[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60420: Default wordpress at site.com sender address can be problematic

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#60420: Default wordpress at site.com sender address can be problematic
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 Reporter:  thinlinecz       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Mail             |     Version:  1.5.1.2
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close            |     Focuses:
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Comment (by knutsp):

 Replying to [comment:28 michael.orlitzky]:
 > 1. You're bypassing the MTA's configuration... what if it uses a relay
 host and the web server is blacklisted?
 Fail.
 > 2. You have to pick a HELO name that both passes SPF and is valid for
 the web server.
 Fail.
 > 3. What do you do if there's a temporary DNS error?
 Temporarily undetermined result.
 > 4. What do you do if you manage to connect but the connection is
 dropped?
 Temporarily incolclusive result.
 > 5. What do you do if everything goes OK, but at the very end, the server
 sends you a 4xx mailbox full?
 Success. Not relevant.

 In my view, the only problem WordPress should care about is that the From
 address should exist, whatever it's configured to be. The fact that this
 may not be reliably checked doesn't make it unusable.

 What will really be bad is an user facing option where users may blindly
 enter myname at gmail.com or whatever they think could look nice. These are
 emails from the WordPress installation on the domain. Being able to send
 emails from that domain is a requirement.

 A simple canonical plugin to change the From to whatever is probably the
 best solution for those who do not make their own or use SMTP plugins. It
 should come with the same warnings. To check that it will alway work is
 complicated, not to say impossible, without trying to send a message. That
 it's valid and exists, is the first thing, and the only thing WordPress
 reasonably can do.

 Why NOT just use an SMTP plugin for complicated configurations? Those I
 have used let's you also set From. The solution to "Default
 wordpress at site.com sender address can be problematic" is using SMTP with
 authentication.

 That's all. I wonder why I started participating on this ticket. I'm out.

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