Unsecure email configuration error

  • Hello @cf7-Team,

    since cf7 is such a great tool and is recommended all everywhere, we decided to use it as our contactform tool on serveral websites. Now since last updates the annoying “Unsecure email configuration error” pops up stating that the [your-email] tag has been used in the send-email config. Well, THIS tag is recommended from cf7! How come that this error is still going on, even if we use separate safety additions like cf7-honeypot function, as well as a separate captcha PLUS another double-opt-in function?

    I searched google as well as the forum closely for an answer – NOT finding ANY sufficient help. It seems many people using cf7 are experiencing the same errors and searching for help due to all the questionary entries in the forum here.

    But the only thing that is mentioned from CF7 is to use the malicious google “re-captcha”, which is not only slowing down websites unnessesarely, but maybe also is UNWANTED by many users! How come that THIS is supposed the ONLY answer and help provided?

    WHY DOESNT THE CF7-Team give a sufficient and helping answer to all those who are searching for a workaround to this problem?

    Actually we already lookout for another eMail-solution for our websites, as in the momentary CF7 renders useless for us is those errors don′t disappear by another workaround or help provided.
    So if there is no other solution and answer from CF7 except using re-captcha, we will decide to do so. Sorry, but i think CF7 will loose many users if you dont react differently.

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  • I’m having the same issue.

    Form protection is important, but it I would appreciate to have the freedom to choose in which way we want to accomplish that.

    Writing out loud:

    How about an option “I am using an alternative way to protect my forms” that would silence the error message?

    In my case, I am using the “Simple Cloudflare Turnstile” Plugin to protect my form.

    As a last resort I will hide the error message using an admin CSS. Quick and dirty.

    Thanks for this otherwise amazing plugin!!

    Plugin Author Takayuki Miyoshi

    (@takayukister)

    See How to resolve configuration errors

    Thread Starter chrys24

    (@chrys24)

    Sorry Takayuki, but the hints to your general FAQs are NOT REALLY helpful in this situation ??

    We all are grown up people that can read. For my part I′ve already searched ALL of the forums here, google and alike to find an answer. There AINT NO tip or hint available that solves our problems:

    how to use ANOTHER verification method APART from Googles re-captcha. There are many other plugins around that do the job (for most of us) so why is there NO METHOD that you provide within CF7 to choose from third-party Captchas or else?

    Receiving error messages due to “misconfguration errors” wont do the job! Again, we are grown up people who know how to configure their servers or websites. So why dont you let the USERS choose which method THEY prefer to protect their sites?

    We all WANT to use your CF7 (otherwise we wouldnt be here), but if that limitations proceed, CF7 renders useless for many of us. Is that what you want?

    Who else THAN YOU should we ask to give a solution?

    • This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by chrys24.
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