I just created a site with drupal 4.7. I have various modules installed.
Now that my site is almost ready i installed the user_status module.
When I use this module it will never send out an email but it will also not give me an error.
I have removed all my other modules and tried again but this didnt solve the issue. I have tried this module on another server and it seems to work without problems. The main difference between the 2 servers is the working one is PHP4 and the faulty one is PHP5.

Can this be PHP5 related?

-carlo

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dww’s picture

dww
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yes, it could definitely be php5 related. i haven't tested the module in a php5 environment. do you see any errors in your "admin/logs" page? that'd be helpful for debugging this.

time permitting, i'll setup a site in php5 and try things out.

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clandmeter commented

No i didn't see any errors on screen or in admin panel.

Would be nice to get it working, if i can help let me know.

-carlo

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bluecobalt commented

No emails sent out for me as well.

Drupal 4.7 and PHP 4.3.1.0

No errors on screen or in logs. Doesn't work for change in activate, block, or delete status.

Have tried it with and without logintoboggan module.

Any ideas on this?

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dww
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sorry folks, i've been overwhelmed as the maintainer of the project and cvslog modules (not to mention, oh yeah, my day job). i haven't had a chance to do any investigation of these problems. last i tried this, it all worked fine for me. ;) if anyone can pinpoint the problem and generate a patch, i'll gladly review and apply it. until then, i can't promise i'll have much time to attempt to debug this in the near future... wish i could be more help, but i have finite time and nearly infinite work being handed my way...

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bigbman commented

I'm having the same problem, but I think it may be our smtp settings. I remember I had to go through a few hacks to get email to properly relay through my ISPs smtp server. I may have to do this again to get this, and other modules working for this type of setup.

Check out this search if you think you have the same problems\setup: http://drupal.org/search/node/smtp+relay

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clandmeter commented

Ok I think i found my solution.

What seems to be the problem is that i didn't configure:

admin => settings => General settings => E-mail address:

If this variable isn't set the module doesn't send out emails in contrary to the normal user module which does send out emails when this variable isn't set.

-carlo

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dww
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Assigned: Unassigned » dww
Status: Active » Fixed

great, glad you found it. i just updated the INSTALL.txt file to make it clear this step is required for the module to work. the INSTALL.txt (and README.txt, for that matter), were pretty out of date and crusty, so i gave them both a good re-write. i'm closing this issue, since i think this solves it. please re-open if there's anything more.

thanks,
-derek

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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)