how do I change the default adminstrator?

[delia]

Never had to do this before and feel kinda dumb but I need to change the default administrator so that when sending emails from admin to the administrator (for testing purposes) it goes to the website owner and not me. I don't see anything in the admin tables that indicates how this is decided and I couldn't pop up an appropriate configuration setting.

[DrByte]

There's no such thing as a "default administrator".

Which specific emails are you wanting sent to someone else?
Most emails are sent to the addresses shown in Admin->Configuration->Email Options

[delia]

the options in send email under tools include an administrator. I thought that used to be determined by the email addresses entered in the email options but it the email went to me - and my email is not in admin.

[DrByte]

Oh. That "Administrator" option picks the email address from the currently-logged-in administrator.
You can change that email address by clicking "Account" in the top right corner of your admin screen, next to the Logoff link.

[delia]

well, son of a gun. I don't recall that being the case. Obviously, this must of changed somewhere back along the line!

Thanks!

[DrByte]

Just remember that the email address on an admin account also allows password resets for that admin account.

And for that reason I don't recommend having more than one administrator using the same email address.

[delia]

and the reason why we were looking at this is because he cannot get order confirmation emails at all. Everything else is working fine - welcome emails, customer confirmation etc - just no order confirmation emails. I cannot thing of what could be happening. This comes after upgrading from 1.5.1 to 1.5.5a. Any ideas?

[DrByte]

a) do customers get their confirmation emails?
b) if you change the address for admin copies of confirmation emails, do they arrive? What exactly is the address that's entered? Is it in the correct format? Admin->Configuration->Email Options

[delia]

yep, customers get the confirmation and yes we have tried changing the admin email address and I know it's correct

I did install COWOA on this installation and this morning thought it must be because I had used the 1.5.4 orders.php file but using the 1.5.5a default file makes no difference.

[DrByte]

yes we have tried changing the admin email address and I know it's correct

The "address" may be correct, but have you put it in the correct prescribed format, as explained in the help-text next to the field?

ie:

"name of recipient" <[email protected]>

not just:

[email protected]