[wp-testers] No comment notification using WP 3.0-alpha

[Andrew Johnson]

I have the same problem when trying to use the forgot password reset.  
I never get the email.

-Andrew Johnson

On Mar 20, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Kirk M <kmb42vt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dion,
>
> The email address associated with the test site is not a Gmail  
> address but one directly associated with my web host. This used to  
> be required by WordPress as email addresses external to the web host/ 
> site itself were not allowed as many hosts added this check as a  
> security measure. The standard format for a site related email  
> address was "wordpress at domainname.***". (This info was located in  
> the WP docs somewhere but I can't recall exactly where off the top  
> of my head.)
>
> *Note*: Westi once made me a small plugin that circumvented this  
> requirement (requirement came in WP 2.5 I believe?) called "php-no- 
> sender" which worked great back then but does not help the problem  
> in WP 3.0.
>
> I did state that the "Subscribe to Comments" plugin was correctly  
> sending notifications to a couple Gmail addresses I had set up for  
> testing purposes.
>
> Also, I confirmed this problem last night with a couple of friends  
> of mine who are also running WP 3.0-alpha test sites. They're both  
> experiencing the same exact problem of receiving every notification  
> I mentioned previously except the standard comment notifications as  
> described in my original post. All 3 of us are running the PHP5  
> (5.2.11 in my case).
>
> Deactivating plugins does not change the problem by the way. I wish  
> I could recall when the WP 3.0 nightly builds stopped sending  
> comment notifications but I haven't been able to track it down.
>
> Sorry if this is too much info. I tend to be wordy.
>
> On 03/19/2010 09:27 PM, Dion Hulse (dd32) wrote:
>> Have you checked your gmail spam?
>>
>> For quite awhile i wasn't receiving comment notifications, turned  
>> out,
>> it was due to gmail eating comment notifications (While passing  
>> through
>> user notifications)..
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:20:37 +1200, Kirk M <kmb42vt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all - I've encountered a rather hair pulling glitch with a  
>>> WordPress
>>> 3.0-alpha test site in that it's not sending out any comment
>>> notifications whatsoever. The email address in both my "User  
>>> Profile"
>>> (administrator) and under "Settings/General" is the same and  
>>> associated
>>> with my web host (wordpress at mysitename.us) just like my other 2  
>>> sites
>>> are. My other two sites are running WP 2.9.2 and receive comment
>>> notifications without problem. (web host is Bluehost--never had a
>>> problem with this until WP 3.0-alpha builds).
>>>
>>> I seem to recall that comment notifications were working initially  
>>> and
>>> then just quit between one nightly build and another.  
>>> Unfortunately, I
>>> was rather busy at the time and I don't remember which builds.
>>>
>>> The kicker here is that I'm also running the "Subscribe to Comments"
>>> plugin on the test site and I'm receiving notifications of  
>>> additional
>>> comments on a post I'm subscribed to with no problem.
>>>
>>> In further troubleshooting, I even receive "New User"  
>>> notifications not
>>> only to the email address associated with my "User Profile" and  
>>> under
>>> "Settings/General" but also to the email address (a Gmail address) I
>>> used for the "new user" (the new user was myself of course using a
>>> different name.
>>>
>>> Bottom line test results are:
>>>
>>> -Comment notifications to site owner: -No-
>>>
>>> -"Subscribe to Comments" notifications sent to subscriber's email
>>> address: -Yes-
>>>
>>> -New user notifications to site owner: -Yes-
>>>
>>> -New user username and password sent to their email address: -Yes-
>>>
>>> I have "Settings/Discussion" set to email me whenever "Anyone  
>>> posts a
>>> comment". I've checked everything that's even remotely associated  
>>> with
>>> the standard comment notifications and I can't find the problem  
>>> and I
>>> can't figure out for the life of me why all the other email
>>> notifications related to the site are working fine EXCEPT the  
>>> standard
>>> comment notifications. Nothing in the error logs either.
>>>
>>> I'm running out of hair which is dangerous at my age as I have so  
>>> little
>>> to begin with so any help would be very welcome.
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> wp-testers mailing list
>>> wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
>>> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
>>>
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> wp-testers mailing list
> wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers