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Its probably related to a bug in version 3.0 where the activation email template did not install. There is a fix in the latest version, 3.1, but you have to do the following:

Activation email problems

If you did a fresh install of BuddyPress 3.0.0 on a single-site install, the activation email would not be sent out because the activation email was not properly installed.

To fix this, upgrade to BuddyPress 3.1.0 and in the WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to “Tools > BuddyPress” and select the “Reinstall emails” option.

BuddyPress 3.0.0 “Apollo” is now available!

Upgrade to BuddyPress 3.1.0 and view the section under “Activation email problems” for more details:

BuddyPress 3.0.0 “Apollo” is now available!

Did you look at this? https://buddypress.org/support/topic/activation-emails-are-not-being-sent/

Hello

In my case the activation email is sent with the link embedded in the email, a new user would click the link and then be diverted to a page asking for the activation code they never received. This is so frustrating.

See https://buddypress.org/support/topic/activation-emails-not-sent-not-able-to-add-the-patch-should-i-stay-or-go/

The next release is scheduled for next week.

In the meantime, replace bp-core/bp-core-functions.php with the following:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/master/src/bp-core/bp-core-functions.php

Then, go to the admin dashboard and navigate to “Tools > BuddyPress” and check the “Reinstall emails” option and the activation email template should be installed.

Thanks a lot @sharebophar for your solution. I had to do a little of adjustment but it was right on the spot!

PROBLEM:
buddypress nouveau not sending activation email but buddypress nouveau sending correctly emails to user for notifications on manually activated users. So in my case the problem was ONLY that the validation email was not sent. I say ‘only’ from a technical perspective but from the user perspective was a VERY BIG issue. Again thanks @sharebophar for your solution
Also note that I am not running a wordpress multisite.

SOLVED:
Here are the steps I have employed:

STEP 1
a) browse to “/bp-core/bp-core-functions.php” in buddypress plugin directory
b) replace the code for ‘core-user-registration’ and ‘core-user-registration-with-blog’ with the following one

	'core-user-registration' => array(
			/* translators: do not remove {} brackets or translate its contents. */
			'post_title'   => __( '[{{{site.name}}}] Activate your account', 'buddypress' ),
			/* translators: do not remove {} brackets or translate its contents. */
			'post_content' => __( "Thanks for registering!\n\nTo complete the activation of your account, go to the following link: <a href=\"{{{activate.url}}}\">{{{activate.url}}}</a>", 'buddypress' ),
			/* translators: do not remove {} brackets or translate its contents. */
                        'post_excerpt' => __( "Thanks for registering!\n\nTo complete the activation of your account, go to the following link: {{{activate.url}}}", 'buddypress' ),
		),
		'core-user-registration-with-blog' => array(
			/* translators: do not remove {} brackets or translate its contents. */
			'post_title'   => __( '[{{{site.name}}}] Activate {{{user-site.url}}}', 'buddypress' ),
			/* translators: do not remove {} brackets or translate its contents. */
			'post_content' => __( "Thanks for registering!\n\nTo complete the activation of your account and site, go to the following link: <a href=\"{{{activate-site.url}}}\">{{{activate-site.url}}}</a>.\n\nAfter you activate, you can visit your site at <a href=\"{{{user-site.url}}}\">{{{user-site.url}}}</a>.", 'buddypress' ),
			/* translators: do not remove {} brackets or translate its contents. */
			'post_excerpt' => __( "Thanks for registering!\n\nTo complete the activation of your account and site, go to the following link: {{{activate-site.url}}}\n\nAfter you activate, you can visit your site at {{{user-site.url}}}.", 'buddypress' ),
		),

STEP 2

a) go to wordpress dashboard, settings, buddypress
b) select and run the ‘repair email’ option

STEP 3

all now works. I have been testing it with dummy users. I hope the whole explanation helps.
Regards

You can check following thread https://buddypress.org/support/topic/can-someone-please-share-a-copy-of-the-default-activation-emails/

@smilingdeep Hey,every buddy,I found the resolution here, and It works on my site

Can someone PLEASE share a copy of the default activation emails?

@bassibabes1 on your site register auto login is enabled and that might be a reason users are not getting activation emails. I had registered at your site, and I was logged in at the same time. You might be added any plugin or custom codes inside the theme on purpose.

At the moment, I have a plugin called BP Disable Activation Reloaded which has disabled the normal BP Activation system. Then another plugin called User Activation By E-Mail is sending out an email to user, which contains a button for them to click on. Then they can login and are supposed to be redirected to the activation page, where they need to complete a form for extra data.

This is a complete hack workaround and I’m going to need to mess around with the user roles etc to get this working the way it needs to be.

Obviously, LOTS of people have this issue and it’s not something that can be ignored because members can’t actually access the site without that email. For this to have been going on for a decade is a joke and makes the plugin a lot less value in general. I wouldn’t consider purchasing anything without this working.

@vapvarun Yeah, I’ve tried numerous different Email plugins – they ALL work in every way APART from sending the BP activation email.

@sharebophar – yes that menu item only changes the look of the emails and has no impact on functionality.

I am having the exact same problem. I’m using a GSuite account, and have setup my emails on the WP site using GMail SMTP. I can send test emails from this plugin and am email comes from WP if I go through the Lost Password process. But NO activation email! ARGH!

hi i read a lot of posts here:
i have buddypress 3.0.0.

tried all those smtp plugins and still not activation code from buddypress, all site email and test email from the smtp plugins works ok

and idea??

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It looks like there is a bug where the activation email post is not created for new installs using single-site.

I’ve reported the bug here:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7869

The fix can be found here:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/7869/7869.01.patch

Once you’ve added the fix, go to “Tools > BuddyPress” in the admin dashboard and select “Reinstall emails”. This should add the missing activation email post.

Also this test i did in an incogneto window as well. so.

at least I know that the “Activation Key” is actually in the email that is sent saying “click here to activate”.

It would be nice if i could just make it redirect them to the dashboard allowing the email click to be an official registration…

Hi,

I was having the same issue, It turns out, the LINK that is sent in the email IS the activation key.

The text for the activation link shows https://mysite.com/register/yxyxyxyxyxyxyxyx/

the actual hyperlink is https://eur29.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmysite%2Factivate%2FTupSrVxRicmnKIEsQiuIlovErbwriTzJ%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C201b5e1d1dd54668ac5708d5c15eb009%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636627534774115404&sdata=qtu4TSSlCTvw7dSb7rmJoJkqkbp672R9ccFUuPuDA9M%3D&reserved=0

So I believe when the user lands at the activation page, the activation link is supposed to be auto populated. maybe there is a script or a listener on the page waiting for the activation link.

I think maybe due to the spam protector, the hyperlink is encrypted or screwed up, which keeps the “activation page” from listening for the key (which it would normally auto-populate)

I dont know if this is just an outlook issue, i haven’t tested it anyfurther. nor do i know if its an email server issue.

This first test user, the activation link was sent from a wordpress generated email (not tied to smtp or anything) i had to dig the email out of my spam.

so i’ll register the bbpress with an actual smtp email, and send to a gmail, and a yahoo..
and see if it auto populates the activation key field.

long story short, the activation link is in the url of the email link (with exception for mysite.com/register/)