Activation E-Mail Problems

[MiahBeSmokin420]

is there a reason why people would not be getting the activation e-mail

i even tried setting it up to send the e-mails through the smpt server or what ever

is there any setting in the php files them selfs that could help fix any problems?

the fast i get this fixed the better

thanks

[Marco van Herwaarden]

You will need to start by figuring out where it goes wrong. Are the mails actually sent from your server? Are they maybe catched by a Spam filter at the client side? Etc..

Start by running Email Diagnostics under: AdminCP -> Maintenance -> Diagnostics.

Some good reading (thanks Alfa1 for the link in your sig): Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo & AOL's guidelines for bulk mailing need your attention. (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1463737&postcount=3)

[MiahBeSmokin420]

ya its cool idk what the problem is

im running vb 3.6.7 right now

but at this moment im backing up my entire server to a remote server and then im upgrading to the newest vb

maybe that will fix things

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Upgrading to a new vBulletin version will most likely not make any difference at all regarding emails.

Run the Diagnostics and if that does not give a clue to why they fail, ask your host to inspect the mailserver log files.

[MiahBeSmokin420]

i am my own host i sitting 3 feet from my server

there is nothing wrong nothing in the error logs ran maintence and all that i even reset me server a few hours ago

im guessing that some how some domains but my ip on there block list for some reason idk

[stelthius]

people with AOL, or there own such as me@mine.co.uk do not get the emails you have to allow Vbulletin to send emails to unknown address's i had this problem at first and because the first 30 - 40 people had there own email address's i couldnt figure out the problem so then i registerd multiple times with multiple hotmail accounts and i got an email everytime which backed up my theory

[MiahBeSmokin420]

well yahoo and hotmail are the main problems

some times they get sent some times they dont

it dont make any since at all

cause like i said there is nothing in the error logs and no bounced e-mails

they just are not being sent

idk im thinking about disabeling the whole email activation thing any ways i already got a ton of things that stops spam bots from posting anyways i just got to turn them on

[stelthius]

well sometimes its nice to resolve the issue rather than it causing more errors/problems later on,

Good luck mate :)

[MiahBeSmokin420]

ya i hear that im upgrading from 3.6.7 to 3.6.8 right now

ill look into this some more when im done

thanks yall

[Marco van Herwaarden]

well yahoo and hotmail are the main problems

some times they get sent some times they dont
You are very likely jumping to the wrong conclusion. If someone does not receive/see an email, then you can not conclude that it wasn't sent. It could be sent (likely) but not accepted by the Mail provider of the member (ie. ditched in a dark pit full of spam?)

[MiahBeSmokin420]

no i have my personal account i have 5 at yahoo 2 a hot mail 2 at comcast and 1 at msn and a few others but the only ones that are having problems are the ones at yahoo and hot mail

idk i could have screwed up some coding in my php files or something cause im always editing my site im editing shit like 20 out of 24 hours of the day i only get like 4-5 hours a sleep every day

but ya its all good ill figure it out

but yo when i do this update from 367 to 368 am i going to loose my template mods???

[stelthius]

are you sending the emails from a server in your own personal network or is the server rented from a Hosting company ? if its a home hosting company you will need to edit the SMTP setting before hotmail and yahoo will receive emails from you as your home IP maybe black listed ive had this problem before it just sprung to mind :) well hope this helps

[MiahBeSmokin420]

ya no i run my own servers in my house and ya thats what i was thinking that maybe my ip was on a black list somewhere and i searched alot of them list on google and my ip ain't in there but ya i will try that though for sure

alright lol im so addicted to this site im always just typing and talking ima go get this damn update done damn i get side tracked so easily

[stelthius]

well the thing is the blacklist you maybe on may not be visible to us users...
you never know untill you try but unfortunately this is my last idea right now :) hope it works for you mate

[Marco van Herwaarden]

http://postmaster.hotmail.com/

Might give you a start in troubleshooting why your mail is not received for hotmail accounts.

http://postmaster.hotmail.com/Services.aspx#SenderSolutions

[MiahBeSmokin420]

ooh dont worry about it i found the problem

i updated my site and ++++ it up realy bad and axidently deleted my back up

so i think im just going to stop messing with vb and just stick to hosting

perfect timing to ++++ my site up though my licence expires in 3 weeks and i am short on money any ways

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thanks for all the help though guys its been real kickin it with all of you

hey who knows i might stop back by here now and then just to help people out

shit i got vb memorized basically