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subtense on Jul 17. 2006. 5:11 pm

I have successfully installed activeCollab on my work PC :), however I have run into a small problem with the mail aspect of the application:-

In my php.ini file I've set the SMTP server to my company's Exchange server; and a quick test of the php mail function proves successful.

However, activeCollab doesn't seem to like this setup and gives me the following error on mail send attempt -

[color=blue]Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 553 malformed address: < Joe Bloggs <joe.bloggs@company.com>> in c:\websites\activecollab\environment\library\simplemail\transport\MtaMailTransport.class.php on line 22

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at c:\websites\activecollab\environment\library\simplemail\transport\MtaMailTransport.class.php:21) in c:\websites\activecollab\environment\functions\general.php on line 273[/color]

Any help much appreciated, I'd very much like to fully evaluate this great looking application but I'm somewhat stalled at the mo...

Staff

Ilija Studen on Jul 17. 2006. 5:15 pm

Known issue. Problem is when you use "My name <name@gmail.com>" format of email in To (Bcc).

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subtense on Jul 18. 2006. 8:55 am

I guess the only way to fix this is either:

1. Modify the email headers within activeCollab
2. Don't use Exchange server

Any (other) suggestions Ilija?

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Ilija Studen on Jul 18. 2006. 12:46 pm

subtense:
I guess the only way to fix this is either:

1. Modify the email headers within activeCollab
2. Don't use Exchange server

Any (other) suggestions Ilija?

Currenty thats it. Here is the quick fix:

1. open environment/library/simplemail/MailAddress.class.php
2. find function toString()
3. convert:

/**
* Return properly formated email address with name and address
*
* @access public
* @param void
* @return string
*/
function toString() {
  if(trim($this->getName()) == '') {
    return trim($this->getEmail());
  } else {
    return trim($this->getName()) . ' <' . trim($this->getEmail()) . '>';
  } // if
} // toString

to:

/**
* Return properly formated email address with name and address
*
* @access public
* @param void
* @return string
*/
function toString() {
  return trim($this->getEmail();
} // toString

Report back if this one works. I don't have exchange to test it but this should fix the problem for you.

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subtense on Jul 18. 2006. 2:18 pm

Thanks for your quick responses.

Yes, that makes perfect sense. What doesn't though, is what's happening now:

I add a new user & choose to send a confirmation email. I submit the form data and get a blank page back. No SMTP error, just no response from the server from this address - http://xyz/activeCollab/index.php?c=user&a=add&company_id=1. The user is successfully created (if I refresh the page I'm told so) but still no email.

:(

Staff

Ilija Studen on Jul 18. 2006. 2:24 pm

Sorry, try this:

/**
* Return properly formated email address with name and address
*
* @access public
* @param void
* @return string
*/
function toString() {
  return trim($this->getEmail());
} // toString

I made a typo :(

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subtense on Jul 18. 2006. 3:12 pm

Excellent, thank you Ilija. Fully operational :)

Staff

Ilija Studen on Jul 18. 2006. 3:53 pm

Glad to hear that. Report if you find any problems...

I'll make a config option that lets users set up aC to work in "Exchange compatible" mode.

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