Email reminder for inactive users

[Smoothie]

Task log is working!

[projectego]

Thanks for the latest update. :)

[quamism]

Sounds like a great product. Now i just need to get some users to remind to come back. Thanks for the great product.

[SnitchSeeker]

So if I have 10,000 inactive e-mails and choose to send 50 e-mails, what happens to the other 9,950? Do they not get a mail? Or does it go in spurts? Or what?

Looks great btw! :)

[djbaxter]

So if I have 10,000 inactive e-mails and choose to send 50 e-mails, what happens to the other 9,950? Do they not get a mail? Or does it go in spurts? Or what?

Looks great btw! :)

It would send 50 at a time according to the schedule you set up in ACP | Scheduled Tasks.

[Fungsten]

CB,

As mentioned in another post when I run it from a test forum the "From" in the email I receive is fine. However, when sending from my live forum the email "From" is blank. Also, that email shows all the control characters too. I have checked the settings in the live forum and they seem to be ok. So, why would the email I get from the live forum have a blank "From"? Thanks!

[MMiz]

After importing and installing the plugin it sent out the emails even before I had a chance to look at/edit the settings in the admincp.

What am I missing?

Thanks!

[djbaxter]

You're not missing anything.

The defaults for the cron job are (1) active/on and (2) send reminders out every minute.

These should probably be changed in the product xml.

[Doctor Death]

Put this mod in yesterday and got a lost user back today. Good idea.:cool:

[devilrulez]

Thanks. I was looking for similar thing :)

[GBSteve]

Been watching for a short while, but today I installed this mod on my test forum - looks quite nice.

BUT I ran into a snag (I can hear the sighs already...). For testing purposes, I set the mod to base inactivity on last post, not last visit. I then changed the frequency, etc to **---- so that it would be constantly (as I understand it) watching and sending, watching and sending.

I then went to "Scheduled Task Manager" and manually ran the mod. Checked the log, and sure enough it sent an email out to me and the other test user account.

Unfortunately, when I checked my email, I received two copies of the same email with the same timestamp... The log shows only 1 email, but I received a duplicate. I have the usergroups for the mod set to 2,5,6,7 (registered users, mods, admin, and supermods - just for testing purposes). My test account only belongs to the Admin usergroup so it isn't an issue of multiple usergroups...

I also know it didn't send first as a regularly scheduled job and then a 2nd time from my manual run as the CRON log only shows emails being sent out once, and then the 2 following times I ran the CRON job manually it said there were no emails to send (which is correct).

Any ideas why I received dupe emails? I do NOT want this to happen to my users. :/

FYI I have read this entire thread. :)

[djbaxter]

There are TWO settings in the options for this add-on:

1. Days of Inactivity
How many days a user can go without posting before they are considered inactive.

2. Email Frequency
How often to send a reminder email once a member has become inactive - set this to how many days you want to wait before sending out another reminder to that member.

[GBSteve]

djbaxter,

was that directed to my post? I'm aware of the two settings. My problem is that running the CRON task created TWO emails with the same timestamp yet only 1 entry in the log file. If they were both legitimate emails, I'd have seen two entries in the log.

[DaveS]

2. Email Frequency
How often to send a reminder email once a member has become inactive - set this to how many days you want to wait before sending out another reminder to that member.
A great mod but I think the above needs much better explanation in the Admin panel. I set this low thinking that it was the number of emails sent out to a member, and I've had lots of disgruntled users as a result and I didn't now why!
Now I do and I've corrected it, but beware everyone you could PO your users if you set it too low.

[doogie88]

How do we limit the number of emails that are sent? I've received 3 on my account now, I can imagine people are getting annoyed with 3 emails in the last 2 weeks.
I made the same mistake as above.

[djbaxter]

My problem is that running the CRON task created TWO emails with the same timestamp yet only 1 entry in the log file. If they were both legitimate emails, I'd have seen two entries in the log.

I'm not sure that's a ptroblem with this add-on. I believe there is a known bug in recent versions of vBulletin where the mail system sends out intermittent multiple emails. On one large forum (not my own), I have received as many as 4 with the same timestamp (notifications of replies to a thread) and even on my own I periodically receive two or occasionally three.

[djbaxter]

A great mod but I think the above needs much better explanation in the Admin panel. I set this low thinking that it was the number of emails sent out to a member, and I've had lots of disgruntled users as a result and I didn't now why! Now I do and I've corrected it, but beware everyone you could PO your users if you set it too low.

