * The reason I ask is that it’s possible your e-mails are being stopped by your
   users’ anti-spam systems. If you try it, however, at an account that already 
   receives mail from your blog, then you can truly ascertain whether the mails 
   are being sent.
 * If they don’t make it to you, I would start by looking for sendmail on your server.
   _Is_ sendmail installed and available for your use? If so, is your site configured
   to allow scripts to access sendmail? Some servers prevent that as a security 
   precaution. Your host should be able to answer these questions for you.
 *  Thread Starter [arranf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arranf/)
 * (@arranf)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601215)
 * So what am I looking for?
 *  [iamPariah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iampariah/)
 * (@iampariah)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601216)
 * You should get an e-mail from wordpress@yoursite with the subject [Your Blog]
   New User Registration.
 *  Thread Starter [arranf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arranf/)
 * (@arranf)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601217)
 * Is sendmail installed and available for your use? If so, is your site configured
   to allow scripts to access sendmail? Some servers prevent that as a security 
   precaution. Your host should be able to answer these questions for you.
 * I meant could you explain that bit again 😐
 *  [iamPariah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iampariah/)
 * (@iampariah)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601218)
 * Oh, sorry. I mean, ask your hosting provider those questions.
 *  Thread Starter [arranf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arranf/)
 * (@arranf)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601220)
 * Is there any known hosts that work?
 * I don’t think it’s sending out anything..
 *  [syncbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncbox/)
 * (@syncbox)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601271)
 * I am getting the admin notification of a new registration, but as the registeree,
   I am getting nothing. Even on “lost your password” I am getting nothing.
 * I am off to check if somehow I am blocking the emails, but I don’t think so.
 *  [syncbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncbox/)
 * (@syncbox)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601272)
 * I must have blocked something for the email I initially tested. Using another
   one, it worked fine.
 * I use MidPhase and AN Hosting for my domains. So, v.2.2.1 is working fine to 
   send out the new user’s notification.
 *  Thread Starter [arranf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arranf/)
 * (@arranf)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601319)
 * Are there any free hosts it works with?
 *  [iamPariah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iampariah/)
 * (@iampariah)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601365)
 * Arranf,
 * > Is there any known hosts that work?
 * That’s not an easy question. In my opinion (I’ve been building or managing Websites
   professionally since 1994, and I owned a hosting company in the late-90s) sendmail
   is something that should be available from nearly every hosting company, to nearly
   every customer. In general, most hosting companies have provided sendmail for
   their customers’ use. In recent years, though, some hosts have reluctantly limited
   or completely forbidden script access to sendmail as a matter of security. Spammers
   can relatively easily exploit vulnerabilities in common scripts like blog and
   forum software to gain access to sendmail for the purposes of using your or your
   host’s server to broadcast unsolicited e-mail.
 * Sendmail is a VERY commonly used feature of many Websites. Consequently, the 
   questions I advised you to ask your hosting provider are equally VERY common.
   Find your hosting provider’s tech support forums, FAQ, knowledge base, or (last
   option) tech support e-mail, and pose my questions (below for reference).
 * > Is sendmail installed and available for your use? If so, is your site configured
   > to allow scripts to access sendmail? Some servers prevent that as a security
   > precaution.
 * You asked:
 * > Are there any free hosts it works with?
 * WordPress.com (not .org, which is this site) offers free WordPress blogs.
 *  [kofeiini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kofeiini/)
 * (@kofeiini)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601502)
 * Hi,
 * I struggled a bit with the same problem, or at least similar. WP wouldn’t send
   any emails, and I checked that sendmail was working etc. I’m using WP 2.3.1 on
   a Linux distro.
 * In my case, I finally narrowed the problem to wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php.
   On lines ~434-435 you should find this:
 * > $params = sprintf(“-oi -f %s”, $this->Sender);
   >  $rt = [@mail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mail/)(
   > $to, $this->EncodeHeader($this->Subject), $body, $header, $params);
 * It seems that there’s a problem with $params. I removed $params from the mail()
   function and now my mails get sent again:
 * > $params = sprintf(“-oi -f %s”, $this->Sender);
   >  $rt = [@mail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mail/)(
   > $to, $this->EncodeHeader($this->Subject), $body, $header);
 * Don’t know why, I think I’ll leave that to someone else. My guess would be that
   there’s something gone awry in WP’s sendmail config.
 * Hope this works for you as well.
 * EDIT: Oh, and do remember that all good children make backups if they decide 
   to mess around with the code 🙂

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-e-mail/#post-601502)
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