Title: Emailing users
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Emailing users

 *  [kartlink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartlink/)
 * (@kartlink)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emailing-users/)
 * A few things:
 * Is there a way of changing the content of the emails that are sent out when someone
   registers on WP? Is there a way of automatically sending an email out when I 
   upgrade someone’s user level?
 * I signed up again on my blog to see how it worked, and the sender of the email
   to me came up as “nobody”. Where can I change that?
 * Let me know if I should put all these in separate posts

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 *  [skippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skippy/)
 * (@skippy)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emailing-users/#post-230881)
 * To change the contents of the email messages, you’d need to edit some files. 
   Off hand, I don’t know which, but can find out if you need.
 * Currently there is no way to send an email when a user’s level is changed. This
   should be solved with a plugin when the next version of WordPress is released.
 * The emails sent by WordPress use the email account you define in Options->General.
 *  Thread Starter [kartlink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartlink/)
 * (@kartlink)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emailing-users/#post-230900)
 * If you could find out which files that would be great, thanks
 * I just checked in options>general and I’ve got the right address in there, but
   it’s sending the emails from my sendmail I think, so they are coming from nobody@myservername.
 * I’ve thought of a bit of a workaround for the rest of it though, but I need to
   get away from the computer to think about it!
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emailing-users/#post-230924)
 * What version of WordPress?
 *  Thread Starter [kartlink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartlink/)
 * (@kartlink)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emailing-users/#post-230953)
 * 1.5
 * Haven’t upgraded yet
 *  Thread Starter [kartlink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartlink/)
 * (@kartlink)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emailing-users/#post-230973)
 * Is there a way of approving people before they get sent their password?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emailing-users/#post-230979)
 * In 1.5 I had the same problem with newly registered email notification getting
   sent from my host providers system mail address rather than mine.
 * So to fix this:
 * in wp-includes/functions.php file after this line:
    `$headers = "MIME-Version:
   1.0n" .`
 * I added this line:
    `"From: " . get_settings('admin_email') . "n";`
 * BTW: I wish I could tell you who (someone in the Forum) told me this but I can’t
   seem to find it right now. But here’s another reference: [Topic 24981](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/24981#post-143213)
 * As to 2nd question–there isn’t an approval process before people are sent a password
   when registering.
 *  Thread Starter [kartlink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartlink/)
 * (@kartlink)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emailing-users/#post-230991)
 * Thanks MichaelH (my dad signs himself that online, it gave me a shock!)
 * I found a plugin that might achieve what I’m looking for with the appproving 
   users thing, I’ve had too much drink to install it now though lol

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [kartlink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kartlink/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emailing-users/#post-230991)
 * Status: not resolved

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