I agree. Chris, the author, did explain this in an early post in this thread but I agree it's worded in a confusing way.

How do we limit the number of emails that are sent? I've received 3 on my account now, I can imagine people are getting annoyed with 3 emails in the last 2 weeks. I made the same mistake as above.

See https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1203316&postcount=262 above.

[Smoothie]

Testing this mod, I only received 1 email per account.

[doogie88]

I agree. Chris, the author, did explain this in an early post in this thread but I agree it's worded in a confusing way.



See https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1203316&postcount=262 above.

That still doesn't make sense.

2. Email Frequency
How often to send a reminder email once a member has become inactive - set this to how many days you want to wait before sending out another reminder to that member.

Set this to how many days you want to wait. So does it only send 2 notices?
That's how many days apart it will send the notice, but not how many total emails will be sent?

[Gryphon]

I believe that people with things like UserName[CLAN] might not be deliverable. I got the following message back:
A message that you sent contained one or more recipient addresses that were incorrectly constructed:

UserName[CLAN] <username@hotmail.com>: missing or malformed local part (expected word or "<")

This address has been ignored. The other addresses in the message were syntactically valid and have been passed on for an attempt at delivery.


It would also be nice if users could opt out from receiving the emails right from the email.

[Smoothie]

Once again I am noticing a slight problem. I added a new usergroup to the settings. The setting is 90 and 30 days. In this usergroup I added, out of the 12 users, 2 should have been sent the email. Based on days of inactivity and "Receive Admin Emails" set to yes. According to the task log, no emails were sent............

[Tom_S]

How did you set it to send notifications for 30 and 90 days both?

[djbaxter]

That still doesn't make sense.

2. Email Frequency
How often to send a reminder email once a member has become inactive - set this to how many days you want to wait before sending out another reminder to that member.

Set this to how many days you want to wait. So does it only send 2 notices?
That's how many days apart it will send the notice, but not how many total emails will be sent?

There is no setting for "total number of emails". If you want the frequency to be very low, set it to something link 365 days.

It would also be nice if users could opt out from receiving the emails right from the email.

That's easily done from the options in your ACP. Just add it yourself, as I did:

<p>Hello, $username!</p>
<p>It's been some time since your last visit to $bbtitle.</p>
<p>You might be interested in having another look. We have added several features and enhancements to the forums, as well as many new members and new topics added every day.</p>
<p>If you don't remember your password, you can request it here: <a href="$forumurl/login.php?do=lostpw">$forumurl/login.php?do=lostpw</a></p>
<p>You can now keep up to date with new topics at $bbtitle by subscribing to the Forum Newsletter. Click on your <a href="$forumurl/usercp.php"User CP</a> link in the top navigation bar of any forum page and select < href="$forumurl/profile.php?do=editoptions">Edit Options</a>. Then scroll down to the Messaging & Notification section and check the box next to Subscribe to Forum Newsletter.</p>
<p>We hope to see you back soon.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>If you do not wish to receive further emails of this nature, please log into your UserCP at <a href="$forumurl/profile.php?do=editoptions">User CP | Options</a> and uncheck the box next to Receive Email from Administrators.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Administrator</p>
$bbtitle
<p><a href="$homeurl">$homeurl</a></

[daddygrim]

Inactive Reminders By Mished.co.uk

i son;t want this sitting at the footer of my page..and why would this be included in the reminder email? how do i remove this?

[Smoothie]

How did you set it to send notifications for 30 and 90 days both?90 days of inactivity, send every 30 days.

[Smoothie]

Either the task log is not updating, or this mod isn't sending emails.

[daddygrim]

oh..i fixed it..lol

[Gryphon]

That's easily done from the options in your ACP.

Yes, however that requires them to login. If they don't remember their password they have to run through a bunch of steps in order to get logged in to disable admin messages.

[djbaxter]

Yes, however that requires them to login. If they don't remember their password they have to run through a bunch of steps in order to get logged in to disable admin messages.

Or, they can email the admin by clicking reply and request it be done for them - which does happen and which takes only a minute from the ACP.

[Gryphon]

Yeah....or it could be a feature of this mod.

[C Braithwaite]

CB,

As mentioned in another post when I run it from a test forum the "From" in the email I receive is fine. However, when sending from my live forum the email "From" is blank. Also, that email shows all the control characters too. I have checked the settings in the live forum and they seem to be ok. So, why would the email I get from the live forum have a blank "From"? Thanks!

