Julie Meek

Thanks t-p. I’m using the Twenty-Thirteen theme so we’re good there. I’ll test the plugins and report back.

I am also having a problem with my post title disappearing over and over as I work and preview with this new WordPress. It does seem to be a glitch. Can you help with this Otto?

Great article buzztone and thanks for sharing it here! Lots of great links on that page too.

Lizbit, how about just contact me through the contact form (lol!) on my website https://www.fixitplan.com. Then I’ll reply with my direct email address.

Lizbit, I’m so glad I could help and agree it’s crazy there isn’t more info available about this! I was really tearing my hair out because it wasn’t making any sense.. sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. You’d think the makers of the contact form plug-ins would have it in their tips. As you said–a big problem with such a simple solution.

Thanks buzztone! The problem did in fact involve where the email was coming from, as the server was seeing it coming from the email address that was typed in the Contact Form.

Apparently the problem was that both AOL and Yahoo have started blocking emails that are from AOL or Yahoo addresses but are not coming from their servers. Here’s more info: https://blog.mailchimp.com/aol-changes-dmarc-policy/

The solution was to create an email address related to my site ([email protected]), and in the Contact Form 7 plugin settings, show the email address I want the mail to forward to in the “TO” field, and show the email address I created for the domain in the “FROM” field and it fixed the problem. I then created a new header Reply-To: [your-email] so that when I receive an email from the contact form, I can just hit reply rather than finding the sender’s email address in the body and copy/pasting.

Thanks Mike for your reply. I checked out that plugin but unfortunately the settings were a little over my head. In the meantime, I found the solution.

Apparently the problem was that both AOL and Yahoo have started blocking emails that are from AOL or Yahoo addresses but are not coming from their servers. Here’s more info: https://blog.mailchimp.com/aol-changes-dmarc-policy/

The solution was to create an email address related to my site ([email protected]), and in the Contact Form 7 plugin settings, show the email address I want the mail to forward to in the “TO” field, and show the email address I created for the domain in the “FROM” field and it fixed the problem. I then created a new header Reply-To: [your-email] so that when I receive an email from the contact form, I can just hit reply rather than finding the sender’s email address in the body and copy/pasting.

Just wanted to add, my 2 sites are on 2 different servers. Also, the sites use 2 different themes. I’ve checked the incoming mail directly on the servers to make sure the problem wasn’t with the forward. I’ve also tested using my gmail account. I am stumped. It appears Contact Form 7 is not actually sending the email from the form, even though it says it is. I hope someone has a solution. Otherwise I guess I will have to remove it and find a different plugin. Thanks for any help!

I’m having the same problem.

Sorry, should have included a link to my site.
https://www.fixitplan.com

I cleared the cache on two different computers, and also went to it on my phone and on my Kindle. When I click the link above it takes me right to the site.

I had a hiccup with it last night where I couldn’t go to it, and then suddenly it cleared up. I wonder if it’s something intermittent?

Hmmmm, that’s strange. It works for me in both Mozilla and IE and on a second computer.

Hi Andrew. It is correct, did it not work for you?