WP 2.3.1 DE-Edition | WP-Email 2.2 "Language string failed to load: instantiate"

[kugelblitz]

Hello,
I got the German Version of Wordpress 2.3.1 and WP-Email 2.2
Also copyed the German Translation Files from This Page
http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-email/i18n/
into the WP-Email folder on the Webserver.
The Language Files do not seme to work. It's still all in English.

When I try to send a Mail I get the
"An error has occurred when trying to send this email:
» Language string failed to load: instantiate"
Error

What can I do to fix the Problems?
 

[Ttech]

Did you setup everything correctly eg email server?

[GaMerZ]

German version? You need to download the German translation of WP and WordPress itself. http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language

The language error is because your mail is not set correctly, try using php, smtp or sendmail in wp-admin -> email -> email options

[kugelblitz]

You mean the Fields above     
"You may leave the above fields blank if you do not use a SMTP server."

I left them blank... Did not work

I filled out my SMTP Server settings... Did not work too.

[GaMerZ]

It is under Mail Sending Type, nothing to do with the SMTP settings

[kugelblitz]

ah right
I set it to "send mail" and it works now
Thank You GaMerZ

Still it's all in English.
I downloaded the "wp-email-de_DE.mo" and "wp-email-de_DE.po"
Where do I have to put these language files?
I put them in the "wp-content\plugins\email" folder - didn't work
so I put it in the "wp-content\plugins\translations" - didn't work

[GaMerZ]

It should be placed in "wp-content\plugins\email"

If it does not works means it is your wordpress is not translated properly.

Under wp-content\languages, did u see any files or folders?

[kugelblitz]

Ah I see
That folder "wp-content\languages" does not exist in my Wordpress Version.
That could explain why it does not work.

[GaMerZ]

yeap because I suspect your WordPress is not really translated based on mo/po and hence it will not work for u.

[Ttech]

I never understood this translation stuff.

[David Potter]

I'm getting this same error on WP 2.3.2 and I'm using English.  I'm using SMTP and it used to work, but it stopped working sometime late last year.  Any ideas?

[GaMerZ]

The error is the default error message used in phpmailer. Try changing it to PHP or sendmail

[David Potter]

Unfortunately I can only use SMTP mail since I'm hosting on IIS.  This is really a shame

[GaMerZ]

But if it stopped working perhaps your admin has did some modification or block the access to SMTP by scripts?

[David Potter]

Unfortunately I am the admin .  I'll look deeper on my server.  Thanks.

[GaMerZ]

let me know if you found anything =D

[Ttech]

same

[monfreex]

I also had the same error but I decided to edit the plugin's core files. You can find my solution to this error in this article.

[GaMerZ]

You can always make use of PHP to send email. WP-Admin -> Email -> Email Options -> "Method Used To Send E-Mail:"

The reason why PHPMailer throw you this error is because it has problem instantiating a channel (Sendmail, PHP or SMTP) to send the email.

The language string error can be ignored because WP-Email/WordPress did not include any languages for PHPMailer within the distribution.