[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60420: Default sender address

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#60420: Default sender address
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 Reporter:  thinlinecz       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Mail             |     Version:  1.5.1.2
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by SirLouen):

 Replying to [comment:8 michael.orlitzky]:
 > Mail hooks etc. are good workarounds for people who know what the
 problem is, but TBH we just patch wordpress. I reported this because there
 are a lot of people out there who know nothing about email except that
 they don't get certain messages from their hosted WP installations. Using
 the admin address isn't perfect, but it's a lot more likely to work
 because, if the admin address doesn't work at all, someone is likely to
 notice.

 Generally, hostings set all this for you when you set up your WP with
 them.

 If anyone is plain clueless about hooks, you better not be using anything
 but a hosting, or this will be your best problem.

 Again, adding more fields to the frontend is probably never going to
 happen. The tendency is to remove fields, in fact, the overall tendency is
 going full headless config-wise with just the content management part from
 the CMS. As I said, the admin email looks intuitive, but at the same time
 it will run inadequate. It's not uncommon to have your Gmail for
 notifications for example, as admin email and some server email for
 delivery (in fact it's much more common than the other way around). So
 definitely, intuition is not necessary the best practice.

 Finally, stunts in this regard are left for extenders. Also be aware that
 having WP deal with email as a smarthost is not the best idea because it
 could add some overhead. Generally, you should be trying to leave this
 100% to your local MTA and be as lean as possible. Personally, I only set
 manually these parameters for testing, but this is not the best practice.

 Currently, I'm leaning more towards supporting and elaborating on @knutsp
 idea, which aligns more with the current state of the art of WP

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