It takes the settings from your forum options - "From: " . $vbulletin->options['bbtitle'] . " Reminder Service <" . $vbulletin->options['webmasteremail'] . ">" so if these are not set, then this may be the cause of the problem.



Inactive Reminders By Mished.co.uk

i son;t want this sitting at the footer of my page..and why would this be included in the reminder email? how do i remove this?

you can disable it in the options. thanks for your support in crediting the author.




as for the duplicate emails - i have no idea. there is only one mail command, and with that, one log command.

if it logged it, it mailed it.

the user is updated and should not be sent another email until the conditions specified in the settings are met

[C Braithwaite]

Yes, however that requires them to login. If they don't remember their password they have to run through a bunch of steps in order to get logged in to disable admin messages.

think of it as a simple lesson not to forget your password?

[C Braithwaite]

I just don't like some people's attitudes to showing credit. I gave the option to remove it because it is down to the forum owner what they have on their forum, and that's up to them, but it pisses me off when people come on here and that is there only comment - "how do i remove the credit?", not a "thank you for a good mod."

just remember, any members this mod brings back, are because of ME. that's right, ME. not any of you. so just remember that, anyone coming on this thread demanding removal, or making comments on the tag at the bottom.

99% of the people that use this give their support, and that makes me feel good.

[daddygrim]

I just don't like some people's attitudes to showing credit. I gave the option to remove it because it is down to the forum owner what they have on their forum, and that's up to them, but it pisses me off when people come on here and that is there only comment - "how do i remove the credit?", not a "thank you for a good mod."

just remember, any members this mod brings back, are because of ME. that's right, ME. not any of you. so just remember that, anyone coming on this thread demanding removal, or making comments on the tag at the bottom.

99% of the people that use this give their support, and that makes me feel good.
awwwww poor baby...in that case...how about making a new footer. *created by C Braithwaite* instead of your whole website.

[C Braithwaite]

I really don't wanna argue about this, hence why i added the option to remove it.

Please people, don't mention the footer link again. it can be removed. End of argument.

[Smoothie]

Any word on the slight problem I posted about?

[C Braithwaite]

Any word on the slight problem I posted about?

sorry - so many posts to go through, i missed your question.

have the users got enabled admin emails?

[Fungsten]

It takes the settings from your forum options - "From: " . $vbulletin->options['bbtitle'] . " Reminder Service <" . $vbulletin->options['webmasteremail'] . ">" so if these are not set, then this may be the cause of the problem.

I got it working. Thanks.

Also, I checked the Schedule Tasks log and nothing has been sent out; except for the one test email I sent.

Great Mod though!!

[SnitchSeeker]

I have installed this. Can't wait to see how it affects our visits. Thanks a mill! :)

[mvigod]

Nice mod. And you do deserve credit for putting this one together and offering it up here. Clicks INSTALL.

BTW..is there a way to ensure that it does not send to any member more than X number of times? I can see if a member gets this reminder every 3 days or every 30 days until he makes it stop by going into the UserCP to stop admin emails it might rub some members the wrong way. WAsn't sure if this was built in somewhere yet on this or just a possible feature for future upgrade.

Again nice work :)

[Smoothie]

Once again I am noticing a slight problem. I added a new usergroup to the settings. The setting is 90 and 30 days. In this usergroup I added, out of the 12 users, 2 should have been sent the email. Based on days of inactivity and "Receive Admin Emails" set to yes. According to the task log, no emails were sent............

sorry - so many posts to go through, i missed your question.

have the users got enabled admin emails?Yes, see above post.

[Beermonster]

This has had really good results for me, brought back a lot of members that had forgot about me, thanks

[C Braithwaite]

Yes, see above post.

try running it a few times - the code selects from all users before it checks their usergroup - if you up the quantity to something ridiculous just to test it, im sure it will send out emails to the expected members.

[mat.knott]

sorry if this has been asked already..

"How often to send a reminder email once a member has become inactive."

is that days, weeks, months???

[djbaxter]

sorry if this has been asked already..

"How often to send a reminder email once a member has become inactive."

is that days, weeks, months???


Days: Enter the number of days between subsequent email reminders.

[mvigod]

If you set the email quanity to 500 and have 5000 inactive users does that mean only 10% get an email? If the frequency is set to 180 does that mean in 6 months only the original 500 will get an email and the other 4500 ignored? Or does it send to all 5000 but just 500 at a time during each cron?

