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sirlancelot Reply #181, 19 years, 8 months ago

Quote from: pixelchutes at Jan 22, 2007, 01:16 PM

However, I invoke the eFormOnBeforeMailSent method to use eForm2db, however, eFormOnBeforeMailSent comes BEFORE the
			if( $protectSubmit ){
check...

...Should it come after??

Use the ’eFormOnMailSent’ event and set &noemail to 1. $protectSubmit is supposed to protect against multiple mailings, or submissions, or db updates (using eForm2db). ’eFormOnBeforeMailSent’ is for events to occur before the form is actually submitted.

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pixelchutes Reply #182, 19 years, 8 months ago

@sir,

Indeed. So, I guess what I want to know now is, when/why would you want to invoke eFormOnBeforeMailSent before if( $protectSubmit ){ .. ?

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sirlancelot Reply #183, 19 years, 8 months ago

Quote from: pixelchutes at Jan 23, 2007, 09:51 PM

So, I guess what I want to know now is, when/why would you want to invoke eFormOnBeforeMailSent before if( $protectSubmit ){ .. ?

I have no idea laugh

I imagine it could be used to manipulate the data one last time before it’s emailed/saved. Perhaps to add a ’message id’ or check a database to make sure the data about to be submitted doesn’t exist maybe...

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Taff Reply #184, 19 years, 8 months ago

Hey there. I’m trying to setup eform 1.4.3 I kept getting a "mail cannot be instantiated" error with 1.4.1 so I upgraded.

[!eForm? &formid=`ContactForm` &subject=`[+subject+]` &to=`[(email_sender)]` &fromname='Adrian Lawley' &ccsender=`1` &tpl=`ContactForm` &report=`ContactFormReport` &gotoid=`46`!]

is what I’m using. Before I inserted the &fromname it worked once, but used [email protected] as the reply address. I had already changed what I thought to be the email address of my domain under tools>configuration>user>email address (Here you can specify the e-mail address used when sending users their usernames and passwords.

I placed [(email_sender)] somewhere on the page to see what it kicks out and it gave me 2 which was when I realised I need help

Any pointers please?

Thanks in advance!
Taff

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Ryan Thrash Reply #185, 19 years, 8 months ago

fromname is using single-quotes, not back-tics.

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sottwell Reply #186, 19 years, 8 months ago

and it’s [(emailsender)].

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Taff Reply #187, 19 years, 8 months ago

Firstly, thank you both for looking!

Quote from: rthrash at Jan 25, 2007, 08:14 PM

fromname is using single-quotes, not back-tics.

Thanks I must have overlooked that.

Quote from: sottwell at Jan 25, 2007, 11:27 PM

and it’s [(emailsender)].

Isn’t emailsender for the contactForm and email_sender for the eform? That is how it was setup when I installed ModX?

I tried it but still get a "Could not instantiate mail function. " Even though it now displays the correct email address. If I reset it to email_sender then it takes me to the Thank you page but not with the correct email Address.

I deleted the following from my Contact Us page, as recommended in another thread where someone else was having the same "Could not instantiate mail function" error.

[[Contac tForm? &sendTo=`[(emailsender)]`]]

which doesnt seem to make a difference.

After a while of trial and error I get emailsender to return the correct email address now. Unfortunately the email still doesn’t get sent.

If anyone has any tips or wants to take a look the site is www.adrianlawley.com I will leave it online for a bit just in case someone can. If anyone wants a manager password, I would be pleased to give them one....

So little hair left & so many errors

Thanks,
Taff

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sottwell Reply #188, 19 years, 8 months ago

Sorry, was thinking you were referring to the default MODx email, as set in the site configuration.

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Taff Reply #189, 19 years, 8 months ago

Quote from: sottwell at Jan 26, 2007, 01:41 AM

Sorry, was thinking you were referring to the default MODx email, as set in the site configuration.

It’s quite alright, any answer gets me thinking. So if I use email_sender that is the email set in the site config, the one that is used for sending out emails to registered users?

I take it that emailsender must be a variable defined specifically for eform then.

I wish I could reset it to when it worked undecided

So that I could try and find the error.

Oh well, it will have to wait til after work.

Thanks again for all your help. I would be lost here without your help and the help of others.

Taff

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sottwell Reply #190, 19 years, 8 months ago

Site settings like [(site_name)] and [(emailsender)] and [(modx_charset)] are taken from the database, and are set in the Tools -> Configuration section of the Manager. Their names are taken directly from the database field names. I’m not aware of any [(email_sender)].

http://modxcms.com/modx-tags.html

By default, unless it’s changed recently, eForm will send to [(emailsender)] without any &to being specified in the snippet call.

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