Single step registration + Confirmation e-mail v0.1

[VLJ]

Originally Posted by bbrian017

I got this to work, thanks everyone

I am curious to know what the problem was... What did the trick?

[bbrian017]

Well I'm a noob when it comes to coding and pligg. I mean I can copy paste pretty good but when I have to copy paste and modify I'm in big trouble lol.

When people were signing up they were getting a confirmation e-mail that looked like this in the Body and Title,

Welcome to BlogEngagePLIGG_Visual_Name‏
From: admin@blogengage.com PLIGG_PassEmail_From

So I took out this,

. PLIGG_PassEmail_From . "\r\n"

and

. PLIGG_Visual_Name

So the register.php looked like this at first,

echo "Welcome $username<br />";
			echo "Check your e-mail for activating your account.<br />";
			$from = 'From: admin@blogengage.com' . PLIGG_PassEmail_From . "\r\n";
			$subject="Welcome to BlogEngage" . PLIGG_Visual_Name;
			$message = "Hello " . $username . ",\r\n\r\nThanks for registering with us. Please confirm your activation by clicking the following link or by copy, pasting it into your url address field of your browser.\r\n" . my_base_url . my_pligg_base . "/validation.php?code=$encode&uid=$username\r\n\r\nRegards,\r\nAdministrator";
			$to=$email;
			mail($to, $subject, $message, $from);

and now it works perfect like this,

			echo "Welcome $username<br />";
			echo "Check your e-mail for activating your account.<br />";
			$from = 'From: admin@blogengage.com';
			$subject="Welcome to BlogEngage" ;
			$message = "Hello " . $username . ",\r\n\r\nThanks for registering with us. Please confirm your activation by clicking the following link or by copy, pasting it into your url address field of your browser.\r\n" . my_base_url . my_pligg_base . "/validation.php?code=$encode&uid=$username\r\n\r\nRegards,\r\nAdministrator";
			$to=$email;
			mail($to, $subject, $message, $from);

[TobiParrot]

I think that should be

$PLIGG_Visual_Name

if you want it to pick up the site name from your prefs.

I haven't used this yet (waiting for PHP 4 version).

[bbrian017]

When I add it like that without the ; I get an error

Warning: mail(): Bad parameters to mail() function, mail not sent. in /home/content/b/b/r/bbrian017/html/blogengage/register.php on line 173

you need the ;

[TobiParrot]

Originally Posted by bbrian017

When I add it like that without the ; I get an error
you need the ;

Sorry bbrian017. Ignore the trailing dot (my copy-n-paste error). I just meant to highlight that the dollar sign is missing from the variable name. You do still need to close the statement with a semi-colon.

$subject="Welcome to " . $PLIGG_Visual_Name;

N.b. the space just after the word "to" will separate it from the site name, so it *should* say

Welcome to Blog Engage

If it doesn't work I wouldn't struggle. The way you have done it - by hard-coding the site name into the mail template - is perfectly o.k.

[bbrian017]

Thanks it seems to be working great, minus the waiting time to get the e-mails

I don't see why it's taking so long I run phpbb forums and I get e-mail instantly!

[TobiParrot]

Originally Posted by bbrian017

Thanks it seems to be working great, minus the waiting time to get the e-mails

When the PHP 4 version is released I'll check this, but my guess is there *may* be a problem with how the mail script constructs the email headers. In my experience, if the headers are wrong it can delay email quite badly.

[bbrian017]

Originally Posted by TobiParrot

When the PHP 4 version is released I'll check this, but my guess is there *may* be a problem with how the mail script constructs the email headers. In my experience, if the headers are wrong it can delay email quite badly.

You know how I could check this Tobi?

[elderblei]

Is the PHP4 version ready? It would be the best xmas present I ever had!!!

[TobiParrot]

@bbrian017

If you check the headers of a received email (open the message in Outlook Express, select 'file/properties' then the 'details' tab) there should be a 'return-path' header (not to be confused with 'reply-to'). Some mail transport systems require the return path to match the 'from' header.

Or, it may just be that your ISP subscribes to a Block List service like Spamhaus which can slow things down while mail is checked. If the emails have upset your host's own mail server spam filter, there should be an indication of that in the headers too.

One reason I would like to see the Pligg devs address the root vulnerability of this type of spam attack is that sending (potentially) hundreds of registration emails in one go sounds like a sure fire way to get yourself into trouble with your ISP.