"BP Email to WP Mail From Bridge" plugin should be in core?

[slaFFik]

I'm talking about this plugin: ​https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-email-to-wp-mail-from-bridge/

I'm pretty sure, that the code of this plugin (just 1 function) should be in core.
Most of users just don't know that BP Emails "forked" wp_mail(), so they will be surprised, that their filters don't work.

[DJPaul]

Developers know the filter doesn't work, site owners only know that, maybe, emails aren't being delivered since 2.5. The decision at launch was to require people to re-implement such filters using our new API, but, it turns out that SMTP is a very finicky beast.

I have been tracking as many email support threads on the forums as I can since the 2.5 release. From sites/owners I have spoken to, the absence of wp_mail_from and/or wp_mail_from_name filters does seem to cause certain SMTP servers to refuse to deliver email depending on configuration, though I am still following up with 2 or 3 people via email to be 100% sure. At least, I can ask them now to try this plugin to easily prove/disprove this.

[DJPaul]

Yes, we should do this for 2.5.3.

@thebrandonallen I know it's a relatively simple filter plugin, but FYI. Thanks for building a convenient plugin to let the community have an option in the interim, and for providing an easy way to get regular users to test a proposed change. :)

[djpaul]

In 10696:

Emails: add support for wp_mail_from and wp_mail_from_name filters.

Improves compatibility with plugins that configure WordPress to send emails via SMTP.

Fixes #6999

Props thebrandonallen

[djpaul]

In 10697:

Emails: add support for wp_mail_from and wp_mail_from_name filters

Improves compatibility with plugins that configure WordPress to send emails via SMTP.

Fixes #6999 (2.5 branch)

Props thebrandonallen