okay deactivated every plugin except BuddyPress. Am using BP-Mag theme built for BuddyPress…
no activation email still! I am screwed!
I am having the same issue. WordPress 3.3.1 and BuddyPress 1.5.4
Added the custom code from above to the functions.php – did not help. Cannot get the activation email to get sent and I have tried 15 different REAL email accounts including comcast.net, verizon.net and yahoo.net.
After Registration… it lands me on the Registration Complete message… tells me an activation email is waiting for me. But also have the Gravatar Upload available. If I try to upload anything, it just bumps me out, because I have NOT activated yet.
I am STUMPED! I will try deactivating ALL plugins but I am down to the bare bones now.
Someone please help… I am weeks over due and I thought I was just about ready to launch… now this!
Thanks!
another great question, thanks for the support btw. Ah where do people log in? I didnt see a widget, and whats the purpose of an activation page if the email link directs you to successful activation? Thanks
Can you share an example link from the emails?
Yes the https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mail-from/ plugin changes the from mail with a user or a specified email as aces said above.
Seems my issue was I installed a Private Community plugin did not even activate it and it created a problem with buddypress sending out the email
As soon as I removed the plugin the issue was resolved. I need only add my categories, social login and bingo we are up and running.
Love WordPress 
Actually I think this could also be related to a bug in the way BP handles breaking down the domain to build the from email address.
for instance my WP URL does not include the WWW.
and I have tried fresh installs on servers where the SMTP is known to be set up correctly and activation emails stop working once BP is installed, no other plugins installed either.
In order to get my emails from buddypress to work (including the activation email) I had to add this to my functions.php to explicitly set my “from” address.
`
//Fix Email issue
function fix_bp_core_email_from_address_filter() {
return apply_filters( ‘bp_core_email_from_address_filter’, ‘noreply@yoururl.com’);
}
add_filter( ‘wp_mail_from’, ‘fix_bp_core_email_from_address_filter’ );`
be sure to change “yoururl.com” with your actual URL.
This has been working for me, so far.
Thanks much I found out what it was. I put a plugin that was not compatible or tested with current versions.
My Bad I should have known better
I will check into the other things as well.
I already have mail-from I will get the others as well can only help in the future.
Thanks Again.
Sometimes the email gets stuck in spam or junk filters.
To get email working, some web hosts require an extra wordpress plugin, such as:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mail-from/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/configure-smtp/
wp-mail-smtp and configure-smtp can send a test email which often provides useful debug information!
This is a frequently discussed issue here and people have found all three different plugins useful – there may be others.
Please check your host’s knowledge base or faq for further information….
Sometimes the email gets stuck in spam or junk filters.
To get email working, some web hosts require an extra wordpress plugin, such as:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mail-from/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/configure-smtp/
wp-mail-smtp and configure-smtp can send a test email which often provides useful debug information!
This is a frequently discussed issue here and people have found all three different plugins useful – there may be others.
Please check your host’s knowledge base or faq for further information….
Another detail I realised, on wp-signups table, I found my 2 tests, with activation key and all. I got the info from the site holder, that ppl arent able to register since september, 2011.
On the wp-signup, I see 767 entries for new user, none of them activated, all of them have suspicious email accounts and the dates started mid september.
I was trying to use configure-smtp but it was generating error codes, so it was not working either way.
I hadn’t found that post, but it would probably would have done the trick.
As noted below, I now have it working with configure-smtp, but, is there a reason you like WP Mail SMTP over configure-smpt?
Many thanks,
Rory
Solved.
I needed to use the Configure SMTP plugin, but leave the default SMPT host at “local host”.
I needed to spend more time searching the error codes I was getting. That google search lead me to a post at http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/installing-mu-plugins
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Solved now – The hosting company told me to swap outgoing mail server from “host111.hostmonster.com” to “localhost’ and now seems to be working.
Thanks tremendously for all your help @Ulrich and others….
It’s not easy being green.
R
If you are using configure-smtp then, from what I can see, it will be sending via smtp not php.
