WordPress.com Forums » Topic: "Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1 WordPress.com Forums » Topic: "Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message en Tue, 21 May 2013 18:27:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 jenia on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1145752 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:46:10 +0000 jenia 1145752@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @pennwic1: you need to be logged out in order to see the email box on subscribe.wordpress.com. Could you please try again and let me know if you are still having trouble?

]]> pennwic1 on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1144627 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:43:32 +0000 pennwic1 1144627@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Dear Jenia, Would you please unblock our account? Our email is [email redacted] and username is pennwic1
I have tried to follow your instructions above but I see no box for entering the email address on the subscribe.wordpress.com link. Thank you, Anu Vedantham, Director, Weigle Information Commons, Penn Libraries.

]]> jenia on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1139635 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:31:09 +0000 jenia 1139635@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @hastingslawlibrary: sorry it's still not working for you. Could you please have those users try the same steps that I provided earlier in this thread? Here is the information that applies to your case as well:

What you describe happens because the users in question previously blocked WordPress.com from receiving invite emails (which is different from receiving notification when a new blog is published). You can confirm whether someone blocked invite email under Users > Invite New in your blog admin (it will say "Blocked" under "Actions" for previously invited users, or you won't be able to invite them at all).

Here are the instructions you can share with users who want to unblock invite emails:

  1. On https://subscribe.wordpress.com/ enter the email address used on WordPress.com and click on "Request details".
  2. You will receive an email titled "[Subscribe] Your Subscription Details" containing a link looking like this: https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=a111b222&email=wp%wp.com.
  3. Copy that link in your browser address and add &unsub_invites&option=cancel at the end.
  4. You should get a line that looks like https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=a111b222&email=wp%wp.com&unsub_invites&option=cancel -- click enter to load it.
  5. A confirmation message will appear: "You will now receive invite emails again at [email redacted]. To stop receiving them, click here".

Once this is done, the user will be able to receive invite emails again.

I apologize for the inconvenience. I realize that it's currently easy to block invite emails, but not straightforward to undo this action. We are looking into improving this.

If any of your users have trouble unblocking emails, please have them post into this thread from their username, and I'll gladly assist them further.

]]> hastingslawlibrary on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1138954 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:28:58 +0000 hastingslawlibrary 1138954@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Jenia - I have tried to invite them again and had no luck. I have looked for settings in each of their WordPress profiles and not seen ANY option for blocking or accepting invitation emails. I don't know what you mean by "ask those users to accept invites." Those users have tried, and we can't figure out why it is blocking the invitation emails.

Miriam

]]> jenia on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1130280 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:18:59 +0000 jenia 1130280@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My pleasure, thank you for the kind words!

]]> rhachmann on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1129896 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:41:09 +0000 rhachmann 1129896@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Dear Jenia you are a star...

Thank you so much for your help and for your time.

I'm very happy to use wordpress and professional and fast support like this makes me even happier.

Best regards
Roland

]]> jenia on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1127503 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:22:45 +0000 jenia 1127503@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello Roland,

What you describe happens because the users in question previously blocked WordPress.com from receiving invite emails (which is different from receiving notification when a new blog is published). You can confirm whether someone blocked invite email under Users > Invite New in your blog admin (it will say "Blocked" under "Actions" for previously invited users, or you won't be able to invite them at all).

Here are the instructions you can share with users who want to unblock invite emails:

  1. On https://subscribe.wordpress.com/ enter the email address used on WordPress.com and click on "Request details".
  2. You will receive an email titled "[Subscribe] Your Subscription Details" containing a link looking like this: https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=a111b222&email=wp%wp.com.
  3. Copy that link in your browser address and add &unsub_invites&option=cancel at the end.
  4. You should get a line that looks like https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=a111b222&email=wp%wp.com&unsub_invites&option=cancel -- click enter to load it.
  5. A confirmation message will appear: "You will now receive invite emails again at [email redacted]. To stop receiving them, click here".

Once this is done, the user will be able to receive invite emails again.

I apologize for the inconvenience. I realize that it's currently easy to block invite emails, but not straightforward to undo this action. We are looking into improving this.

I hope this helps -- let me know if you have any more questions about this.

]]> rhachmann on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1125819 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:39:53 +0000 rhachmann 1125819@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi Jenia
Thank you for your reply.
My situation is that i'm an ict-admin, who convinced my university to let the students use blogs (wordpress.com) as a reflexiontool during their education.
We have several reports on student who cannot invite their teachers, getting the above error. So I asked one of the teachers (username CAHE652) to tjeck his settings/subsettings who seemed to be right..

So what I need is a general solution or else I will need to report every single studentblog and teachers username.. and thats to timeconsuming... is there a general solution for the problem.. or can you tell me what the problem is...I understand that I'm far from the only one having this issue... is it a templatebug or??

Best
Roland

]]> jenia on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1125517 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:30:25 +0000 jenia 1125517@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi Miriam, could you please try again and ask those users to accept invites?

]]> hastingslawlibrary on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1125051 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:37:31 +0000 hastingslawlibrary 1125051@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,

I am getting the same error message for two of our users (hhardcastle and skaneshiro), saying the invitations to a new blog (libraryresearchtips.wordpress.com) cannot be sent because the users have blocked invitation emails. I've checked everything and can't find an answer except having WordPress staff fix it.

Thanks!
Miriam

]]> jenia on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1114724 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:37:25 +0000 jenia 1114724@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi Roland, could you please let me know the URL of the blog where this problem happens, and also the usernames of those who cannot join the blog?

]]> cahe652 on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1111099 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:45:44 +0000 cahe652 1111099@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ its actually the students who invite me that get the error message...

The (above) block is not my actual problem... but I had to chosse one in order to fill out the formula for my first entery in this forum... sorry for the confussion...

So again:
When students invite me (and some of my collegues to their block they get the error message:
"Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails."
But we haven't blocked them, and we double checked to be sure the sub-settings are right

]]> raincoaster on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1111002 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:30:01 +0000 raincoaster 1111002@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The students need to register usernames (not blogs necessarily) with WordPress.com and let you know their usernames. Then you can just invite them by Username.

]]> cahe652 on ""Invitation not sent, the user has blocked invite emails." error message" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/invitation-not-sent-the-user-has-blocked-invite-emails-error-message-1#post-1110998 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:24:12 +0000 cahe652 1110998@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I having problems with users, who can't be invited to a students blogs.

We have made sure the subsettings are ok ( the "block emails" i unselected") but it still doesn't work when we try to reinvite the users.

We use the blogs to let student reflect on their working progress and teachers to comment and collaborate with the students on their blogs. Therefore the teachers are only contributing on the students blogs and do not create their own...

I've searched the forum for a way but I couldn't find the answer to the problem could you please help?

Best regards
Roland Hachmann
[email redacted]

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