E-mailaddresses (with underscore) registration problem

Hello Koen,

When users submit a form to signup with the Website Membership plugin, the email verification function built in to CMSB does permit underscores in the address.

Since users signing up aren't being told their email address isn't valid, the problem must be occurring when the email is being sent.

To find the problem, check the email being sent (the following is roughly what you're looking for)
// send message
$emailTemplate = "emails/user-new-signup.php";
$emailHeaders = emailTemplate_load(array(
'template' => websiteLogin_pluginDir() . "/$emailTemplate",
'subject' => '', // set in template
'from' => '', // set in template
'to' => $_REQUEST['email'],
'placeholders' => array(
'username' => array_key_exists('username', $_REQUEST) ? $_REQUEST['username'] : $_REQUEST['email'], // if using email as username then show that instead
'password' => $_REQUEST['password'],
'loginUrl' => "http://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $GLOBALS['WEBSITE_LOGIN_LOGIN_FORM_URL'],
),
));
$mailErrors = sendMessage($emailHeaders);
if ($mailErrors) { die("Mail Error: $mailErrors"); }

The email address provided by the user when completing the form is used as the 'to' address and so shouldn't be undergoing any modification.

If you can't find the problem, post/attach your code here (just the form processing part) and we can have a closer look.

Hope this helps,

Tom

Hi Tom, see my code below, I only added a CC e-mailaddress to it:

// send message
$emailTemplate = "emails/user-new-signup.php";
$emailHeaders = emailTemplate_load(array(
'template' => websiteLogin_pluginDir() . "/$emailTemplate",
'subject' => '', // set in template
'from' => '', // set in template
'to' => $_REQUEST['email'],
'placeholders' => array(
'username' => array_key_exists('username', $_REQUEST) ? $_REQUEST['username'] : $_REQUEST['email'], // if using email as username then show that instead
'password' => $password,
'loginUrl' => "http://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $GLOBALS['WEBSITE_LOGIN_LOGIN_FORM_URL'],
),
));
@$emailHeaders['headers']['CC'] = "info@mysitename.be";
$mailErrors = sendMessage($emailHeaders);
if ($mailErrors) { die("Mail Error: $mailErrors"); }

And the form processing code:

<?php if ($showSignupForm): ?>
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="save" value="1" />

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<td>Volledige naam</td>
<td><input type="text" name="fullname" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars(@$_REQUEST['fullname']); ?>" size="50" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>E-mail adres</td>
<td><input type="text" name="email" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars(@$_REQUEST['email']); ?>" size="50" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gebruikersnaam</td>
<td><input type="text" name="username" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars(@$_REQUEST['username']); ?>" size="50" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Abonnee Type</td>
<td><select name="abonneetype" size="1">
<option value="">Selecteer aub</option>
<option value="3 Dagen">3 Dagen</option>
<option value="1 Maand">1 Maand</option>
<option value="3 Maanden">3 Maanden</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<br />
<strong>Abonnee Prijzen</strong> <br />
15 Euro voor 3 dagen website toegang<br />
30 Euro voor 1 maand website toegang<br />
45 Euro voor 3 maanden website toegang<br />
<br/>
<input class="button" type="submit" name="submit" value="Bevestigen &gt;&gt;" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>

</form>
<?php endif ?>

Hi,

I don't see any problems with your code. When you try an email address with an underscore in it, do you get an error message? Or is it that those emails just never arrive?

The code on this page just generates a set of mail headers that are then passed on to the PHP mail() function. If no mail errors are being generated, than it is most likely a problem with your host's mail server not correctly sending the message along.

If you have access to an email account that has an underscore in it, you can try this test script to see if you receive a message:

Copy and paste this code into a new .php file:

$to = "my_email@example.com";
$subject = "Test Email Message";
$message = "This message is to test the server's ability to send to an address containing an underscore.";
$success = mail($to, $subject, $message);


if (!$success) {
echo "ERROR! Message Could Not Be Sent!";
}
else {
echo "Message Sent Successfully!";
}

Replace my_email@example.com with the email address you want to send to. Then run the page.


Let us know what you find.

Thanks,

Hi Jason,

I don't get any errors when I register on the website with an e-mailaddress with underscores, the e-mailaddress is also saved and displayed correctly within the new user account in CMSB Admin. However, the confirmation mail doesn't arrive (because of the changes made to the mailaddress with the added extension...). With other mailaddresses the confirmation mail always arrives without any problem.

I've also tried your script with an e-mailaddress with underscores, on the same webserver, with succes. I got the message "Message sent succesfully!" and the mail arrived in my mailbox too.

Very strange, no ?

Koen

Yes Jason, I used the same mailaddress that didn´t receive the confirmation from the signup, with your script however the mail arrived.

koen

Hi Koen,

I think the nest step would be to look at things more closely - if you could submit a 2nd level support request (http://www.interactivetools.com/support/) we can take a look at everything, including the sendMail function, to see if we can find the error.

Thanks,

Tom