Send Email Test reports success when SMTP details are left blank

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    (@alexanderbailey)


    1 year ago

    I installed the plugin on a new site and forgot to click “Save Changes” after entering my SMTP server details. Next, I sent a test email through the Send Email Test. The plugin reported SMTP success, hurrah!

    Later I happened to look at the headers in the test email and I saw none of the expected authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC…) but I did see:
    X-Mailer: PHPMailer 6.8.0

    So, WordPress sent the test message using the default PHP method but the plugin did not realize that something had gone wrong.

    This isn’t really a problem for me, however, it might be nice if the plugin responded with an error message in this situation.

    In every other respect I’m delighted with how simple and streamlined this plugin is. Thank you!

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  • Same problem here. And sender address put in settings was not used.

    Plugin Author Samuel Aguilera

    (@samuelaguilera)

    Everything reported here is expected by design.

    To prevent issues with the email sending the plugin will automatically prevent itself from passing WordPress the SMTP details if the SMTP Server or Password fields are empty.

    Therefore if you haven’t configured your SMTP server details yet, WordPress will still send the emails using the web server.

    The Send Email Test is just a helper page to confirm if WordPress is able to send emails. It’s not a plugin specific test, it just calls WordPress wp_mail() function, which is used no matter if you use the default web server or SMTP, and shows you the result reported by WordPress.

    I’ll consider implementing some warning about SMTP settings being left blank in a future release.

    Thread Starter bügelfrei

    (@alexanderbailey)

    All good, thanks for replying. It was my fault for failing to save my SMTP credentials after entering them.

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