No email

  • Resolved deedaub

    (@deedaub)


    9 years, 10 months ago

    I found a solution to my problem on no email being sent but I am concerned that if I install the plugin you recommend below it will deactivate email in another plugin. I am using wishlistmember which also sends email. Will this affect that plugin?

    Here is the solution I found..

    try the Easy WP SMTP plugin and set up your WordPress emails to be sent through an SMTP email account. That plugin also has a simple Test in it that you can use to send emails and trouble shoot your email settings until you get it working correctly. That should help you fix problems of emails not getting sent/delivered. It has nothing to do with my plugin, but the way that WordPress sends emails not being compatible with all servers and/or rejected by a lot of email accounts. When you install Easy WP SMTP, it will hook into the WordPress mail function and change it to use SMTP. WordPress already has the PHP Mailer class built-in, but there is no way to configure it to use SMTP without another plugin. Without that being sent, WordPress tries to send email using the simple PHP sendmail function, which doesn’t work on some servers, and which has no authentication so it is often rejected or block by the email servers you are sending to.

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/pta-member-directory/

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  • Plugin Author DBAR Productions

    (@dbar-productions)

    No, that plugin won’t “deactivate” email in any other plugin. All that Easy WP SMTP does (and similar plugins) is hook into the WordPress mailer and set it to send through a SMTP account rather than the PHP sendmail default server mail.

    So, Easy WP SMTP will send ALL WordPress generated emails through SMTP once you get it set up correctly. That includes any other plugins that use the WordPress mail function, so they will all still function correctly. If the other plugin you mentioned has its own direct SMTP connection (you would have to set it up via some settings), then it won’t be affected at all. Or, if that other plugin is doing it the wrong way and calling the PHP sendmail function directly instead of going the the wp_mail funciton, then it will continue to do so since it will be bypassing the wp_mail function.

    Best thing to do is to install it and test it out to make sure it works with everything on your site. It’s a very simple plugin that only does one thing, so the chances of it conflicting with or breaking other plugins is very small.

    Thread Starter deedaub

    (@deedaub)

    Thank you for your help, I will give it a shot.

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