[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 michael.orlitzky):

 Replying to [comment:9 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.

 The hosting company ''cannot'' set this up for you unless they are also
 the email host for the domain. If we host the WP for example.com and if
 example.com has DKIM/DMARC, I cannot just set up DKIM signing on our
 server with the private keys that we don't have. I also do not have a good
 idea what the correct value is, or know the people who are maintaining the
 theme...

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

 It's not a matter of being clueless about hooks, but being required to
 modify a theme in almost every WP deployment because the default is wrong
 out-of-the-box.

 > 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.

 I understand if no one wants to add new fields, but I don't think I
 understand your argument. Is the admin email address meant to be used as
 the "From" address when sending WP mails? If it is, then the admin address
 is preferable to any address that doesn't work. If ''not'', what you're
 saying would make sense (and I would agree), but it would also contrast
 with the fact that WP itself and a huge number of very popular plugins are
 already using the admin address as the "From" address (because there's no
 better option!).

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