Using Email Notification Settings in Divi Form Builder

The Email Notification settings in the Divi Form Builder module allow you to send notifications to the website admin or owner, informing them of a form submission. This guide will help you configure these settings to ensure proper email notifications are sent.

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Divi Form Builder does not include a built-in SMTP feature. To ensure that emails sent from Divi Form Builder are delivered successfully, you will need to install and set up an SMTP plugin, such as WP Mail SMTP.

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Access Email Notifications in the Content tab of the Form Settings.

Email Notification Settings

1. Send to Email Address:
   1. Admin Email: Sends the notification to the admin email set in the WordPress settings.
   2. Author of Current Post: Sends the notification to the author of the post where the form is submitted.
   3. ACF Field: Sends the notification to an email address specified in an ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) field.
   4. Custom: Allows you to define a custom email address.
2. From Name:
   1. Site Title: Uses the site title as the sender's name.
   2. Sender: Uses the name from a form field specified below.
   3. Custom Name: Allows you to define a custom name.
3. From Email:
   1. Default: Uses the default email set in the WordPress settings.
   2. Sender: Uses the email address from a form field specified below.
   3. Custom: Allows you to define a custom email address.
4. Reply-to-Email Name: Specify the ID of the form field that contains the name for the reply-to email address.
5. Reply-to-Email Address Field: Specify the ID of the form field that contains the email address for the reply-to email address.
6. CC Email List: Add a list of email addresses to send a carbon copy (CC) of the notification email.
7. BCC Email List: Add a list of email addresses to send a blind carbon copy (BCC) of the notification email.
8. Email Subject: Define the subject of the notification email.
9. Is Full HTML: Indicate if the email template is full HTML by enabling this option.
10. Email Template: Define the custom pattern for the email message. Fields should be included in the following format: %%field_id%%. Example: If you want to include the field with ID phone and the field with ID message, you can use the following pattern: My message is %%message%% and phone number is %%phone%%. Leave blank for default settings.

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By configuring these email notification settings, you can ensure that the right people are informed whenever a form submission occurs. These settings provide flexibility in defining who receives the notifications and how the emails appear, helping to streamline communication and improve the management of form submissions.