Newsletter Not Working

jriani · September 13, 2014, 03:58:57 PM

Hi all,
I've been trying to send a newsletter from SMF to a group with only 1 user in it, however the percentage increase only ever so slightly by 0.01% every refresh or so. I've checked all my error logs (all from SMF, PHP, and Apache) and nothing seems to triggering any problems. I receive emails when users signup on the forum and users are getting their confirmation emails. Any ideas?

Mstcool · September 14, 2014, 11:15:26 PM

What's the point of using the newsletter feature to email one user. Just email him/her individually.

jriani · September 15, 2014, 05:03:56 PM

Quote from: Mstcool on September 14, 2014, 11:15:26 PM
What's the point of using the newsletter feature to email one user. Just email him/her individually.

There is no point except to test the newsletter so I can send to 100's. If the newsletter won't send to 1 person is certainly isn't going to send to 100's. I just did this test to rule out any spam filtering.

Mstcool · September 15, 2014, 06:02:19 PM

Oh

Ed2 · September 15, 2014, 09:11:43 PM

Having the same problem...HELP

Ed2 · September 15, 2014, 10:10:32 PM

After sending an email..it counts down then this screen shows up VERY BRIEFLY

kat · September 16, 2014, 07:20:22 AM

Quote from: jriani on September 15, 2014, 05:03:56 PMI can send to 100's.

You probably won't be able to, easily, as most hosts set limits on such things.

Just as off-the-wall thing... In the newsletter settings, in the curiously named "Advanced" section, have you selected "Override Notification Settings:"? If the member has selected not to receive such things, they won't go through, unless that's selected.

Ed2 · September 16, 2014, 07:22:46 AM

Quote from: K@ on September 16, 2014, 07:20:22 AM
Quote from: jriani on September 15, 2014, 05:03:56 PMI can send to 100's.

You probably won't be able to, easily, as most hosts set limits on such things.

Just as off-the-wall thing... In the newsletter settings, in the curiously named "Advanced" section, have you selected "Override Notification Settings:"? If the member has selected not to receive such things, they won't go through, unless that's selected.

Let me jumpin "yes" that blockis checked...

jriani · September 28, 2014, 11:32:03 AM

Decided to go with PHPList for newsletter business and added a trigger so updates of `smf_members` updates PHPList automatically.

Ed2 · September 28, 2014, 01:23:08 PM

Quote from: jriani on September 28, 2014, 11:32:03 AM
Decided to go with PHPList for newsletter business and added a trigger so updates of `smf_members` updates PHPList automatically.

Found this link concerning PHPlist any other out there?

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=509982.msg3597361#msg3597361

jriani · September 28, 2014, 03:06:03 PM

Quote from: Ed2 on September 28, 2014, 01:23:08 PM
Quote from: jriani on September 28, 2014, 11:32:03 AM
Decided to go with PHPList for newsletter business and added a trigger so updates of `smf_members` updates PHPList automatically.

Found this link concerning PHPlist any other out there?

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=509982.msg3597361#msg3597361

I tried that but the trigger is causing a lot of warnings to pop up in syslog. I could write a script that gets kicked off with cron to sync the tables. Or maybe when people confirm their email I can add a hook in SMF script to add the email to PHPList. I read that triggers can be slow anyway.

Does anyone know what script is called when a user confirms their email address on SMF?

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