Gift Voucher Admin Email Problems

[tedmcdonald]

Howdy Ian and others.

 

Ian I think that you have come up with a terrific piece of code. I thank you all the others who have worked tirelessly to make this a reality.

 

I recently updated to the newest (oct 6) credit_class_GV

 

1. I tried for the first time to send a $5.00 voucher to all 500+ of my customers; however, when I go to my Gift Vouchers Sent admin area, it indicates that less than 160 vouchers were sent. What happened to the 340 other voucher emails?

 

2. I sent my emails from an admin that is set up in an SSL environment that has a different domain name than my Catalog domain. All the links sent in the emails use the SSL address which does not have the gv_redeem.php. When I tried adding it with a symbolic link, it brought up an error on line 40. As a temporary fix, I added a gv_redeem.php that redirects to the catalog domain's gv_redeem.php.

 

All help welcome.

 

Best Regards, Ted

[Ian]

Ted,

 

Have you done a bulk mailing from oscommerce before(e.g. Newsletter)

I can't think of anything in my code that would cause this although I certainly take a look. It may turn out to be a server set up problem.

Can you provide more details of your server/email setup.

 

Not sure what the answer is for the gv redeem problem as I would have to cater for a number of situations. You can force the use of non ssl by adding some parameters to tep_href_link. I can certainly forward the code for your situation.

[tedmcdonald]

Howdy Ian

 

I am guessing that the email problem has to do with timeout issues. I will try to verify that when I get a chance. I am using Sendmail and RedHat Linux 7.1. Any hints as to where I can I look to find timeout errors?

 

Best Regards, Ted

[tedmcdonald]

Howdy Ian

 

I wrote:

I sent my emails from an admin that is set up in an SSL environment that has a different domain name than my Catalog domain. All the links sent in the emails use the SSL address which does not have the gv_redeem.php. When I tried adding it with a symbolic link, it brought up an error on line 40. As a temporary fix, I added a gv_redeem.php that redirects to the catalog domain's gv_redeem.php.

 

You answered:

Not sure what the answer is for the gv redeem problem as I would have to cater for a number of situations. You can force the use of non ssl by adding some parameters to tep_href_link. I can certainly forward the code for your situation.

 

I ask:

I would LOVE the code for my situation. What should I do? I also noticed that the direct links generated by the email, such as:

 

https://SSL-Admin.com/gv_redeem.php?gv_no=d...e0dae131540f465

 

even if I manually change to:

 

http://ActualCatalog.com/gv_redeem.php?gv_...e0dae131540f465

 

do not seem to work. The link simply brings me to the standard gv_redeem.php page and requests that I manually add the voucher number.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Best, Ted

 

PS. This is certainly one of the most useful contributions. Keep up the great work!

[Ian]

In admin, do you have your HTTP_SERVER set to a https??

 

Any way, this should fix things, and is better coding from my point of view.

 

Edit gv_mail.php

 

on line 80 and 81 change both occurrences of HTTP_SERVER for HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER