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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?

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

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 !

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

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.

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

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

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

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