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“Have you checked to be sure that you didn’t disable these E-mails on the options tab in WP?”

Of course! And no, that wasn’t the problem (at least in my case).

I did, however, just discover a way to get around the problem. Since apparently my problem had something to do with the smtp server rejecting messages, I installed the WordPress Swift SMTP Plugin and configured it to send through the server via authenticated means. The reply-to section of the received e-mail messages is a bit odd in that it includes both the sender ([email protected]) and the commenter’s e-mail addresses, but at least it’s functional.

Also, when I enabled it, configured it, and tried the built-in test e-mail function, it’s worth noting that my test e-mail did NOT send (although it said it did). I still receive comment notifications, though. Weird.

I (and some others, apparently!) have been having the same problem (see this thread: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/100849 ). Try checking your mail logs — here’s the error showing up in mine:

smtp server didn’t accept RCPT To: command, replied “550 mail from 74.208.16.2 rejected: administrative prohibition”.

I’ve been trying all kinds of fixes, from changing the from address to the admin e-mail to attempting to relay the messages through the smtp server directly with the wpPHPmailer plugin, but nothing seems to be working. :/

I’m definitely having this problem too, although I’m certain that I received <i>some</i> e-mails using 2.07 before WordPress stopped working for me. According to my mail logs, I’m now getting this error:

smtp server didn’t accept RCPT To: command, replied “550 mail from 74.208.16.2 rejected: administrative prohibition”.

Now, I’m almost sure that this is because of something my host changed during the past couple of days — incidentally, one of my WordPress blogs went down this morning (and is still down) because the database server is now inaccessible (except, for some reason, from phpMyAdmin) ?? — but is there anything that I can do to get around the e-mail problem? Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Looks great, Jim. And that guy at Princeton… what a romantic. Shame how they’re treating the poor fellow! ??

krm: Well that’s just the rejections I’ve gotten for that story alone — if we’re counting the rejections I’ve gotten altogether (including e-rejections, which don’t add to the physical stack but still count) I’ve probably got in the neighborhood of twenty or more. I’ll definitely look into submitting to Flesh & Blood magazine, though. Thanks for the suggestion! ??

Hey, maybe this’ll work — it gives the code for making a drop down links list on the get_archives info page in the WP codex:

<form name=”archiveform” action=””>
<select name=”archive_chrono” onchange=”window.location =
(document.forms.archiveform.archive_chrono[document.forms.archiveform.archive_chrono.selectedIndex].value);”>
<option value=”>Select Month</option>
<?php get_archives(‘monthly’,”,’option’); ?>
</select>
</form>

See if that works for you.

UsmanLaw: Ah, I hadn’t seen the code you inserted when I read your last post — I believe the “1” is showing up because you’ve written it into your code:

<?php get_archives(”,”,’option’, 1); ?>

Take that out and that should remove it. I can’t say for sure, though, since I’m kinda new to PHP and am using something else to create the effect, but that looks like the problem to me!

DianeV: I believe the plugin was created for WP 1.2, so you shouldn’t have any problems with it — I took a chance on trying it in WP 1.5 and luckily it worked out fine. I’ve found that writing a description for the site in the links manager causes validation errors (though the visual output remains unchanged, at least in Mozilla and IE), so I’m not sure if that’s a 1.5 issue or if that happens in 1.2 too. But yeah, it should work for you. UsmanLaw’s code may work too — and I don’t suppose it even requires a plugin — but I’ll stick with what I’m using right now. If it ain’t broke… ??

And krm: Thanks for the compliments, especially the one regarding the story quote! Tell that to the fiction magazine editors, though — I must’ve gotten at least four rejections for the story from which that quote was taken. I can’t seem to sell a story to save my life! :/

Maybe I’ll just start posting them on Scary-Crayon or something. ??

I’m pretty sure that’s something that has to be changed in your options (try general > date display format), but I’m not exactly sure… I don’t recall encountering any issues like that.

The code for the archives, categories, and search bar came from Theron Parlin’s Minima Plus theme. Apparently WP lists the blogroll differently from the archives and cats, so no plugin was necessary for those two.

I used the Drop Down Get Links plugin by Ria Baltazar (available here) for the blogroll — I think it looks a lot better than having the sidebar cluttered with links, although people may be less inclined to visit them than they would if all of the links were out in the open. Ah well, we take the good with the bad. ??

And again, thanks for the compliments!

Thanks for the comments, Jeff and Jenn — glad you like the look of the place. Putting it together was… fun. ??