Email sending problem

[wynnyelle]

Getting multiple errors like these:

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http://warriorcatsrpg.com/fan-clans-and-tribes/powerclan-signups-must-have-super-powers-325112.msg8422055.html.
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Ran into problems sending Mail. Error: 501 <>: missing or malformed local part

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http://warriorcatsrpg.com/index.php?action=profile;u=19005
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Ran into problems sending Mail. Error: 501 <danna@yahoo_clasen.com>: malformed address: _clasen.com> may not follow <danna@yahoo

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http://warriorcatsrpg.com/index.php?action=profile;u=19005
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Ran into problems sending Mail. Error: 501 <daddy'[email protected]>: "@" or "." expected after "daddy'"


I was also informed that the server is lagging badly due to all the emails being sent.

Would it be these errors?

Should  I turn off emails from being sent? Would this hurt forum activity? Is there a way to switch it on and off?

[Chas Large]

Well the answers are given in the three reports.

The first message was sent to a blank e-mail address

The second contains an e-mail address with an underscore in it which is sometimes not allowed in an e-mail address

The third contains an e-mail address with a ' in it, again that's sometimes  but mostly not allowed in an e-mail address.

See this list:

http://www.remote.org/jochen/mail/info/chars.html

I suggest you ask your users to change their e-mail addresses or ask your HOSTING provider if they can give a list of the mail forms they disallow or use a different mail service.

[wynnyelle]

Thanks. If they are invalid anyway I can do that.

[live627]

I was also informed that the server is lagging badly due to all the emails being sent.

Perhaps you should enable the mail queue and adjust it to send every hour or half hour.

[wynnyelle]

If it fixes the problem I'd do it. How do I do this?

[Chas Large]

If it fixes the problem I'd do it. How do I do this?

Read the Manual here: http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Mail