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#1 2004-03-03 11:43:09

Drew

Plugin Author

From: Red pillar box, Baker St.

Registered: 2004-02-15

Posts: 53

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Mail comments to author - doesn't

Has anyone got this working? It could just be my mail configuration, but selecting Mail comments to author on the Admin page doesn’t seem to do anything.

Can anyone confirm?

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drew mclellan

#2 2004-03-03 11:49:45

Jennifer

Member

From: Michigan

Registered: 2004-02-25

Posts: 74

Website

Re: Mail comments to author - doesn't

I never receive comment emails either.

#3 2004-03-03 11:58:51

Drew

Plugin Author

From: Red pillar box, Baker St.

Registered: 2004-02-15

Posts: 53

Website

Re: Mail comments to author - doesn't

Thanks Jennifer. I’ll log it in Mantis.

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drew mclellan

#4 2004-03-03 16:32:12

Dean

Founder (Gone, but not forgotten)

From: Languedoc

Registered: 2004-02-14

Posts: 235

Website

Re: Mail comments to author - doesn't

It seems some servers balk at sending email with only newline characters as line breaks, some want carriage returns as well. Very finicky for such a dumb protocol.

I adjusted the comment mailing feature to use both for g1.15.

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#5 2004-03-03 16:41:18

Drew

Plugin Author

From: Red pillar box, Baker St.

Registered: 2004-02-15

Posts: 53

Website

Re: Mail comments to author - doesn't

Thanks Dean.

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drew mclellan

#6 2004-03-03 16:46:02

mamash

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From: Prague

Registered: 2004-02-21

Posts: 127

Website

Re: Mail comments to author - doesn't

CRLF termination is required in the SMTP RFC. Servers that do fine with just LF are breaking the rules:

This termination sequence is denoted as <code><CRLF></code> in this document. Conforming implementations MUST NOT recognize or generate any other character or character sequence as a line terminator.

Last edited by mamash (2004-03-03 16:46:58)

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#7 2004-03-03 16:58:54

Drew

Plugin Author

From: Red pillar box, Baker St.

Registered: 2004-02-15

Posts: 53

Website

Re: Mail comments to author - doesn't

Just because it’s in the spec doesn’t mean it’s not overly picky ;)

… point taken though.

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drew mclellan

#8 2005-10-14 14:18:04

digicammad

Member

Registered: 2005-10-11

Posts: 71

Re: Mail comments to author - doesn't

Did anybody find a solution to this? I am on a Fasthosts IIS platform and never receive any comments emails. Is there a log somewhere I can check to see where the problem is?

#9 2005-10-21 02:02:01

zem

Developer Emeritus

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-04-08

Posts: 2,579

Re: Mail comments to author - doesn't

Is there a log somewhere I can check to see where the problem is?

Best option is to ask tech support – the logs could be anywhere, or might not exist at all. The FAQ has some pointers.

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Alex

#10 2005-10-26 01:57:51

zem

Developer Emeritus

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-04-08

Posts: 2,579

Re: Mail comments to author - doesn't

No followup – I’ll assume this is not a bug.

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Alex