I tried to look at the 7.3.1 changelog but I get an error when I tried to access it, so I don't know if this is something fixed in 7.3.1.

When I send out mass emails, I use the BCC method, but I enter members@myforum.com as the default email address. However, I find that when the emails are delivered the To: line is blank and does not contain the default address. This is causing lots of rejected mail from my users' servers. I'm pretty sure that in previous versions (but not sure how far back) the default addy DID get added to the To: line when sending by BCC.

Don't enter a default email address ie something in the to: field.

How is that going to help? The problem is, some of my members are not receiving my emails because there is NOT something in the TO: field. The Threads software should place an address in the TO: field if you enter a default address. That way the emails won't be rejected by some email servers that require something in the TO: field.

If you put something in the bcc, and leave the to field empty, it will put the receivers address in there for each recipient.

I left the default blank like you suggested and send an email via bcc and again the TO: line was blank. It did not put in the members' names in the TO: field.

Hmm, this must be something with how your email server is sending things out. I just did a test here, and leaving the To field blank while sending BCC, and it put each email into the To field.

Since it's dropping the To: even when you have something specified, I'll need to look and see what might be going on there.

I recently changed servers, so you may be onto something. I thought I remembered that it used to put "members@mydomain.com" in the TO: field if that was what I entered as the default. SO maybe I need to change something a my mail set up....any help or thoughts where to begin would be most welcome.

Can you find out if they are using Sendmail, Qmail, or Exim as the mail server, Basil?

I'm using sendmail for scripts, the path is /usr/sbin/sendmail


The server mail transport software is exim


Basil

Bump - anyone?