Elgg email coming from bluehost box

[nickr]

I've set up Elgg v1.0, but email notification comes from username@boxXXX.bluehost.com. I know you can fix this problem in Wordpress by setting up a wordpress@domain.com email account, but how about Elgg?

My domain is subdomain.domain.com. I've tried admin@subdomain.domain.com and admin@domain.com for email addresses without luck. Is the bit before the "at" important, and if so, what should it be?

Thanks to anyone who can shine some light on this.

[nickr]

Solved. This is how I did it:

1. I set up an email account for the main domain, e.g. admin@domainname.com

2. In Elgg, I opened /engine/lib/notification.php

3. I found

$headers = "From: $sitename <$from>\r\n"

4. ...and changed it to:

$headers = "From: $sitename <admin@domainname.com>\r\n"

[felgall]

Why didn't you just change the value assigned to $from?

[nickr]

Why didn't you just change the value assigned to $from?

Because $from is passed around between files, and since I've only just installed Elgg and haven't a clue where anything is, my solution was easier.

[wbeale2000]

Why didn't you just change the value assigned to $from?

hi felgall
can you give me the entire code line i need to change please asi have the same problem.
thanks cash for putting me on to this and thanks felgall in advance
wayne

[felgall]

can you give me the entire code line i need to change please asi have the same problem.

It is just about impossible to say what to change in your code without seeing the code.

[wbeale2000]

hi cash and felgall
Cash your fix worked but ive just noticed that new users dont get an e-mail sent upon reg...
Also the fix doesnt work for the mass mailout plugin i get the same problem

heres some code for that application it in the mass_mailouts/index.php

$site = $CONFIG->site;
if (($site) && (isset($site->email))) // Has the current site got a from email address?
$from = $site->email;
else if (isset($from->url)) // If we have a url then try and use that.
{
$breakdown = parse_url($from->url);
$from = 'noreply@' . $breakdown['host']; // Handle anything with a url
}
else // If all else fails, use the domain of the site.
$from = 'noreply@' . get_site_domain($CONFIG->site_guid);
$headers = "From: \"{$CONFIG->site->name}\" <{$CONFIG->site->email}>\r\n"
. "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed\r\n"
. "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n"
. "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\r\n";
mail($email, sprintf($email_subject, $CONFIG->site->name),wordwrap($emailmessage), $headers);

}
}
system_message(elgg_echo('mass_mailouts:success')) ;
$result = elgg_echo('mass_mailouts:success');

} else {
register_error(elgg_echo('mass_mailouts:failure')) ;
$result = elgg_echo('mass_mailouts:failure');


i hope that helps

[felgall]

That code looks like it is trying to send from a noreply@ email address. Have you actually created that email address so that there is a n address for replies to go to as you can't send from an address that doesn't exist.

[wbeale2000]

yes i have as it works fine from my message boards, unfortunately i dont yet have a grasp of the code but im hoping to understand it a bit better in the next 3 months
thanks felgall