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#22892 Using subdomain for email address

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Latest post by tampe125 on Friday, 03 July 2015 02:21 CDT

rivermedia
Greetings!

In my usage of ATS, I have verified that the email to 'send/receive/post new replies' is working.
My issue is, when I change the email address to use a sub-domain, it appears to take longer to check and retrieve, but the real problem is, any email sent to the new address or alias disappears and does not get added to the system.

Originally I used an email like: <[email protected]>
Then I changed it to an email like: <[email protected]>

My client would really like the option of using the sub-domain version of an email.
Is there any reason why the processing of the emails would change, simply because we added a sub-domain?

Let me add, I left the passwords the same, so when I change back and forth between accounts, all I am doing is changing the email itself in the ATS options (as well as the new alias in the category parameters). Also, I can access the webmail for both accounts without issue.

Your assistance is much appreciated!

rivermedia
Oh yes, and let me add... I am using cron to check for email every 5 minutes. Just tested again and the <[email protected]> email was processed within 5 minutes, while the sub-domain email didn't process until almost 30 minutes. And when I say processed, that's when it disappeared from the inbox.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
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Our developers are already investigating this. Your ticket came in at the end of their shift (different timezone) so you'll see our reply tomorrow afternoon in your timezone. Thank you in advance for your patience!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

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tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Hello Bob,

I made some tests and I found the cause of your issue.
Every email message has an unique id assigned by the mail server, we use this ID to avoid processing the same email twice.
Sadly, such ID is linked to the email address: this means that when you change the email address, the ID could be reset, leading to the situation you just reported.

Thank you for your report, we will start working on a workaround immediately.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Can you please download the latest dev release and try again?

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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rivermedia
I have installed the latest dev version of ATS and my issue would appear to be resolved.
The email response was added to the appropriate ticket and I received the admin email notification.

Are you saying my issue really had to do with me changing the email address, rather than it being a sub-domain account?

Interesting, would never have thought of that. I was just looking at the obvious.

Thanks for your assistance! Do you have an ETA on a release date for stable?

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Interesting, would never have thought of that. I was just looking at the obvious.
Sadly these days are the Bring your weird ticket at work: we had an increase of completely absurd issues...
Sigh, must the full moon.

Anyway, we are working on the next release since some time, so I think it should get out quite soon (within a month or so)

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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