Title: This field has syntax errors.
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# This field has syntax errors.

 *  [ingeniare](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ingeniare/)
 * (@ingeniare)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-field-has-syntax-errors-3/)
 * Good afternoon. After the upgrade issues, forms From and Additional Headers error
   by email. Previously, it worked tags with the [id-email] and <[id-email]>.
    How
   to fix this error with your 6, I do not understand. Thank you in advance.
 * [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, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-field-has-syntax-errors-3/#post-7140722)
 * See [How to Resolve Configuration Errors](http://contactform7.com/configuration-errors/)
 *  [chrisk200](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisk200/)
 * (@chrisk200)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-field-has-syntax-errors-3/#post-7140742)
 * Hi there!
    Same issue here after migration. My “To” field is set to “[cf-email-
   recipient]” When editing the form, there is a red “This field has syntax errors.”
   under the To Field in the form editor. I did not had this in the previous version
   of CF7.
 * Before editing the form I did a post migration test, sending a form and it worked
   just fine.
 * Is this an ascending compatibility issue?
    Did you decide not supporting fields
   between brackets in the “To” anymore?
 * If so, I cannot provide anymore the choice of the recipient in my form doing 
   this:
    [select cf-email-recipient “Sales|email1@mydomain.com” “Business Partner
   Support Team|email2@mydomain.com” “Technical Support Team|email3@mydomain.com”“
   Administrative Team|email4@mydomain.com” ]
 * I checked the “How to resolve configuration errors” link you provided in your
   above post. it did not help. It says “You can use mail-tags in this field”
 * Looking forward for your feedback on this…
    Thanks in advance and regards, Chris
 *  [chrisk200](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisk200/)
 * (@chrisk200)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-field-has-syntax-errors-3/#post-7140871)
 * I finally found what it was.
    In case it could help someone else:
 * [cf-email-recipient] needed select* so the Validator understands it is a mandatory
   field.
 * The Validator is a bit stupid here since this filed cannot be empty based on 
   my code:
 * [select cf-email-recipient “Sales|email1@mydomain.com”
    “Business Partner Support
   Team|email2@mydomain.com” “Technical Support Team|email3@mydomain.com” “Administrative
   Team|email4@mydomain.com” ]
 * Chris

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