FormIt not sending mail (MODX Revo. Beta 5)

Quote from: Muggins at Sep 16, 2010, 11:59 AM

I too have this problem and have tried various solutions - is there a conclusive reason for the message "An error occurred while trying to send the email."

Thanks

That usually means the host has mail() turned off. Use the SMTP settings in System -> System Settings or the SMTP parameters in FormIt -- *but not both* -- to send from an SMTP account you have somewhere (e.g., Gmail).

Have checked with hosts who assure me that mail() function is enabled and yet I’m still having problem getting FormIt to work. Have tried the sample documentation in the ADDON documentation without any joy - did wonder if there was some sort of conflict with TinyMCE? Noticed that when code is checked in html the & is changed to & does this make a difference?
Will continue trying tomorrow.
Thanks for response.

Try this in a snippet (change the address in the first line to your email address):



If you get the mail, mail() is working.

I’ve run the snippet in last post and received the mail, so thats clarified that at least - now I will have to look closer at my form and call!

This is my call

[[!FormIt? &hooks=`email,redirect` &emailSubject=`Enquiry` &emailTpl=`emailResponse` &emailTo=`[email protected]` &redirectTo=`8`]]

And this is the form

[[+fi.error.error_message]]
<fieldset>
<form id="EmailForm" action="[[~[[*id]]]]" method="post">
<input name="nospam:blank" type="hidden" />

<h3>Your Details</h3>

<label class="label" for="Name">Your name:</label>
<input id="name" name="name:required" size="40" type="text" value="[[+fi.name]]" />
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.name]]</span>


<label class="label" for="Address">Address:</label>
<textarea id="address1" cols="20" rows="4" name="address"></textarea>


<label class="label" for="Postcode">Postcode: </label>
<input id="code" name="postcode:required" size="30" type="text" value="[[+fi.postcode]]" />
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.postcode]]</span>


<label class="label" for="Phonenumber">Contact Number:</label>
<input id="phone" name="phone:required" size="40" type="text" value="[[+fi.phone]]" />
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.phone]]</span>


<label class="label" for="Email">Your Email Address:</label>
<input id="email" name="email:email:required" type="text" value="[[+fi.email]]" />
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.email]]</span>

<hr />

<h3>Enquiry Details</h3>
<label class="label" for="subject">Please select subject:</label>
<select id="subject" name="subject">
<option value="None">--Select subject--</option>
<option value="Property Owner">Property Owner</option>
<option value="Advertising Opportunity">Advertising</option>
<option value="General">General</option>
</select>


<div id="message">
<label class="label" for="Message">Message: </label>
<textarea id="message" cols="20" rows="4" name="message"></textarea>
</div>


<input id="enquire" class="button" name="Enquire" type="submit" value="Send Enquiry" />
</form>
</fieldset>

Is there something wrong with my code?

Hello

As far as I can see in your posted code you have :


Maybe I’m wrong on this but I guess the ’fieldset’ should be into the ’form’ (a fieldset is a part of a form)., something like:


Hope this helps
Cheers

Majorly happy, managed to get FormIt working!

Re-installed FormIt and then used the example in documentation and that worked - cool! Next was to clean up my own form using the example as a basis and so below is the code I used which finally worked for me.

[[!FormIt? &amp;hooks=`spam,email,redirect` &amp;emailSubject=`Enquiry` &amp;emailTpl=`emailResponse` &amp;emailTo=`[email protected]` &amp;redirectTo=`8`]]
<p>[[+fi.error.error_message]]</p>
<form id="EmailForm" action="[[~[[*id]]]]" method="post">
<input name="nospam:blank" type="hidden" />
<h3>Your Details</h3>
<label for="Name">Your name:<span class="error">[[+fi.error.name]]</span></label>
<input id="name" name="name:required" type="text" value="[[+fi.name]]" />
<label for="Address">Address:</label>
<textarea id="address1" cols="20" rows="4" name="address"></textarea>
<label for="Postcode">Postcode:<span class="error">[[+fi.error.postcode]]</span></label>
<input id="code" name="postcode:required" type="text" value="[[+fi.postcode]]" />

<label for="Phonenumber">Contact Number:<span class="error">[[+fi.error.phone]]</span></label>
<input id="phone" name="phone:required" type="text" value="[[+fi.phone]]" />

<label for="Email">Your Email Address:<span class="error">[[+fi.error.email]]</span></label>
<input id="email" name="email:email:required" type="text" value="[[+fi.email]]" />
<h3>Enquiry Details</h3>
<label for="subject">Please select subject:</label>
<select id="subject" name="subject">
<option value="None">--Select subject--</option>
<option value="Property Owner">Property Owner</option>
<option value="Advertising Opportunity">Advertising</option>
<option value="General">General</option>
</select>
<div id="message">
<label for="Message">Message: <span class="error">[[+fi.error.message]]</span></label>
<textarea id="message" cols="55" rows="7" name="message:required:stripTags">[[+fi.message]]</textarea>
</div>
<input id="enquire" type="submit" value="Send Enquiry" />
</form>

Thanks for help - on to next headache!

Glad you got it sorted.

Thanks for reporting back.

I had a request for the chunk `emailresponse` that I’ve used with my formit call and thought others may wish to share, so here is the chunk I used - very simple

Message from website


[[+name]] ([[+email]]) wrote:
[[+subject]]

[[+message]]

Address: [[+address]]
Post Code: [[+postcode]]

Contact Number:[[+phone]]

Hello

I am using following code...Its not working....Giving no error n not sending mail..
Plz help ASAP


<h2 class="enq">ENQUIRY FORM</h2>
[[!FormIt?
&hooks=`recaptcha,spam,email,redirect`
&emailTpl=`MyEmailChunk`
&emailTo=`[email protected]`
&redirectTo=`6`
&validate=`name:required,
email:email:required,
subject:required,
text:required:stripTags,

]]


[[!+fi.error.error_message:notempty=`<p>[[!+fi.error.error_message]]</p>`]]

<form action="[[~[[*id]]]]" method="post" class="form">

<input type="hidden" name="nospam:blank" value="" />
<table>
<tr>
<td><label for="name">Name:</label></td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="[[+fi.name]]" />
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.name]]</span>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><label for="email">Email:</label></td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="[[+fi.email]]" />
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.email]]</span>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><label for="subject">Subject:</label></td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="subject" id="subject" value="[[+fi.subject]]" />
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.subject]]</span>
</td>
</tr>


<tr>
<td><label for="text">Message:</label></td>
<td>
<textarea name="text" id="text" cols="40" rows="7" value="[[+fi.text]]">[[+fi.text]]</textarea>
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.text]]</span>
</td>
</tr>






<td></td>
<td>
<div class="form-buttons">
<input type="submit" value="Send Contact Inquiry" />
</div>
</td>
</table>
</form>

Before going any further, I’d recommend downloading the QuickEmail package through Package Manager to make sure that your email system is working.