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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] Bug Report](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/)
 *  Thread Starter [lenwhyte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenwhyte/)
 * (@lenwhyte)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/#post-12335941)
 * Personally, I think that’s the wrong decision, but heck, it’s your product.
    
   I’ll just make a note in my installation procedures to always update the To: 
   field whenever I do a Contact Form 7 installation. That way we’ll both be happy
   🙂
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] Bug Report](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/)
 *  Thread Starter [lenwhyte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenwhyte/)
 * (@lenwhyte)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/#post-12335392)
 * Great. So would you consider using it as the default entry for the To: field 
   in the _mail template? Then none of we users would have to worry about this issue
   in the future? Len
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] Bug Report](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/)
 *  Thread Starter [lenwhyte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenwhyte/)
 * (@lenwhyte)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/#post-12334549)
 * Could I make a suggestion 🙂
 * You could invent a new template code, perhaps [ site_admin_email_address ] and
   place that in the To: field of the CF7 Mail Template. You could substitute this
   token for the actual email address at the same time as all the other template
   fields are being processed.
 * This would mean that the CF7 forms would continue to work after the site’s admin
   email address is changed. But nothing would prevent an experienced and capable
   user of replaceing the [ site_admin_email_address ] code with an ACTUAL email
   address if they wanted to use something specific. They would have to know what
   they are doing to accomplish that, and if so, then they would presumably be aware
   of the need to change it should that hard-coded email address go defunct.
 * What do you think?
 * Len
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] Bug Report](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/)
 *  Thread Starter [lenwhyte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenwhyte/)
 * (@lenwhyte)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/#post-12334539)
 * Yes I know. But you miss my point, which is that there’s no reason for the average
   punter to twig to having to do that. It’s entirely reasonable for them to change
   their blog’s admin email and expect things to just keep working. Put yourself
   in their shoes and surely you’ll see what I mean😅
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] Bug Report](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/)
 *  Thread Starter [lenwhyte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenwhyte/)
 * (@lenwhyte)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/#post-12331906)
 * This what I was intending to raise as a bug:
 * I recently changed the “Administration Email Address” for several of my travel
   blogs, because my old email provider shut down. Having done this, I didn’t realise
   that Contact Form 7 would continue to use the old address, which it presumably
   captured when installed and first initialised. The user has no idea that Contact
   Form 7 is still using the old address and, as was the case for me, all the Contact
   Form 7 emails that folks submitted, fell on deaf ears. Contact Form displays 
   a “Success” message, but the call to wp_mail() results in failure.
 * My view is that this is a bug. After delving into this, I now realise that I 
   can Edit the form, go to the Mail tab, and change the From: address. But the 
   user has now way of knowing that this is required.
 * What do you think?
 * Len
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] Bug Report](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/)
 *  Thread Starter [lenwhyte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenwhyte/)
 * (@lenwhyte)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-115/#post-12330751)
 * I believe I have found a Contact Form 7 Bug. How do I submit a bug report?

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