Recently I wrote about including a new plug-in to send an email to someone the first time they write a comment. All seems ok but after reading the comments on this page I have changed my mind for the forseeable future.

I’ll summarise the comments so you don’t have to spend the 40 minutes reading through them like I did, but if you want to click here.

Basically the major issue which hasn’t been addressed to date is the fact the plug-in can cause the site to shut down.

Here is one of the common comments you will find.

I have been using your great plugin for a while now, and I just got this error. It took down my entire site! All of a sudden, when I loaded my blog, I got this message:

The e-mail could not be sent.
Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function…

So I’m not willing to take the risk until a stable plug-in has been created.

I’m interested in your thoughts regarding one aspect of the plugin. Michael, a regular reader and leaver of comments raised the issue of how sending an email when someone leaves a comment could be a little annoying, especially considering how many emails people already receive. You know my thoughts from my post, in brief, I wanted a way to thank someone for leaving a comment and also introduce them to the complimentary PLR if they subscribe.

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Thanks for your vote,

Ian