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Sendmail in 1.2.8

sandymctyre Member
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I am a complete newcomer, set up my site 2 weeks ago in 1.2.7, and was having trouble with the sendmail application getting error message on user registration.
-User Registration
-Registration failed.
-zenphoto_sendmail failed to send Registration confirmation to one or more recipients.
I no longer get this error after upgrading to 1.2.8, but I have yet to see an email. I set up two test accounts with different email addresses (all legitimate, and mine) but I have not seen an email come through. I also have the "notification" option checked, but have not got notification in my primary email either.
I am using the Effervesence theme, my site is www.thehigos.ca/photoclub
Please help! Where are my emails going?
Also, I have users that have signed up, but because of the previous error, their accounts are in the "pending verification" stage, I am unable to "authenticate user". Is there a way to bypass the verification, or to resend the verification email?
Thank you,

Comments

  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    Have you checked with your provider that sendmail is actually configured correctly? That is a server function actually that Zenphoto uses (the `mail()` function of your server's PHP).
    You can manually approve users as the full admin.
  • sbillard Member
    The e-mails will be sent to from mail address listed in your "site email" option. Many service providers require that this be a "real" account. Unfortunately, if sendmail does not return an error, neither does Zenphoto.

    The mail goes to the email address of the person registering. The admin will not get a mail until the registrating user confirms his email address by clicking on the link provided in the email he gets. So, if you are not getting the first mail, then the notify is moot.
  • sandymctyre Member
    Thanks Acrylian, I will check with my host. It seems that I cannot approve them, until their account is verified (presumably from following a link in the notification email, that they are not receiving). Is there a way around this? I saw in another thread, I believe that setting priveleges for them automatically approves them, but this to appears to be unavailable until their account is verified.
    Question 2, once I get the sendmail function working, is there any way to resend the notification emails? Or do I need to delete the users and have them resign up?

    Sbillard, thank you, I changed this to zenphoto@thehigos.ca and set up an account on my webserver to match, so it should be getting through...I will double check that as well.
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    The problem is more likely that your host does not send the mails via sendmail. Ask your provider about that. Normally it is send by the server so no real e-mail-address is needed to send from but one to send to.
  • sandymctyre Member
    I'm not sure what exactly worked, but appears to be fine now...I changed the mail server to 'localhost' that might have been the catalyst. Anyway, all is working fine for now, thanks for a great program.

    Question 2 still arises though...anyway I can resend the notification emails?

    Thanks,
  • sbillard Member
    The users who tried to register will all be shown on the admin tab with a checkbox for you to manual verify them. Their e-mail address will also be part of their record, so you can send them an e-mail. Unfortunately there is no way to resend the actual verification email.
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