JMAIL-SENDADMINMAIL-001

JMail::sendAdminMail()

JMail::sendAdminMail()

sendAdminMail() was removed in Joomla 4.

JMail::sendAdminMail() → Build a Mailer message yourself

Dies at Joomla 3 → 4J3: Works nativelyJ4: Removed — fatalJ6: Removed — fatalBC plugin: no — already dead on J4Patch possible — review itJoomla API

What you will see

  • Call to undefined method ...::sendAdminMail

Symptoms people search

admin notification mail fatal

Replace this code

Swap JMail::sendAdminMail() for Build a Mailer message yourself.

Joomla 3

Remove or stop calling this

JFactory::getMailer()->sendAdminMail($from, $fromName, $subject, $body);

Joomla 4 / 6

Use this instead

$mailer = Factory::getApplication()->getMailer();
$mailer->addRecipient($adminEmail);
$mailer->setSubject($subject);
$mailer->setBody($body);
$mailer->Send();

How to fix it

  1. 1Send to the mailfrom/fromname config addresses explicitly.

Also known as

sendAdminMail

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