https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/question-about-paypal-cancellation Gravity Support Forums Topic: Question about paypal cancellation en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:02:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/question-about-paypal-cancellation#post-43572 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:03:35 +0000 Andrew Koop 43572@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>All of my payments were listed as processing until I whitelisted paypal's ip. All works fine now. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/question-about-paypal-cancellation#post-37776 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:50:42 +0000 askmepc 37776@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>John, I just checked this site and I did install bad behavior. I will try uninstalling that.<br /> Oddly enough paypal deactivated the ipn and they seem to seem to be getting their payments fine... </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/question-about-paypal-cancellation#post-36087 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:53:18 +0000 John Murray 36087@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Do you have any security plugins, such as Bad Behavior, activated on your site? If so, you might need to whitelist the IP address of Paypal. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/question-about-paypal-cancellation#post-36055 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:11:10 +0000 Carl Hancock 36055@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>If the IPN is failing because of a 403 error then this means your web server returned a 403 error. So this is a web server issue. It isn't allowing the request to be received. Here is the definition of the 403:</p> <p>403 Forbidden<br /> The request was a legal request, but the server is refusing to respond to it.[2] Unlike a 401 Unauthorized response, authenticating will make no difference.</p> <p>So if that is what PayPal is saying, then whoever you talked to at HostGator may not know what they are talking about. PayPal reports back what error it received so if it received a 403 your server returned a 403. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/question-about-paypal-cancellation#post-36023 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:46:12 +0000 askmepc 36023@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I am having this problem too. I am using gravity forms on most of my clients sites now and this is a first.</p> <p>Please check your server that handles PayPal Instant Payment Notifications (IPN). IPNs sent to the following URL(s) are failing:</p> <p><a href="http://website-generic.org/?page=gf_paypal_ipn" rel="nofollow">http://website-generic.org/?page=gf_paypal_ipn</a></p> <p>If you do not recognize this URL, you may be using a service provider that is using IPN on your behalf. Please contact your service provider with the above information. If this problem continues, IPNs may be disabled for your account. </p> <p>I checked the ipn history and all the fail messages had a 403 error.<br /> I called host gator and they said all the permissions looked good, and we checked the wp-config file and did not see any gravity form stuff in there, so he thought maybe I was missing something?<br /> I am flummoxed on this one. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/question-about-paypal-cancellation#post-28919 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:01:16 +0000 Alex Cancado 28919@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Interesting... The URL is correct, so I am not sure why you are receiving that message.<br /> Are your entries being marked as "Approved", or are they still showing as "Processing"?<br /> In your PayPal control panel, go to History -&gt; IPN History and click on the Message ID of a specific IPN message. See if there is an error message or something similar that could help us troubleshoot this. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/question-about-paypal-cancellation#post-28904 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:54:41 +0000 alienpepsiman 28904@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi, I keep on getting this email from paypal. I follow the instructions in the documents. </p> <p>email:<br /> Please check your server that handles PayPal Instant Payment Notification<br /> (IPN) messages. Messages sent to the following URL(s) are not being<br /> received:</p> <p><a href="http://www.otisharrison.com/animalcaresociety/?page=gf_paypal_ipn" rel="nofollow">http://www.otisharrison.com/animalcaresociety/?page=gf_paypal_ipn</a></p> <p>If you do not recognize this URL, you may be using a service provider that<br /> is using IPN on your behalf. Please contact your service provider with the<br /> above information.</p> <p>Once you or your service provider fix this problem, you or your service<br /> provider can resend the failed messages from the IPN History page. If this<br /> problem continues, PayPal may disable the IPN feature for your account.</p> <p>Thank you for your prompt attention to this issue. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/question-about-paypal-cancellation#post-28600 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:50:36 +0000 Carl Hancock 28600@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>When you say cancel, how do you mean they cancel? Because there are different scenarios</p> <p>If the user submits the form and then doesn't complete the PayPal transaction, the form entry will always say Processing and will never be updated to say Paid. </p> <p>If the user submits the form and completes the PayPal transaction the form entry would then be marked as being paid.</p> <p>With donations there is no concept of canceled. A payment is either made or it is not. If you configure your PayPal Add-On settings properly the email notifications will only be sent after payment is received. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/question-about-paypal-cancellation#post-28571 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:59:02 +0000 alienpepsiman 28571@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi, I was wonder if someone cancel a paypal donation form I created will the person who is receiving the donation get a cancel transaction email or will there be something in the entry within gravity forms. </p>