Title: Selectable Recipient with Pipe error
Last modified: August 26, 2019

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# Selectable Recipient with Pipe error

 *  [mikev10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikev10/)
 * (@mikev10)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selectable-recipient-with-pipe-error/)
 * I followed the directions shown [here](https://contactform7.com/selectable-recipient-with-pipes/).
 * When I added the mail tag to the “To” field I get an error “Invalid mailbox syntax
   is used.”
 * How do I get this to work?
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [mikev10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikev10/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fselectable-recipient-with-pipe-error%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selectable-recipient-with-pipe-error/#post-11872776)
 * See [How to Resolve Configuration Errors](https://contactform7.com/configuration-errors/)

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 * Last reply from: [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selectable-recipient-with-pipe-error/#post-11872776)
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