Moodle

Can't send email

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Affects Version/s: 1.6.1
  • Fix Version/s: 1.6.5, 1.7.2, 1.8, 1.9
  • Component/s: General
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    Linux
  • Database:
    MySQL
  • Affected Branches:
    MOODLE_16_STABLE
  • Fixed Branches:
    MOODLE_16_STABLE, MOODLE_17_STABLE, MOODLE_18_STABLE, MOODLE_19_STABLE

Description

It seems like a bug has existed for a long time since 1.6

After upgrade to 1.6 from 1.5.3 several days ago, I found moodle can't send email. In the send email page, after submiting and waiting for a long time, I got the message:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /........./moodle/lib/textlib.class.php on line 215

The line number is not a constant. Sometimes it is in function strlen and substr.

I traced the code and found that moodle went into a infinite loop in function CreateHeader() of phpmailer.

It's a fatal bug but I don't know why nobody reported it. Only me meet it?

Issue Links

This issue has been marked as being related by:
MDL-5229 add GB18030 to sitemailcharset Critical Closed

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Martin Dougiamas added a comment -

From Sunner Sun (sunner_sun at 163.com) Tuesday, 1 August 2006, 06:00 PM:

I did more test about the bug.

It happened when I set sitemailcharset to GB18030. I also test other charsets that moodle support, only GB18030 show the bug.

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Martin Dougiamas added a comment - From Sunner Sun (sunner_sun at 163.com) Tuesday, 1 August 2006, 06:00 PM: I did more test about the bug. It happened when I set sitemailcharset to GB18030. I also test other charsets that moodle support, only GB18030 show the bug.
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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment -

some basic patch committed into 1.8 and HEAD, needs review!

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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment - some basic patch committed into 1.8 and HEAD, needs review!
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Sunner Sun added a comment -

I tested the patch in 1.7. It works for the mail body text, thank you!
But the name of sender is wrong. That is:

In gb2312, the mail is sent by "?????? [root@cms.hit.edu.cn]". But in gb18030, it is "???????????? [root@cms.hit.edu.cn]".

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Sunner Sun added a comment - I tested the patch in 1.7. It works for the mail body text, thank you! But the name of sender is wrong. That is: In gb2312, the mail is sent by "?????? [root@cms.hit.edu.cn]". But in gb18030, it is "???????????? [root@cms.hit.edu.cn]".
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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment -

yep, gb18030 is not supported by PHP, mbstring extension or typo3 library - I wonder if it ever worked for anybody.

my +1 to remove it from config options.

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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment - yep, gb18030 is not supported by PHP, mbstring extension or typo3 library - I wonder if it ever worked for anybody. my +1 to remove it from config options.
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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment -

I will have to find out more about this problem, now I can at least copy/paste the text above - thanks!

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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment - I will have to find out more about this problem, now I can at least copy/paste the text above - thanks!
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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment -

fixed in cvs

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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment - fixed in cvs
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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment -

Solution was to add our special mime header encoding for gb18030.

Thanks for the report, please comment here or reopen in case of any problems

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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment - Solution was to add our special mime header encoding for gb18030. Thanks for the report, please comment here or reopen in case of any problems

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