[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #53048: PHPMailer uses hardcoded default sender mail address, preventing mail to be sent
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Wed Apr 21 10:50:12 UTC 2021
#53048: PHPMailer uses hardcoded default sender mail address, preventing mail to be
sent
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Reporter: vinc17 | Owner: (none)
Type: defect (bug) | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Mail | Version: 2.2
Severity: normal | Resolution: invalid
Keywords: | Focuses:
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Comment (by vinc17):
Note that the admin of the website is not necessarily the same as the
admin in charge of e-mail. So it is important to get instructions at
WordPress installation time or at least technical information. I thought
that the WordPress installation was complete after following the
instructions, but this actually wasn't the case, and I wasn't aware of
that. In the WordPress general settings, there is an admin e-mail address,
but it is not used as the default From address, so that this is
surprising. One could also expect that the (Unix) login is used for the
e-mail address, as this is the default for various tools (so that it
should have worked). So, since WordPress uses something specific, it
should have documented it.
Note also that there are good reasons to reject non-existing e-mail
addresses, e.g. to limit phishing attempts or to detect MUA
misconfigurations. Moreover, using wordpress@ is a bad idea because there
may be multiple WordPress installations (with different admins) at this
domain, and they shouldn't share the same address. Troubleshooting tips
available on the web are not satisfactory in general (at least those I've
found); they do not replace instructions.
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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53048#comment:7>
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