Change In Member To Member Emails

The Basic Stuff

You are going to notice that member to member emails are a little different. We had to make a change to satisfy some of the major email providers. AOL and Yahoo that we know of so far.

All of the member emails you receive will now be "from" forums@ just like subscription emails instead of the email address of the member that sent it. The member name will still be included in the body of the email. When you hit "reply" it will still go directly to the member that sent it though just like it always has.

The Technical Stuff for Those of You With Your Own Sites Or Inquiring Minds

Here's what is happening. If these providers receive an email with a "from" email domain of Yahoo, but the actual email is not from a Yahoo server, they are bouncing the email. Interchange "Yahoo" with any domain you like. So far we know Yahoo and AOL are doing this for sure. Most will likely follow if they haven't started already.

So we made the "from" the forums@ email so that it matches the server it came from, and added the "reply-to" field with the email of the sending member so you can reply to them.