MaximilianKohler
Well-known member
I shouldn't have to spend hours searching and reading on how to set up basic email functionality for example. If something this essential and basic is this poorly documented, I can only imagine how much worse it will be for Xenforo's dozens of other features.
I am watching all of your tutorials (many hours long) https://www.youtube.com/@XenForo. They are insufficient.
When I do a web search for "xenforo setup email" or "xenforo setup email amazon ses" I get dozens of low-quality results. The official documentation https://xenforo.com/docs/xf2/options/#email is useless.
The info you mentioned on the options/groups/emailOptions/ page is insufficient. For example, I have lots of questions:
1. The difference between default email & contact email isn't clear.
2. Bounced email address and Unsubscribe email address setup, importance, use examples.
3. Automated bounced email handler - I understand that we should set up a unique gmail account (bounces234324@gmail.com) just for this, and that's the ONLY way it will work?
4. Automated unsubscribe email handler - we have to create another gmail account (unsubsmyforum93843@gmail.com) just for this, and that's the ONLY way it will work?
ALL email software (Listmonk, Sendy, Mailwizz, etc.) have built-in communication with Amazon SES & SNS (and all other SMTP providers) to process bounces & complaints easily and automatically. Given that Xenforo is a relatively expensive paid option, there's really no excuse for it to be missing this essential integration.
Having to create multiple new gmail accounts solely dedicated to processing bounces & complaints seems really bizarre.
Someone has already done most of the work for you https://xenforo.com/community/resources/amazon-ses-bounces-support.8319/ but they're not maintaining it and it has problems which arguably make it not viable currently.
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5. Say I set up two new gmail accounts for bounces & unsubs. Then what? Under "Automated bounced email handler" how do I configure that to work with the new accounts? There are no instructions that I can find anywhere on the internet for this.
FYI, I'm coming from Reddit. A lot of other communities might be interested in doing the same thing, given major recent upheavals over there. I think it's in your interest to make the switch as easy as possible for us. Reddit is free and easy. So far, Xenforo is neither.
I am watching all of your tutorials (many hours long) https://www.youtube.com/@XenForo. They are insufficient.
When I do a web search for "xenforo setup email" or "xenforo setup email amazon ses" I get dozens of low-quality results. The official documentation https://xenforo.com/docs/xf2/options/#email is useless.
The info you mentioned on the options/groups/emailOptions/ page is insufficient. For example, I have lots of questions:
1. The difference between default email & contact email isn't clear.
2. Bounced email address and Unsubscribe email address setup, importance, use examples.
3. Automated bounced email handler - I understand that we should set up a unique gmail account (bounces234324@gmail.com) just for this, and that's the ONLY way it will work?
4. Automated unsubscribe email handler - we have to create another gmail account (unsubsmyforum93843@gmail.com) just for this, and that's the ONLY way it will work?
ALL email software (Listmonk, Sendy, Mailwizz, etc.) have built-in communication with Amazon SES & SNS (and all other SMTP providers) to process bounces & complaints easily and automatically. Given that Xenforo is a relatively expensive paid option, there's really no excuse for it to be missing this essential integration.
Having to create multiple new gmail accounts solely dedicated to processing bounces & complaints seems really bizarre.
Someone has already done most of the work for you https://xenforo.com/community/resources/amazon-ses-bounces-support.8319/ but they're not maintaining it and it has problems which arguably make it not viable currently.
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5. Say I set up two new gmail accounts for bounces & unsubs. Then what? Under "Automated bounced email handler" how do I configure that to work with the new accounts? There are no instructions that I can find anywhere on the internet for this.
FYI, I'm coming from Reddit. A lot of other communities might be interested in doing the same thing, given major recent upheavals over there. I think it's in your interest to make the switch as easy as possible for us. Reddit is free and easy. So far, Xenforo is neither.
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