Ryan, Also, I think it would be better to turn email confirmation back on before the spam bots discover this.
I don't know a way to manually confirm email addresses from the admin front end, but what I have done in the past was run this mysql query on the db: > update user set user_email_authenticated='20130207111111' where > user_name='Theusername'; Regards, Alisak. Alisak Sanavongsay Digital Assets Programmer http://library.ucmerced.edu 209.201.9073 [email protected] On Feb 7, 2013, at 9:00 AM, Shaun Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > Ryan, > Have you checked the mailserver logs? That might tell you if certain ISPs > are rejecting the messages, and may give a reason. > > Sometimes ISPs will reject a message if the sender's domain doesn't match the > domain it's coming from. You can set up your mail server to authenticate > with and use Gmail's SMTP servers to send mail. This "how-to" gives an > example of how to do it with msmtp: > > http://www.absolutelytech.com/2010/07/17/howto-configure-msmtp-to-work-with-gmail-on-linux/ > > -Shaun > > On 2/6/13 8:23 PM, Wick, Ryan wrote: >> Yes, several people don't seem to even get the messages in their spam or >> junk folders. And I don't see a way I can say "confirm this user's email >> anyway". >> >> For now, I've disabled email confirmation on the wiki. This won't help if >> you need to reset your password (so still email me your account info and I >> can take care of it) but should let others get started easier. Also you can >> try a new account with a different email address, such as Gmail. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Ryan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Alisak Sanavongsay >> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 4:43 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Editing Code4lib Wiki >> >> Perhaps the spam filters killed the messages? When I checked the headers, >> I'm seeing X-Spam-score of 9 or 10 from the confirmation emails >> ([email protected]) and password reset emails ([email protected]). I >> received both messages fine, and they didn't land in my spam/junk folder. >> Perhaps other people might have had those messages land in their spam/junk >> folders? Assuming the messages left the oregonstate.edu server. >> >> Regards, >> Alisak. >> >> Alisak Sanavongsay Digital Assets Programmer http://library.ucmerced.edu >> 209.201.9073 [email protected] >> >> >> >> On Feb 6, 2013, at 4:27 PM, "Wick, Ryan" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yeah it should be sending an email, showing as coming from >>> [email protected] but a few people aren't getting them. >>> >>> Send me your account name (here or the above gmail) and I can reset your >>> password manually. >>> >>> Ryan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> Robert Haschart >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:25 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Editing Code4lib Wiki >>> >>> I have tried editing the Code4lib wiki several times, but keep getting a >>> you have not confirmed your e-mail address message. >>> I then go to the Preferences page and try to do so. I am told that a >>> confirmation code is being mailed to me, but no mail ever seems to arrive. >>> >>> Does anybody have any suggestions? >>> >>> -Bob Haschart >>> >
