"from email" won't work on Form <<RESOLVED>>

[Lobotaman]

Hello,

It works fine when I use the system address, but when I choose "form: email" from the dropdown, no email is received. I really need these emails to come from the visitor who submits, not the site's system address.

Screenshot of settings is attached


Any ideas or suggestions?

It

[juergen]

Maybe your hoster denies this possibilty by rule in system for not being used as email relay...

[Lobotaman]

I understand your reply. This is so difficult when the problem can't be easily tied to (1) my article set-up, (2) the hosting service, or (3) my smtp configuration during install.

Additionally, my Newsletters won't go AT ALL! But, I am still searching the forum for a solution there before I post a screen shot on a new or existing thread on that topic.

Ugh!

Let me continue my research with my hoster.

Thank you !

[Lobotaman]

Hello,

Exhausting day of research with hoster on this topic, but I am not much closer.

HOWEVER ~ I have a Joomla site right now on the same hosting server as this phpwcms site ~AND~ the "from email" works on the Joomla site but not on the phpwcms site. Keep in mind that I have the "from name" working, but not the "from email"

I will paste the two sections of config code below, in case it helps someone to help me...

A chunk of code from the Joomla Site (which works)...

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$mosConfig_sendmail = '/usr/sbin/sendmail';
$mosConfig_session_life_admin = '1800';
$mosConfig_session_type = '0';
$mosConfig_shownoauth = '0';
$mosConfig_sitename = 'My Joomla Site;
$mosConfig_smtpauth = '1';
$mosConfig_smtphost = 'localhost';
$mosConfig_smtppass = **********';
$mosConfig_smtpuser = 'info@myjoomlasite.com';
$mosConfig_uniquemail = '1';

A chunk of code from the phpwcms site (which doesn't work yet)...

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// smtp values
$phpwcms['SMTP_FROM_EMAIL']   = 'info@myphpwcms-site.com'; 
$phpwcms['SMTP_FROM_NAME']    = 'My phpwcms Site';
$phpwcms['SMTP_HOST']         = 'localhost';
$phpwcms['SMTP_PORT']         = 25;
$phpwcms['SMTP_MAILER']       = 'sendmail';
$phpwcms['SMTP_AUTH']         = 1;
$phpwcms['SMTP_USER']         = 'emailaddr@myphpwcms-site.com';
$phpwcms['SMTP_PASS']         = '**********'; 

Does this help any?

Has anyone seen this before?

Thanks,

John

[flip-flop]

Please have a look:

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// smtp values
$phpwcms['SMTP_FROM_EMAIL']   = 'info@example.com'; // reply/from email address
$phpwcms['SMTP_FROM_NAME']    = 'webmaster';    // reply/from name
$phpwcms['SMTP_HOST']         = 'localhost';    // SMTP server (host/IP) 
$phpwcms['SMTP_PORT']         = 25;             // SMTP-Server port (default 25) 
$phpwcms['SMTP_MAILER']       = 'smtp';         // default phpMailer: smtp, mail (default), sendmail 
$phpwcms['SMTP_AUTH']         = 1;              // sets SMTP_AUTH to ON/OFF
$phpwcms['SMTP_USER']         = 'username';     // default SMTP login (user) name 
$phpwcms['SMTP_PASS']         = '********';     // default SMTP password  

I don´t understand the combination of $phpwcms['SMTP_MAILER'] = 'sendmail'; and $phpwcms['SMTP_AUTH'] = 1;. in your config.
I hope you know what you do.

[Lobotaman]

Hi Flip-Flop!

Thank you for replying. I have read a ton of your posts.

Wow, I wish I could get to the bottom of this issue.

I saw your reply and made the changes both ways so they would match (sendmail and 0, as well as smpt and 1), but it still will not put the [form: email] in the "from email" address.

I know it can work since it's working with my Joomla! website on the same exact client.

I spent all day yesterday working on it and will probably do the same today.

I'm a newbie, but I am going to look at the Joomla! code to see if I can find it there...

So exhausting!

Thank you again!

John

[Lobotaman]

My hosting company captured the following log information:

2008-02-29 17:00:31 H=(http://www.mydomain.com) [127.0.0.1]:48267 I=[127.0.0.1]:25 F=<noreply.test@gmail.com> rejected RCPT <info@mydomain.com>: "PHISHING attempt trying to send email as gmail.com"

So, for whatever reason the same hoster lets Joomla! send mail that shows a different FROM EMAIL ADDRESS, but they don't let phpwcms do it.

Now that I'm getting closer to understanding this, has any else had this issue? I saw evidence of it in another thread, but it was in German.

Please help!

Thx,

John

[Lobotaman]

Good grief...

This is finally fixed... ...finally the "from name" and "from email" contain whatever was submitted in the form.

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// smtp values
$phpwcms['SMTP_FROM_EMAIL']   = ''; // reply/from email address
$phpwcms['SMTP_FROM_NAME']    = ''; // reply/from name
$phpwcms['SMTP_HOST']         = ''; // SMTP server (host/IP)
$phpwcms['SMTP_PORT']         = 25; // SMTP-Server port (default 25)
$phpwcms['SMTP_MAILER']       = 'mail'; // default phpMailer: smtp, mail (default), sendmail
$phpwcms['SMTP_AUTH']         = 0; // sets SMTP_AUTH to ON/OFF
$phpwcms['SMTP_USER']         = ''; // default SMTP login (user) name
$phpwcms['SMTP_PASS']         = ''; // default SMTP password

Now, on to the newsletter to see why it's not sending.

But I am definitely happy after 3-days of troubleshooting.

My thanks to those of you that replied.

John