Re: Get Fail when trying to add an Email Address to Invite List. Advice?

Posted by GregChapman on Jul 15, 2011; 9:48am
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Get-Fail-when-trying-to-add-an-Email-Address-to-Invite-List-Advice-tp6586083p6586404.html

DWixson wrote

I want it restricted so only people in our group can see & post to the forum. I understand they will have to register & log in.

You will also need to adjust the permissions settings, as Nabble defaults allow anyone to post.

One of the email addresses would not "take". Just did not show up.

Make sure that you enter the addresses in one of the forms that Nabble advise. See their help:

[e-mail]
John Smith <[e-mail]> 

Remove any further punctuation/characters for the addresses you paste in.

Also, I wanted to send a subscriber email to invite these members to the list, using the "manage subscribers" area. Again, this one address had an error message in red, "Failed".

Almost certainly, you are again using an address in an inappropriate format.

"standard provider" will not be relevant "standard format" will.

Does nabble check the email to see if it's valid and for some reason decides this one is not?

The script that Nabble uses to process the list will require addresses in a strict legal format. Email programs can be less fussy about the format of an email address (Frequently, they will re-write an address in the background removing illegal characters that people type.)