Send e-mail to addresses collected on form

After searching around the forums (this wasn't an easy topic to search for) I found this post:

http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/in-replace_variables-what-is

However, I am still not getting the forms to send the e-mail to the BCC addresses successfully.

I used the following code, and added it to a file called theme-functions.php (I use a WooTheme and I think this is where custom functions are supposed to go).

// Gravity Forms BCC field
add_filter("gform_pre_submission_filter", "add_bcc");
function add_bcc($form){
    //change 2 to your actual form id
    if($form["id"] != 3)
        return;

    //Change the following input ids to match your fields.
    $bcc  = $_POST["input_3_4"] . ","; //friend 1 email
    $bcc .= $_POST["input_3_5"] . ","; //friend 2 email
    $bcc .= $_POST["input_3_6"] . ","; //friend 3 email
    $bcc .= $_POST["input_3_7"] . ","; //friend 4 email
    $bcc .= $_POST["input_3_8"]; //friend 5 email

    $form["notification"]["bcc"] = $bcc;
    return $form;
}

I'm also not sure if I used the right input fields. Here's the link to my form. The notifications seem to be going out, but the BCC fields are not being added successfully as no e-mail is received by my test addresses.

I'm a little confused by whether I should use the name= field or the id= field from the form, as they are different in my form (probably because I've applied some conditional logic).

Does somebody mind checking this out for me and letting me know where I may have gone wrong?

I will also need the e-mail to come from the sender of the form too. but let's tackle this one issue at a time, shall we?

Hi Alex,

Thanks for getting back to me.

Unfortunately that code snippet doesn't work for me. Two issues:

1) At first I thought that users must give at least two e-mail addresses. But it appears that unless all five e-mail addresses are entered then the $bcc doesn't get added successfully. I'm not much for reading PHP but my guess is the extra commas might be causing the issue if only two e-mail addresses are submitted?

2) The second issue is that when I put in all five e-mail addresses, the administration notification is sent via BCC, NOT the user notification.

3) Finally, because of a lack of control over who is sending the e-mail addresses and to whom, the e-mail that does go out gets caught up in G-mail's spam filters as junk mail.

Not a very ideal solution I'm afraid. Unless we can get around some of these issues I might have to create a different pathway by which this referral program works.

Serious? you're willing to code that for me? Wow. I'm impressed. I guess this is why we call it a "premium plugins!"

Okay, here's what would work for me:

1) The Admin e-mail to go out to the admin as intended. I think it's better that notifications don't get their wires crossed..

2) The user notification e-mail to should go to the user (the person who submits the referral) and their referred e-mail addresses, in the CC or TO field, as I'd like the e-mail to appear to be coming from a friend to other friends in a public way (no need to BCC them all). The source of the e-mail can still remain as the administrator.

3) The form will allow up to five e-mail addresses to be submitted but requires only two e-mail addresses to be filled out and can handle anywhere between two e-mail addresses (and three blank entries) and five full e-mail addresses.

4) Finally, I'm creating an option by which the user notification just goes to the user for them to forward the e-mail manually, in case they would prefer to do it themselves. So the form might not get any e-mail addresses at all. (See sample form that I'm still working on here).

Hi Alex,

Your code worked but my outgoing e-mails still didn't. After another search on the forum, I found the problem mainly to be related to spam issues. I followed instructions to reconfigure wordpress using SMTP and that should hopefully resolve most of the issues.

I would suggest that next time you encounter this problem, please mention to the inquirer that they will need to reconfigure their mail send outs to circumvent this problem. Otherwise the referral program falls on its face because the e-mails don't go out!!

In fact, Gravity Forms should tell users in its documentation that PHP mailing can be an issue.. setting up this referral program has been a real struggle.

Thanks for helping me out with everything else!

Hello,
that's about what I seek. I would like the notification e-mail to the user send the page belongs.
For explanation:
Each user (Business) has a page with a contactform (or a link to it). If a visitor wants to contact the company they click on contact and is headed to the form. On the form is the e-mail address of the company had passed from that of the visitors.
By submitting this form, the company gets the e-mail with the entire contents of the fields.
Is this possible?
Is it possible to e-mail address to take over from a Custom Field of the page?
Or I can read the e-mail address from the profile page of the owner and pass on?

Thanks for Help