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Re: Sending Mass Email Error.

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janus_zonstraal wrote: โ†‘Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:34 pm My question was, can you send a PM (private message) to anyone or not?
And if you can, do the receive the PM?
Mass E-Mail is not possible from shared hosting. Let me know if we can do anything else.
If your host say, you can't send emails it it useless to try it I think?
Alright thanks buddy... so what do I do then. send an email to 1019 users one at a time ehh
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Re: Sending Mass Email Error.

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Again, can you send them a Private Message?

Not a email but a PM
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janus_zonstraal wrote: โ†‘Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:50 pm Again, can you send them a Private Message?

Not a email but a PM
very good point DUH!
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That seems to be a DNS error server's side (ask your host)

Alternatively could be an issue with a PHP function, so check if fsockopen is active
Save this file as fso.php in your forum's root and give to it a shot (on the fly..)

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<?php
if (function_exists('fsockopen'))
{
	echo 'yes';
}
else
{
	echo 'no';
}
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Re: Sending Mass Email Error.

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3Di wrote: โ†‘Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:36 pm That seems to be a DNS error server's side (ask your host)

Alternatively could be an issue with a PHP function, so check if fsockopen is active
Save this file as fso.php in your forum's root and give to it a shot (on the fly..)

Code: Select all

<?php
if (function_exists('fsockopen'))
{
	echo 'yes';
}
else
{
	echo 'no';
}


I did host said

Hello, David

Mass E-Mail is not possible from shared hosting. Let me know if we can do anything else.

Best regards,
Jovan
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Only reason I want mass email to work is because if I do a PM, which I have in the past certain users haven't been back, and they don't get a notification that a PM has been sent.
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I asked you to run that test file and report, I have already read this topic as its whole before to reply, so I know what you asked and what not to your host already. Is not possible to help you further if you don't follow the advices. :)

And the potential DNS error server's side is not related to the answer your host gave to you.
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Re: Sending Mass Email Error.

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3Di wrote: โ†‘Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:17 am I asked you to run that test file and report, I have already read this topic as its whole before to reply, so I know what you asked and what not to your host already. Is not possible to help you further if you don't follow the advices. :)

And the potential DNS error server's side is not related to the answer your host gave to you.


There were one or more errors while sending the email. Please check the Error log for detailed error messages.

Email error
ยป EMAIL/PHP/mail()
/forum/adm/index.php

uploaded file there
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Please tell me if my post right above yours ^^ isn't correctly phrased, I am not a native speaker. :)
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3Di wrote: โ†‘Wed Nov 15, 2017 1:29 am Please tell me if my post right above yours ^^ isn't correctly phrased, I am not a native speaker. :)
Just told you what I did that you wanted me to do. tried mass email again and got an error.
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I told you to run a test file which I posted the code. That's what I asked you to do.

I give up, sorry. Good luck.
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3Di wrote: โ†‘Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:02 am I told you to run a test file which I posted the code. That's what I asked you to do.

I give up, sorry. Good luck.
i did do that.. i uploaded it to the root folder. what else do you want me to do. get mad very easily huh!?
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Re: Sending Mass Email Error.

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YOUAREtehSCENE wrote: โ†‘Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:07 am
3Di wrote: โ†‘Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:02 am I told you to run a test file which I posted the code. That's what I asked you to do.

I give up, sorry. Good luck.
i did do that.. i uploaded it to the root folder. what else do you want me to do. get mad very easily huh!?
I get mad very easily if I ask to RUN it, not only UPLOAD it. :)
3Di wrote: โ†‘Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:36 pm That seems to be a DNS error server's side (ask your host)

Alternatively could be an issue with a PHP function, so check if fsockopen is active
Save this file as fso.php in your forum's root and give to it a shot (on the fly..)

Code: Select all

<?php
if (function_exists('fsockopen'))
{
	echo 'yes';
}
else
{
	echo 'no';
}
For forum's root I mean where there is also index.php, so to be clear a bit more.

That file once ran will tell you if the function fsockopen (which is involved in your error log BTW) is active/working (YES) or not (NO), right on your SCREEN.

To add, if the answer is YES then the function isn't the issue here but it could be a DNS error server side (ask your host about that), if NO then ask your host to fix that fsockopen function's issue.
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