Title: 2 configuration errors found Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # 2 configuration errors found * [johnbernier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbernier/) * (@johnbernier) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-configuration-errors-found-1/) * After upgrading to the newest version form will not send emails. * Getting the following: 2 configuration errors found * FROM: [your-name] <[your-email]> This email address does not belong to the same domain as the site. * SUBJECT: [your-subject] This field can be empty depending on user input. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/) Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/) * (@takayukister) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-configuration-errors-found-1/#post-7123370) * See [How to Resolve Configuration Errors](http://contactform7.com/configuration-errors/) * [karljames67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karljames67/) * (@karljames67) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-configuration-errors-found-1/#post-7123417) * I am having the same issues and link above “how to resolve configuration errors” tells me nothing about resolving error messages. * > FROM: [your-name] <[your-email]> > This email address does not belong to the > same domain as the site. * When is the FROM email address in my form ever going to be from my domain???? * I will follow this issue but will have to return to the previous version until it is addressed. * [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/) * (@pidengmor) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-configuration-errors-found-1/#post-7123438) * [@johnbernier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbernier/) [@karljames67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karljames67/) * If an email is being sent from your website domain, it should now have a FROM address from that domain. This is because emails are being spoofed by spammers and are being sent from a different domain. Such messages are being routed into the Spam folder, and so best practice is now to include a FROM email address that is from the website domain. Look at the following setup: * > == MAIL == > To: **[info@your-domain.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-configuration-errors-found-1/info@your-domain.com?output_format=md)** > From: **[your-name] ** Subject: **Re: [your-subject]** > Additional Headers: **Reply-To: [your-email]** * What happens and why: * 1. The mail is sent from the contact form to the email address specified in the TO field. 2. When you receive the message, it will have the sender’s name and be from the noreply email address specified in FROM (This doesn’t need to exist, but it does need to be @your-domain.com). 3. By including **Re:** in the SUBJECT, you will ensure that the field always has some text in it, even if the sender does not complete this field (Best practice is to ensure that there is at least some text in the subject field). Or, you can make the SUBJECT a required field in the *Form* by adding an asterisk: `[text* your-subject]` 4. Adding the `Reply- To: [your-email]` in ADDITIONAL HEADERS means that you can reply to the sender by hitting the Reply button in your email client. 5. If you want to actually see the sender’s email address in the message you receive you can include it in the MESSAGE section. For example: * > MESSAGE BODY: > From: [your-name] <[your-email]> > Subject: [your-subject] > [your-message] * I much preferred the old way of being able to see the sender’s email address in the FROM column of my email client, but I can understand that these changes are necessary due to the need to prevent emails from being identified as spam. * [karljames67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karljames67/) * (@karljames67) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-configuration-errors-found-1/#post-7123504) * Thank you for this excellent response. This may also explain the Syntax errors too. Could I suggest that your reply be re-written into the help about these errors. * Thanks again * Thread Starter [johnbernier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbernier/) * (@johnbernier) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-configuration-errors-found-1/#post-7123506) * I see no errors when setting up the form, yet when I test I get the mail sent successfully message but the mail does not send? I do not receive it? Any ideas as to why? * Thanks-in-Advance, * John * Thread Starter [johnbernier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbernier/) * (@johnbernier) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-configuration-errors-found-1/#post-7123507) * Also, I have enabled Contact Form DB and can see the emails in the DB yet I do not receive them? * [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/) * (@pidengmor) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-configuration-errors-found-1/#post-7123529) * [@karljames67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karljames67/) * Happy to hear that helped. I have passed on your suggestion to the plugin author. * [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/) * (@pidengmor) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-configuration-errors-found-1/#post-7123530) * [@johnbernier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbernier/) * To get the best response to your issue, [please post a new topic](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7#postform), and include a screenshot/list of your FORM and MAIL settings. 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