Errors in Auction Email Notification

[Chuck S]

Not sure which email your referring to. The site emails are still the same.

[allcompu]

I emailed to one I have direct from you that is a comcast.net address. If that's no longer valid, would you mind PMing me what to use or email me at fred@signs101.com.

[Chuck S]

Your talking about my peronal email yes thats the same

[allcompu]

That's where I sent it.

[Chuck S]

Okay well I will check and respond accordingly

[allcompu]

Thanks for your help Chuck. Just wondering though, if THIS is your calling card or some kind of fluke?

[Chuck S]

well your talking about the forum nothing I did was in the forum so cant say. In fact I never went to your forum

[allcompu]

Ads uploaded add to the post count though is set to Yes. I just thought it was funny.

[Chuck S]

I am sure although I only added a couple ads as a test

[allcompu]

Setting "Use HTML Email?" in the Admin Options to "no" appears to have eliminated the unparsed links in the various notifications. Doing so for whatever reason changed the from email address from @signs101.com to @server.allcompu.com. Prior to that all the defective emails came from the signs101.com address and all the correct ones came from server.allcompu.com.

[Chuck S]

which one uses the correct email?

[allcompu]

Notifications That Failed to Parse

• Ad additions
• Verify payment for Classified Ad #
• New Reply to
• Renewal Notice
• Auction End Notice:
• Outbid Notice:

Notifications That Parsed Successfully

• Regarding your Signs101.com ad (deletion of ad)
• ad approved
• ad category change

[Chuck S]

I was referring to you said with html something doesnt parse and without it does right?

what exactly is not parsing?

[allcompu]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

I was referring to you said with html something doesnt parse and without it does right?

what exactly is not parsing?

The links to the ads with the following email subjects do not parse with HTML turned on and do parse with it turned off:

• Ad additions
• Verify payment for Classified Ad #
• New Reply to
• Renewal Notice
• Auction End Notice:
• Outbid Notice:

[Chuck S]

I think you mean they are clickable or not clickable right not parsed

[allcompu]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

I think you mean they are clickable or not clickable right not parsed

I mean both. I use the term because I am so used to seeing it everytime I reply in vBulletin. Scroll down half a page when you reply to see the check box for:

Automatically parse links in text

From Dictionary.com:

Parse–verb (used with object)
Computers. to analyze (a string of characters) in order to associate groups of characters with the syntactic units of the underlying grammar.

In each case, the notification emails from the application to an advertiser are parsed as clickable links and the notifications from the application to the admin are not parsed as clickable links. Removing the yes answer for Use HTML causes the non-parsing emails to be sent from a different source (@server.allcompu.com instead of @signs101.com). So whether the problem is the way the email is sent; from where the email is sent; or some attribute of HTML email, the remedy is the same ... Just Say No to HTML Emails.

[Chuck S]

Right the actual letter phrase of the email is parsed fine.

For it to not be parsed you would be seeing some computer language or phrases not the actual email message. The issue your reporting is with html email you link is not clickable which is what I am asking to get a clear indication of what to look for.

[allcompu]

Yes that is correct.

[Chuck S]

yeah so the issue has to do with whatever sending an html letter actually does to an email it kills the link

[allcompu]

Here is a line of text from an email, with the "Automatically parse links in text" check box in this reply left unchecked:

http://www.signs101.com/pp-classifieds/showproduct.php?product=47

That is what is coming through in the emails noted when HTML is set to yes.