[djbaxter]

If you set the email quanity to 500 and have 5000 inactive users does that mean only 10% get an email? If the frequency is set to 180 does that mean in 6 months only the original 500 will get an email and the other 4500 ignored? Or does it send to all 5000 but just 500 at a time during each cron?

ALL inactive users will get emails, sent out 500 at a time.

The frequency (180 in your example) does not refer to how often emails are sent out but rather to how long before a second or subsequent email is sent out to the same member.

[Fungsten]

has been sent out yet. I'm sure everything has been setup correctly.

[d8tabyte]

Installed and working great - awesome add-on!

[MafiaMaster]

I know that I keep posting this everywhere, but would this work for version 3.6.5, or is it purely 3.6.4?

[C Braithwaite]

I've only tested it on 3.6.2 - short of trying it, i couldn't tell you.

[PoetJA-1975]

Very nice modification - should help get the participation rate up a bit!
Thanx for sharing ---- Clicks INSTALL

Jacquii.

[djbaxter]

I know that I keep posting this everywhere, but would this work for version 3.6.5, or is it purely 3.6.4?

I've only tested it on 3.6.2 - short of trying it, i couldn't tell you.

I've used it successfully with version 3.64 and 3.65,

[GBSteve]

i'd really like to use this mod on my live forum versus my test forum, but yet again i went in to play with it today...

not only were no emails sent out to the test account for the past week (nor were there any attempts at the log shows zilch), but when i manually ran the task it once again sent me 2 identical emails... same timestamps, same headers, same content.

i think this mod would be spectacular if it worked on my forum. i see others are having no problem so what gives? i also see from info on the email when i check via webmail, but when i download the email to my Outlook email client there's no from info and the email is displayed as plain text versus the rich text i see in my webmail client.

C Braithwaite, any support you can offer would be of huge assistance. I know you said you basically just didn't know why it was doing it but any troubleshooting guidance would be immensily helpful.

TIA.

steve

[djbaxter]

i'd really like to use this mod on my live forum versus my test forum, but yet again i went in to play with it today...

not only were no emails sent out to the test account for the past week (nor were there any attempts at the log shows zilch), but when i manually ran the task it once again sent me 2 identical emails... same timestamps, same headers, same content.

i think this mod would be spectacular if it worked on my forum. i see others are having no problem so what gives? i also see from info on the email when i check via webmail, but when i download the email to my Outlook email client there's no from info and the email is displayed as plain text versus the rich text i see in my webmail client.

C Braithwaite, any support you can offer would be of huge assistance. I know you said you basically just didn't know why it was doing it but any troubleshooting guidance would be immensily helpful.

TIA.

steve

1. check to see if you have rich text / html enabled in Outlook - it may be set to off by default, depending on your version

2. check to see if your ISP or antivirus program or antispam program is stripping anything out of your email by default

[yessir]

I set this up and my users are furious because most of the inactive ones keep receiving the emails, over and over. It's now turned off.

I should have known better.

[meissenation]

Wow, I installed this and manually told it to run the scheduled task and about 70% of the emails it sent got bounced! Never realized I had so many users with email addresses that have gone bad since they registered!!!

[djbaxter]

I set this up and my users are furious because most of the inactive ones keep receiving the emails, over and over. It's now turned off.

I should have known better.

Yes. You should have read the instructions and the other posts in this thread. And changed the options from your ACP to something more to your liking.

However, I would suggest that the defaults be changed and that the default for installation be set to inactive.

[PoetJA-1975]

I set this up and my users are furious because most of the inactive ones keep receiving the emails, over and over. It's now turned off.

I should have known better.

um... it's FOR inactive users - set the settings appropriately and there should be no prob.... I've actually just received an email asking simply "How do I delete my account"

My response:

1st I think you would learn how to ask politely, minus the obvious not-giving-a-damn --- 2nd - account deleted!

Thank you for your interest in JPiC Forum For Writers and if ever you decide to register and take part in enjoying the full realm of JPiC, as well as enjoying the PHENOMENAL writings we have within this Community for writers.... Be sure to introduce yourself via our Member Introductions forum first.

Jacquii.

I think this is a FABULOUS way of knowing who your DEDICATED Members are - and to hell with the rest - unless ---- of course ---- they're clicking on your google adsense ads LOL

Anyway - So far so good! I like this modification. AND rest assured if there's any type of "conflict" with this modification - I shall post directly, succinctly & without pondering - within this thread.

