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Try switching off BP, and registering a new user through WP’s normal signup procedure wp-signup.php. Are WP emails being sent? If not, then this is probably not a BP problem, but is a problem with the configuration of your WP installation.

Hi everyone!

So, a +1 request from me for the second point: “is there a way to implement a redirect or a message of some sort to users who have registered but not yet activated their account? At the moment, trying to login with one of the new not activated accounts simple sends the user back to the home page. Something along the lines of a “Your account still needs to be activated, please follow the instructions in the email sent to your address.”

I’m working for a client who is having a MAJOR freak out because logins that aren’t activated silently fail to the home page without an error message. For now, I just activated BP-DISABLE-ACTIVATION and am putting a captcha on the e-mail but it’s not an airtight solution; the client would still like to verify that an e-mail is legitimate.

If I’m looking in the wrong place, let me know. Many thanks!
– Ernie

If only people didn’t believe that Email protocols and services were such a simple thing, the post above by deadpan10 gets closer than most to understanding some of the potential issues and that it’s NOT necessarily a WP/BP one.

Correctly set up email with correct and proper dns records might go some way to resolving issues many have, interestingly it’s pointed out that even given a correct SPF record Hotmail still appears to have issues, I have no answer to whether it’s the activation link but it’s an interesting notion.

As that guide is written b y Boone I guess it must be possible, if it hasn’t worked for you you need to review carefully what you have done and that you have followed all steps explicitly, and yes it might be a case that you need the css in which case test that theory by dropping the adminbar css file into your header for the top level site.

There is a means of deactivating the activation and there will be threads on the forum and – I think – a plugin so have a hunt around.

Don’t do this just to circumvent an issue you are having though; to want to remove activation because as you say “the verification email is being marked as spam most of the time” should be telling you that there is something wrong, email servers only apply filters based on sets of rules, you do have to ensure that when email servers look at incoming mail that they can verify it’s origin in other words perhaps you need associated dns mx records for your domain?

Email isn’t necessarily something that just works or something that WP magically deals with, all WP does is simply use a faux email relay such as sendmail it doesn’t know or care whether your emails report themselves correctly.

Hi guys,

Great plugin – some very critical registration form elements!

I’m having some trouble with the mailchimp integration. When I enable it via the bp-xtra admin page, I get a 404 error after users submit the registration form, and no address is added to my Mailchimp list. The user still gets the activation email, but the 404 is kind of ugly

I’ve set up the plugin properly: added my API key and the ID for the group… but 404 page remains unless I disable the mailchimp checkbox.

Anyone have this problem? Or any idea how to fix it?

Thanks in advance,
Dave.

Can your site send normal WP admin emails?

Try creating a user in wp-admin – did it send you an email?

See also: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/no-user_activation_key-inserted/

Steffy,

couple of thoughts –

Is your base WP install working correctly – does it send admin emails notification correctly (e.g. when a new user is added in WP backend)? If not, it is a base email configuration problem.

Have you got any additional plugins installed – one of our clients had a problem with a CAPTCHA plugin interfering with the activation process.

If neither of these, there are a number of threads on this site, dealign with the problem of activation emails not being sent – it might be worth searching those.

Roger

“To disable sending activation emails you can user the filter ‘bp_core_signup_send_activation_key’ and return false.”

Regarding the email problem — who is your host?

@zlamczyk and anyone else who finds this — to redirect activation email to admin….

function my_redirect_activation_email()
{
return get_site_option( “admin_email” );
}
add_filter(‘bp_core_activation_signup_user_notification_to’, ‘my_redirect_activation_email’);

I’m sure can be manipulated to plop user email in there.

Hi. I have found a solution to that no activation email has sent. Check this out http://www.thinkplexx.com/neokrates/fix-wordpress-and-buddypress-sendmail-problems-sign-up-complete-activate-your-account-via-the-email-but-email-doesnt-come

I actually used Google mail account. There in Google account settings also probably has to set that you use imap. I’m not sure of that. But now the activation email is sent and users can register.

@airrykah deactivate BuddyPress. It depends on your WordPress installation. Check if your install is sending out activation emails to those registering. Find resolution for your email problem at WordPress.org forums before activating BuddyPress.

If your WP activation email is working, deactivate any BP registration plugins and see if regular registration works.

Edit – there’s also a workaround, see if this works for you – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/faqs/specific-faqs/#register

Hi Micah,

Try this:
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/faqs/specific-faqs/#register

And see if that works for you.

Are you sure that the email was not placed in a spam folder?

Login as admin and go to domain.name/members/userid

There should be a marking stating the person is marked as a spammer. This comes from not activating the account from the email. It can be easily changed by pulling down from the admin bar.

@slaFFik tried to create an account to test, did not receive activation email.

I’m also seeing the same issue using WordPress 3.0 and Buddypress 1.2.5. Zero BP plugins installed.

Email gets sent, user clicks on it but still gets the activation code screen. Enter the code results in an error message about the code being incorrect.

It’s not a very good first impression.