Overwrite WP-Mail.php right or wrong?

  • Resolved lostplay

    (@lostplay)


    17 years, 6 months ago

    Hi,

    Firstly I have searched extensively for the resolution to this problem, however i’ve had no joy.

    Yesterday I installed the firestats 1.3.6 plugin ( i know wordpress is not responsible for individual plugins but please bear with me) and after a few hours of working fine I suddenly received a white screen after making a post. The error message given was this:

    The e-mail could not be sent.
    Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function…

    Now I searched on WordPress and other places and found that the most common resolution was to install an SMTP plugin. So to cut a long story shot, I did that but it didn’t help, then I contacted my host and they have told me the following:

    “The plugin replaces the wp-mail.php script. Please download a wordpress
    install with the correct wp-mail.php and copy it over. This should
    restore the correct functioning”

    I just wanted to check whether this is the appropriate course of action to take? Also I’m using WordPress 2.2, should I overwrite it with 2.3?

    I don’t know how to overwrite without losing the content on my site but i’m sure i’ll find that out vias a search.

    Thanks for any help!

    PS my site is www. lost-play. com (without the space before .com)

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  • Typically, plugins don’t actually replace standard WordPress files, they instead use hooks.

    So, with that said, if necessary, you can download prior versions of WordPress at:
    https://www.ads-software.com/download/release-archive/

    You will want to use the proper file from the proper version.

    Thread Starter lostplay

    (@lostplay)

    Thanks for the reply Michael.

    So by that I gather that you doubt the problem is to do with the firestats plugin overwriting the wp-mail.php..?

    I have a back-up from a few hours before the error happened..do you think it would be better to rollback and use the back-up or to install a new wordpress over my current one?

    Thanks

    If you did a good backup, then in theory, your backup and the new wordpress versions should be the same.

    Thread Starter lostplay

    (@lostplay)

    Ok, thanks for your help

    Thread Starter lostplay

    (@lostplay)

    Ok, i’ve fixed it!
    For anyone who has similiar problems, I discovered that it was an issue with a trackback – or to be more precise, the issue came about due to a post I made where I linked my previous post for reference (common amongst bloggers) – this was the first time I did so in this particular theme on this particular site. Anyway to resolve the problem I went into phpadmin and deleted said comment.

    I found this out thanks to the owner of this blog >> https://ebestagent.com/wordpress-your-host-may-have-disabled-the-mail-function-error/

    Detailed instructions on their site.

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