Error with email sent from Moodle

Error with email sent from Moodle

by paul arenson -
Number of replies: 2
Hi

I adminsiter a Moodle former (Gender Awareness in Language Education). On the same Moodle installation, some teachers have their own moodle courses for students.

I just got an error that the web host says shows that someone tried to send an email message from within Moodle with the wrong address. I am not sure if this is MY Moodle installation or another on the web host's shared servers. but my question is, how can someone send an email with a mistaken address from INSIDE moodle. I thought Moodle is only for internal communication.

This has got be baffled and a little worried, since the host says they do not offer supoprt extending to applications they host.

Here is the header:

Return-path: <paul@tokyoprogressive.org>
Received: from tokyo by svr1.acornhost.com with local (Exim 4.69)
(envelope-from <paul@tokyoprogressive.org>)
id 1M8wvH-0002cl-Py
for ftsn_tokyo_fair_trede@yahoo.co.jp; Tue, 26 May 2009 06:42:31 -0700

NOTE THE SPELLING OF TRADE -->TREDE AND THE FACT THAT IT IS IN JAPAN, AS I AM, LEADING ME TO THINK IT IS AN INNOCENT MISTAKE< EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT I DO NOT SEE A WAY TO SEND FROM INSIDE MOODLE.

To: ftsn_tokyo_fair_trede@yahoo.co.jp
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?TU9PRExFOiDjgqLjgqvjgqbjg7Pjg4jjga7norrlrpo=?=
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 06:42:31 -0700
From: Paul Arenson <paul@tokyoprogressive.org>
Message-ID: <8ebd9a3d786fa183a8e644fb037ae7ff@tokyoprogressive.org.uk>
X-Priority: 3
X-Mailer: PHPMailer [version Moodle 2006050530]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="b1_8ebd9a3d786fa183a8e644fb037ae7ff"

THEN
skipping a lot of stuff


<br />
<a href=3D"http://tokyoprogressive.org.uk/moodle/login/confirm.php?data=3D=
DagHS0BleFGN5vt/ftsntokyowalk" target=3D"_blank">http://tokyoprogressive.o=
rg.uk/moodle/login/confirm.php?data=3DDagHS0BleFGN5vt/ftsntokyowalk</a><br =
/>


--b1_8ebd9a3d786fa183a8e644fb037ae7ff--


Can anyone make sense of this?

Thank you.

Paul Arenson
tokyoprogressive.org

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In reply to paul arenson

Re: Error with email sent from Moodle

by E. L. Cooper -

I looks like it might be the standard automated email sign up letter and the person signing up miss spelled their email address.

In reply to E. L. Cooper

Re: Error with email sent from Moodle

by paul arenson -
Thank you.
I tried sending email to what I guess to be the right address.


<ftsn_tokyo_fair_trade@yahoo.co.jp>

But it is also wrong.

Oh well. Won't worry aboutit until Ihear from them, if I do.

Thanks