Have you tried using WP Mail SMTP? It can send via php…
The last post on https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/register-confirmationactivation-email-is-not-sent-out/ might be useful (If you hadn’t already found it)…
Sort of, maybe. It tells me somewhere out there at bluehost php sendmail is waiting for instructions.
I already did my very best to uninstall WP (using simplescripts), delete the WP DB and DB users, and delete any other traces I could find using ftp. When I re-installed, I could register a new user to the WP installation and generate a successful activation email (which looked just like the ones they are talking about in your forum link). Then I installed BP, went through the same registration process, same address, same result in the WP BP users lists, but no email is sent.
Something is not landing in the right place or getting updated correctly when BP is installed. Still flummoxed.
Thank you though.
R
Is https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/206 – from their knowledge base – any help? ?
Aces,
I tried the Mail From plugin. That did not work.
I did finally have success (thanks to your post links and some tests).
Here is what worked:
1. Created a brand new email address at my host called noreply@mydomainname.com.
2. Installed the WP Mail SMTP plugin.
3. Entered the new noreply email account info into WP Mail SMTP and used it as the SMTP for the site outgoing mail.
Then I tested it. I entered a new test member. I received the Confirmation / Activation Email. I clicked and was activated.
It’s not perfect, but it works.
Thank you for your persistent help.
-Mike
Rockter,
Good idea. I did look in junk folders. Still no email.
I am convinced it is not being sent out of BP/WP registration.
Other ideas?
Thanks.
-Mike
Aces,
Good idea. Cool pluggin. I was looking for a SMTP pluggin, but some how missed this one.
I was able to install WP-Mail-SMTP.
I sent a “test” message from inside WP-Mail-SMTP and it went through.
However, when I tried to sign up / register a test member, NO Confirmation / Activation email was sent
I removed and re-installed BP, but still same problem.
Any other ideas?
Thanks.
-Mike
Have you tried installing https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ then sending a test email from the settings page?
The debug information should indicate where the problem is and the error codes can be googled for further info if necessary….
sorry for my bad english… oh i mean my bad php you mean i should create a favourite.php like the reply.php and put some code in it? and then another code in the functions.php in my theme folder? i checked the codex section but could not find anything. ithis is the last issue i have to solve. first i had ablank pages after installing. isolved it months ago>> thx to the community, then i had activation email issues. solved this too. third was that the sitewide forum did not work properly. i decided to use simple:press, which is also compatible with bp. but i have no idea how to php. man i want to learn php so bad. and i will, with time. can you explain me a last time how to fix this. i see the fav section but no threaded comments in bp_activity_functions but have no idea what to to. plzzz
Are they in a spam or junk folder?
Have you tried installing https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ then use it to send a debug email? It can show where an email gets stuck and error codes that can be googled….
Thanks Paul, yes I created it myself.
I followed the convert your theme instructions and everything else appears to be working, expect my newly registered users arent getting the activation email.
@mercime,
Thank you so much for your response. I read some of your insightful comments and thought about writing you a PM earlier today. I did not in order to respect your time.
I’m using WP 3.1.1,Genesis 1.8 and Genesis Connect 1.1 with an AgentPress v 1.0 Child Theme. It turns out I thought it through and followed your advice on my own, though I didn’t do all the manual code deletions.
Upon re-install, I still didn’t get the wizard to display or launch. Accordingly, I followed the outline provided by the link and completed the process manually.
At this point, members are loading, activity stream is posting, and I have posted 10 forums in the group forum page.
Missing are any data or forms on the register page. Activate ask for an activation key that I assume comes from an email. I don’t know how to create the log in for the register page????
Should I update to AgentPress 2.0 as a possible solution.
Thanks for any further help you may be kind enough to offer.
Mike
I’m not sure why the activate page is still there as the email now has an automated link but I have figured a way to rectify this! Just install a wp redirection plugin and forward the activate page to whatever URL you would like! I also would recommend using the the login logout redirect plugin!
