Customer Password Reset

[split63]

Customers absolutely drive me crazy asking me to reset their password because they claim Zen never sends them the new password when using the online "Forgot your password?" link.
I have never seen Zen not send the password.

For those customers that insist that they have no spam filters, I go into their account and change their email address to mine. Then I request the password online. IN every case I always receive the password. I then change the email address back to theirs and send them the password.

I assume that the issue is spam filters,either at the host provider level, windows level, email level or added spyware level.
What is it about the password email generated by Zen that triggers the filtering and how can I fix it? I did change some of the standard zen text strings, but the problem persists.

[stevesh]

Hard to say. It works fine on my test sites (though I have never been able to get the admin Lost Password function to send me anything), and I have the server spam protection cranked down pretty tight. Is there any common factor among the customers who complain, like their email domain?

[split63]

Hard to say. It works fine on my test sites (though I have never been able to get the admin Lost Password function to send me anything), and I have the server spam protection cranked down pretty tight. Is there any common factor among the customers who complain, like their email domain?

I did a quick check and I see all sorts of email domains

Live.com
hotmail
personal
gmail
...

[lhungil]

If you create "test" accounts on those same domains (hotmail, gmail, etc) are the emails received? Did the customer spell their email address correctly (I see quite a large number of bounceback emails from customers with misspellings or suspended email accounts in my client's Zen Cart stores)? Did your store's email account receive any bounceback messages?

Is the store using a "real" email account (address can send and receive email)? Does the store send email directly via the domain's email servers (check MX records)? Is the store's email server on a blacklist? Are SPF and / or domain keys configured on the domain for the store's email address?

[DrByte]

Two questions:

1. What is your Admin->Configuraiton->Email Options->Email Transport Method set to, and why?

2. Are you REALLY still using v1.3.9 ? There are dozens of improvements since v1.3.9 (released in 2010) with regard to how the email infrastructure operates specifically to avoid outgoing messages falsely being treated as spam.

[acmaurer]

Two questions:

1. What is your Admin->Configuraiton->Email Options->Email Transport Method set to, and why?

2. Are you REALLY still using v1.3.9 ? There are dozens of improvements since v1.3.9 (released in 2010) with regard to how the email infrastructure operates specifically to avoid outgoing messages falsely being treated as spam.

Here we are in 2020, I'm on version 1.5.6c and we still have the same issue Split63 described in 2015. Just got off the phone with a customer although they usually contact me via email. Love the "Admin resets password" feature and have posted additional instructions on my site. Still...

I suspect the issue is in the email subject line. Where in Zen Cart is that found?

[carlwhat]

Here we are in 2020, I'm on version 1.5.6c and we still have the same issue Split63 described in 2015. Just got off the phone with a customer although they usually contact me via email. Love the "Admin resets password" feature and have posted additional instructions on my site. Still...

I suspect the issue is in the email subject line. Where in Zen Cart is that found?

your comment only indicates 1 thing: you really do not understand how email works.

i will try and help:

• zen-cart is an open-source on-line shopping cart.
• zen-cart is not an email server. Most of its emails are sent from *your* server.
• zen-cart uses the email server associated in its configuration; of which there are numerous choices.
• configuring email to operate properly is rather difficult; i would say more so in a shared hosting environment.
• email subjects, while perhaps minorly relevant, will not significantly change the spam rating of your email.
• troubleshooting customer emails is a thankless job.
• if you want to learn more about ensuring good email delivery, using google to search for SPF, DMARC, and DKIM.
• use zen-cart to send an email to the address at this website, and you can see about what i am talking. https://www.mail-tester.com/
• finally if you want to change the subject, you can see it here languages/english/password_forgotten.php:17:define('EMAIL_PASSWORD_REMINDER_SUBJECT','new subject')

good luck!

[swguy]

Yep, email troubleshooting is time consuming and painful. And often it turns out to be the case that the recipient *did* get the email, they just didn't check their spam folder or wait long enough.

Here is the documentation on troubleshooting email:
https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/troub.../email_issues/