PM Email Notification

fraze	#1 2012-09-06 14:33
Members	Just a small query. I admin a website hosted on godaddy and no-one gets any email notifications when PMs are received even though it is enabled in the CP. Do you know of anything which could block this or how I can get round it? thanks

Twiebie	#2 2012-09-06 14:45
Team Thanked: 74 times	Is it just the email notifications when a PM is received, or does nobody get any of the other emails that are being send from the website?

fraze	#3 2012-09-06 15:15
Members	i dont think any of the emails get sent, as we had to set it so your account is active as soon as you register.

Twiebie	#4 2012-09-06 15:31
Team Thanked: 74 times	I would suggest to send a test email from the server with this snippet Trustmaster posted a while ago, just to make sure the mailserver is alright. <?php if (mail('your_email_address@domain.com', 'Testing sendmail', 'If this email does not arrive, then it is a host problem')) echo 'OK'; else echo 'Error'; ?> Just save that on your webserver and run it in the browser with a valid email address.

Trustmaster	#5 2012-09-06 19:00
Administrators Thanked: 263 times	If the script posted above fails to deliver then consider using PHPMailer plugin and some third-party SMTP account, e.g. Gmail. May the Source be with you!

fraze	#6 2012-09-07 07:11
Members	I've tried the script snippet and I received the email successfully. However i've registered a test user on my site and haven't received the registration email... I'll try the plugin and see if there's any difference. thanks Added 40 minutes later: ok...using the smtp plugin didnt work either...not sure whats going on :S
Members	This post was edited by fraze (2012-09-07 07:50, 11 years ago)

Trustmaster	#7 2012-09-07 07:57
Administrators Thanked: 263 times	Also make sure "Administrator's email" setting in Administration / Configuration / Main settings belongs to the same domain you're sending from. Some hosts require that to be a valid account for sending. May the Source be with you!

foxhound	#8 2012-09-07 15:29
Donator Thanked: 5 times	Not sure if it is related but I have noticed wierd mail behaviour on my new Sienna website as well. If you would for example use the passrecover to have your password sent to you I did recieve the first email within a few minutes (not instant)! The second mail send to you after you click the confirmation links and which contains the new password came only after like 2 or even more hours. Maybe the same goes for this? You need to be more patient? I also had the email verification on when I just installed the latest version of Sienna but when I too recieved no mail on different test users I created I quickly disabled that feature. As far as I recall I never actually recieved those mails (but not sure on this). Mail works just fine on this server, I run multiple sites on my own there, some sites for others and a webshop and all mail works perfect. [add on] Oeps, missed this before posting: #35393 Trustmaster: Also make sure "Administrator's email" setting in Administration / Configuration / Main settings belongs to the same domain you're sending from. Some hosts require that to be a valid account for sending. That in fact could be the issue I will test/check/change this and get back about it. <img src="http://www.armaholic.com/datas/thumbs/green-sea-battalion-uniforms-version-03-preview_4.jpg" alt="green-sea-battalion-uniforms-version-03-" />

foxhound

#8 2012-09-07 15:29

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Not sure if it is related but I have noticed wierd mail behaviour on my new Sienna website as well.
If you would for example use the passrecover to have your password sent to you I did recieve the first email within a few minutes (not instant)! The second mail send to you after you click the confirmation links and which contains the new password came only after like 2 or even more hours.
Maybe the same goes for this? You need to be more patient?

I also had the email verification on when I just installed the latest version of Sienna but when I too recieved no mail on different test users I created I quickly disabled that feature. As far as I recall I never actually recieved those mails (but not sure on this).

Mail works just fine on this server, I run multiple sites on my own there, some sites for others and a webshop and all mail works perfect.

[add on]

Oeps, missed this before posting:

#35393 Trustmaster:
Also make sure "Administrator's email" setting in Administration / Configuration / Main settings belongs to the same domain you're sending from. Some hosts require that to be a valid account for sending.

That in fact could be the issue I will test/check/change this and get back about it.