Hello,

In this thread it’s stated that “{mailing_list}” showing up in mailing list opt-in messages generated when a user subscribes to the mailing list using a Freeform form is a known issue.  That thread is a couple months old, and I’m wondering if there has been any progress on this.  Freeform is perfect for my needs except for this one detail, which will be a bit of a gamebreaker for the client.

If this hasn’t been fixed yet, does anyone know of a workaround that doesn’t involve outputting variable names?

Thanks!

Ian

Ian,

This issue has not yet been corrected.

A simple workaround would be (if you’re only using 1 mailing list), to manually enter the Mailing List name into the notification template

That’s the problem; I’m using two mailing lists.  Any ideas for a workaround given that?  I can just use a generic standin within the notification template, I suppose, but then there’s a high probability of confusion if someone signs up for both mailing lists ("What? I just clicked the link for this!” *delete*).

I can’t believe no one’s fixed this bug yet; the fix is amazingly easy.

In mod.freeform.php, line 1420 add a comma at the end of the line, then insert a new line after it with this:

After that fix you may as well remove what are now lines 1424-1427.  The database names are completely different from the variables available in the template, so it’s pretty pointless iterating over the database call for the mailing list.

Beckism,

Thanks for the notes!

It works! Thanks a ton.