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Hi Bob,

This is really weird.

I have been using your Chronoforms on the same server for a long time and I have NEVER had this pop-up before ;-(

Using PHP mail and CF V4 in Joomla 3.2.1

Here is the output of the Debugger:


Could not instantiate mail function.
Could not instantiate mail function.

Data Array:

Array
(
[option] => com_chronoforms
[tmpl] => component
[chronoform] => ContactJoshAmy
[event] => submit
[subject] => Contact Me
[first_name] => Tommy
[last_name] => Barrios
[email] => [email]xxxxx@tommybarrios.com[/email]
[comments] => TEST
[chrono_verification] => zrgjs
[input_submit_8] => Submit
[5c684148a93816b33ab15c5a9fa5c383] => 1
)

Validation Errors:

Array
(
)



Thanks for contacting us.

If necessary we will respond to you as soon as possible ;-)

Amy & Josh
Debug Data

Core Captcha
Passed the core captcha check!
email
4
Result An email has been SENT successfully from (Site Form Mailer)xxxxx@joshuabarrios.com to [email]xxxxxx@webzight.com[/email]
Body

Josh & Amy's Creative Corner

Fill out form and Submit if you wish to contact us ;-)
Subject Contact Me
First Name Tommy
Last Name Barrios
Email [email]xxxxx@tommybarrios.com[/email]
Comments TEST
Human Verify zrgjs


Submitted by 70.140.106.39
Attachments array ( )
5
Result An email has been SENT successfully from (Site Form Mailer)xxxxx@joshuabarrios.com to [email]xxxxx@tommybarrios.com[/email]
Body

Thanks for Contacting Us :-)

Your message has been received and we will respond if necessary ;-)

Amy & Josh


Submitted by 70.140.106.39
Attachments array ( )
EOD

In Closing I have looked over the forums and I do not seem to have the same problem with this error as other folks with same also I tried a FAQ link that you had posted and it came up 404

Found the problem ;-}
Apparently the app gets some sort of feedback from the PHP mail server that actually checks for or verifies the FROM email address and if it is not a real address it kicks back this error, which is what the problem was, once I got that straight, it worked just fine;-)

Hi webzight,

It looks as though you've solved this one,
this FAQ might have helped.

Bob

I found that this started to happen on mine as well. So not sure why this changed as it used to work. A change in PHP/Sendmail? As I have Joomla set to use Sendmail (not PHPMail) and all my other forms work (that are not in CF, i.e. Enhanced contact form works with a from address not verified - user entered).

By the way, your FAQ answer does not help! You should add this solution to it for this error message.

I've got the same problem as well, but webzight answer doesn't work for me😟

Finally I've fixed it by following what this http://blog.kleeng.com/post/Chronoforms-Could-not-instantiate-mail-function suggested~~~~~