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I have 2 full on XOOPS sites and have had a problem with "some" guests not being able to register. My wife finally figured out the problem. So here is the set-up.
1. Guests using hotmail or yahoo mail as their primary e-mail would never get a "activation" e-mail. There are surely other e-mail systems that also have this problem but I don't know.
2. Guest trying to register with an IP based e-mail for the registration process did not have problems getting through the full registration process.
3. I was using a "gmail" e-mail address for the "Admin Mail Address" found in the XOOPS Admin Control Panel at Preferences Main »» General Settings
Here is what my problem was:
1. Hotmail and Yahoo Mail thought the automated "activation e-mail" that XOOPS sends out was sp*m or some kind of IP spoofing. These e-mails never reach their intended destination In-Box as they were blocked right at the Hotmail/Yahoo server.
The Fix:
I changed the site "Admin Mail Address" to an email that matched my website IP. For example:
Website:
http://thesite.camOld "Admin Mail Address":
tim@gmail.camNew "Admin Mail Address":
tim@thesite.camI'm sure there are others out there having this problem and I'm sure somewhere in the XOOPS documentation, this fix is addressed but I could not find it.
Hopefully someone out there will find this fix useful.