Callum Macdonald
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The path of the PHP file is not relevant here, that’s a nonsense on behalf of 123-reg. The issue probably relates to PHP security settings. My suggestion is to ask 123-reg a simpler question:
How do I send email from WordPress on my 123-reg hosting?
Hopefully that will generate a more intelligent reply than the nonsense you’ve had so far.
@frenchgeordie, your problem sounds different. I’d guess that you’re not using SMTP authentication and so you can send email to your own domain, but no others because your server won’t relay. The debugging output you posted has been removed, you could pastebin it if you like.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Twenty eleven 1.2 breaks embedded Google MapsEPIC! iorinne you saved me hours of faffing around trying to figure out what was going on. Thank you kindly.
For anyone who finds this thread and is unsure what the solution requires, here’s what I did. My map div is
<div id="map_canvas"></div>so I added this CSS just above it:
<style type="text/css">#map_canvas img { max-width: none; }</style>Maps work once again. 🙂
Love & joy – Callum.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: SMTP doesn't workVanessaMartinezX, you probably need to check your PHP settings, particularly around fopen() permissions, and check to see if you have ssl support enabled in PHP. I’m not sure what the specific settings you need are to be honest, I’ve never had to look into it, it’s always “just worked” on my servers. I’d be happy to spend some time figuring it out with you if you like, I’m keen to get a definitive list of what settings are required to make it work.
Are there any firewall issues from your host on port 25 by any chance?
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Hahaha, I’m doing my best to be polite and nice given that somebody is effectively bitching about the code I wrote, that they’re using, for free.
You keep whacking on about this admin email being used everywhere. It’s not. Deactivate the plugin, all emails come FROM wordpress@yourdomain. This plugin makes no change to the TO address, which is, you guessed it, the admin_email.
I don’t think it’s a reasonable assumption to say that because somebody installs this plugin, they want the from email address on all emails to automatically be the admin_email. If I understand what you’re suggesting correctly, you’re saying that should be the default. How, then, would a user choose to have the “default” wordpress@mydomain as the from address? They’d be expected to enter that instead?
In my opinion, the plugin does not change the from address unless the user explicitly asks it to. That seems like a sensible default to me. But like I said, if you feel strongly, by all means, create another plugin. Hell, if you feel strongly enough, I’ll hand over admin of this plugin and you can modify it as you see fit.
Bottom line, the plugin works as expected and as described, the fact that you think it *ought* to be different is noted. If it’s a request I hear often I’ll consider changing the default.
May I do anything else to be of service?
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When I look at my blog General Settings, I see this option “E-mail address”. This is the admin_email value. It does not change the “from” address that WordPress uses when it sends emails. It is not called the “From address”.
This plugin does not use the admin_email by default as the from address. As I understand your messages, you’re saying you think it ought to. My response to that is simple, please feel free to write whatever plugins you think ought to exist, the code is GPL. 🙂
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@shedun172: It’s probably something in your PHP configuration, either SSL is not enabled or maybe fopen() is restricted. I recommend asking your server admin.
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I’m sorry if this is not clear. Emails are sent from wordpress@yourdomain.com, that’s how WordPress works.
This plugin doesn’t do anything to modify the sender email unless the “From Email” option is entered. Did you read something that led you to believe otherwise? I’ll try rewording if it’s not clear.
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The default email on WordPress is not what you put in General Settings, emails are sent from wordpress@yourdomain.com, that’s the default. So if you leave the From Email field blank, that’s the address WordPress will use.
The plugin is working as expected, no bug.
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I believe GoDaddy block outgoing SMTP connections to other mail hosts on port 25, I’m not sure about other ports. Many, many users have reported success with this plugin and gmail.
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Do you have WPMS_ON defined as true? If that is defined and set to true, the admin menu, option whitelisting, activation function and settings link on the plugins page will all be disabled.
I recommend you define the options in wp-config.php on multi-site. It greatly simplifies the use of the plugin.
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Cannot Send E-mails to Yahoo and GmailThe plugin is working fine (but I would say that, I’m the plugin author!). The problem is that you are not using the correct settings.
Ask your server administrator what SMTP settings you should use to send email and then put them into the plugin. If you don’t have SMTP authentication turned on, it’s very unlikely that emails will work correctly, unless mail.metrand.com is configured to allow forwarding of all email from your server’s IP address.
If mail doesn’t work with SMTP auth enabled, then you probably are using the wrong username / password. What error message are you getting with SMTP authentication enabled?
Please be specific about the problem you’re having. There is actually zero information about what is going wrong for you in your message, which unfortunately gives us zero information to help diagnose your problem.
Please be as specific as possible. Does the test mail report true or false. If false, what’s the error message? Have you read the plugin’s homepage for the common errors?
Love & joy – Callum.
Great, glad I was able to help. 🙂
I recommend setting your options in wp-config.php as per the plugin’s instructions, and disabling the menu. If you do that, it should work just fine. There are other ways to configure it, but that’s my recommendation.