zem_contact_reborn 4.0.3.20

ruud · 2014-08-24 14:13:01

You could try one other thing: replace the “mail” command in the previous example with:

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers, '-fyour.own@email.address.at.the.hosted.domain.com')

If that fails as well then all that should be enough to convince the hoster that it’s a problem on their end. You could go one step further, if you have SSH access to the server, by manually starting an SMTP session by telnetting to port 25 on 127.0.0.1 and seeing what happens if you try to submit mail that way (HELO example.com; MAIL FROM: <uk.email@address.co.uk>; RCPT TO: <your@address.com>; DATA; enter an email manually including header, then finish off with a dot on a single line)

castanet · 2014-08-24 17:25:56

OK. I have tried the first test again on another site where I am getting the form error message ‘Sorry, unable to send email’ and I am getting a ‘success’ message every time with a variety of addresses. Is it clear what is happening?

ruud · 2014-08-24 21:32:46

No. That doesn’t make sense.

alannie · 2014-08-28 17:31:28

Hi, we just noticed the same “Sorry, unable to send email” issue on one of our clients’ sites hosted here in the USA.

Ruud, I did your test with the initial test.php page using the same email address (USA based, regular .com address) and it gave me a “success” message. Any other ideas or tests we can run?

alannie · 2014-08-28 17:53:03

I just tested it again and noticed a brief flash of an error message at top, other than the “sorry” message. I looked at the source and found this (replaced my actual email with fake in code):


Invalid address: SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Permission denied (13)
<br />The following From address failed: my@email.address : Called Mail() without being connected

alannie · 2014-08-28 17:54:47

Correction … the “invalid address” error message is displayed at the top of the page after all. I just had to scroll the page back up to see it.

ruud · 2014-08-29 12:06:28

Alannie, that looks like a PHPmailer error message. ZCR doesn’t use that normally. Is this the plugin modified to work with PHPmailer?

castanet · 2014-10-02 10:17:28

OK. On a site running Txp 4.3.0, I went into the plugin code and removed this from the headers:
X-Originating-IP

The form now works. Eureka!
However… I tried to do the same for a site running on 4.5.1 and got a 412 error when I tried to save the modified script.
Any other suggestions gratefully received

uli · 2014-10-02 10:43:59

You could try to save the modified plugin on the 4.3.0 website with ied_plugin_composer and then install it on 4.5.1.

Bloke · 2014-10-02 11:00:20

castanet wrote #284435:

got a 412 error when I tried to save the modified script.

Precondition failed? Weird. That’s probably a server setup issue. I’ve had 404s and other codes thrown when trying to save plugin content, because the host’s anti-spam measures kicked in. This plugin in particular might trip such filters up because of the content and the way it deals with user input in the code.

If it’s just this plugin that fails when saving, talk to your host, tell them what you’re trying to do and see if there’s something they can do to tweak the filter rules to stop it barfing.

Alternatively [Edit: Uli beat me to it], use ied_plugin_composer to export the modified plugin from the 4.3.0 environment as a .txt (or zipped .txt) file, then install it directly via the Admin->Plugins panel on your 4.5.1 installation. And then make a mental note to upgrade to 4.5.7 :-)

On a site running Txp 4.3.0, I went into the plugin code and removed this from the headers: X-Originating-IP

Incidentally, why do you need to remove this? Is it something the plugin could help with? Maybe if the plugin set up an array of header-name + header content pairs and fired a callback to allow them to be modified directly before sending? Would that help and remove the need to hack the code?

Last edited by Bloke (2014-10-02 11:01:13)

castanet · 2014-10-02 12:05:16

Thanks Uli and Bloke. To use ied_plugin_composer it seems I need to upgrade the Txp version (yes, yes, I know I should do it anyway) but it might then undo my hack with ZCR. Bloke, the problem I am having is that ZCR is failing on all my sites for a random selection of people across the UK. I have always suspected it is a hosting/IP-related issue or an incompatibility between the hosting and Textpattern but the hosts just blame ZCR. I’m out of my depth beyond that and I’m afraid I didn’t understand the rest of your suggestion re the array… :-)

uli · 2014-10-02 12:56:03

castanet wrote #284441:

To use ied_plugin_composer it seems I need to upgrade the Txp version

Stef maintains a list of previous plugin versions. You could try v0.93 which came out in the same year as TXP 430.

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#1453 2014-08-24 14:13:01

Re: zem_contact_reborn 4.0.3.20

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#1455 2014-08-24 21:32:46

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#1456 2014-08-28 17:31:28

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#1457 2014-08-28 17:53:03

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#1458 2014-08-28 17:54:47

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#1459 2014-08-29 12:06:28

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#1460 2014-10-02 10:17:28

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#1462 2014-10-02 11:00:20

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castanet wrote #284435:

#1463 2014-10-02 12:05:16

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#1464 2014-10-02 12:56:03

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castanet wrote #284441:

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