Thanx for sharing this - I like it!

Jacquii.

[kylek]

Just installed and have it set for no for is this product active while setting it up. But I just received an email to my test account so it seems to be live with the active setting at no.

Other than that, thanks for this!!!

[C Braithwaite]

i'd really like to use this mod on my live forum versus my test forum, but yet again i went in to play with it today...

not only were no emails sent out to the test account for the past week (nor were there any attempts at the log shows zilch), but when i manually ran the task it once again sent me 2 identical emails... same timestamps, same headers, same content.

i think this mod would be spectacular if it worked on my forum. i see others are having no problem so what gives? i also see from info on the email when i check via webmail, but when i download the email to my Outlook email client there's no from info and the email is displayed as plain text versus the rich text i see in my webmail client.

C Braithwaite, any support you can offer would be of huge assistance. I know you said you basically just didn't know why it was doing it but any troubleshooting guidance would be immensily helpful.

TIA.

steve

Other than disabling all other products to see if there is a conflict, then im not really sure.
is your cron running properly, ie are your other tasks running and logging?

I set this up and my users are furious because most of the inactive ones keep receiving the emails, over and over. It's now turned off.

I should have known better.

you can amend the settings, and inactive users can disable this via their usercp emaiil preferences.

it might be a good idea to include this note in the footer.

Yes. You should have read the instructions and the other posts in this thread. And changed the options from your ACP to something more to your liking.

However, I would suggest that the defaults be changed and that the default for installation be set to inactive.

i will change the defaults to off etc for future installations

Just installed and have it set for no for is this product active while setting it up. But I just received an email to my test account so it seems to be live with the active setting at no.

Other than that, thanks for this!!!

i will check this out for you - my guess is that the email was sent before you had a chance to disable it?

[C Braithwaite]

Just installed and have it set for no for is this product active while setting it up. But I just received an email to my test account so it seems to be live with the active setting at no.

Other than that, thanks for this!!!

if you disable it, then run it manually it will tell you if it is inactive or not.

[C Braithwaite]

just tested it:


Inactive User Reminder Emails
Product is inactive at this time!

Done

[yessir]

Yes. You should have read the instructions and the other posts in this thread. And changed the options from your ACP to something more to your liking.
Did that. You should not have assumed I did not change the default settings.

you can amend the settings, and inactive users can disable this via their usercp emaiil preferences.
Again, I did that. Screenie attached...

[C Braithwaite]

Did that. You should not have assumed I did not change the default settings.


Again, I did that. Screenie attached...

well you have set it to send out an email EVERY DAY what do you expect? try changing frequency to maybe 60?

[apiasto]

hey very nice and usefull,thnx

[BBF]

how i can to change the encoding in the messege?

[djbaxter]

how i can to change the encoding in the messege?

Find in remindermail.php:

$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" . "\r\n";

$headers .= "To: $username <$email>" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "From: " . $vbulletin->options['bbtitle'] . " Reminder Service <" . $vbulletin->options['webmasteremail'] . ">" . "\r\n";

Change:

$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" . "\r\n";

to the desired charset.

Upload the newly edited remindermail.php to your server.

[BBF]

Thank you very much :)

[ra7al]

thanx

install

[Hemanth]

Hi Chris & djbaxter,

Still the same issues bugging me..

1. How to set a sender email. All the the email send from my forum is having blank from address.

2. Please tell me how to send HTML mails. If i add HTML code ( Say the default code in your hack) the mails received it as code itself, not the HTML formated text. How to enale this.

Thanks again for this cool hack. :)

[djbaxter]

Hi Chris & djbaxter,

Still the same issues bugging me..

1. How to set a sender email. All the the email send from my forum is having blank from address.

2. Please tell me how to send HTML mails. If i add HTML code ( Say the default code in your hack) the mails received it as code itself, not the HTML formated text. How to enale this.

Thanks again for this cool hack. :)

This is either a problem with your email server or with your email client. If you are not set up to send and receive HTML / rich text emails, you can't do it with this add-on either.

And since the add-on uses the email address set in your vBulletin configuration, it would suggest to me that either that isn't set correctly or your email server isn't configured correctly.

What happens with other emails sent by your forum? Like topic reply notifications?

[Rickie3]

will this work on vbulletin 3.5??

[Rickie3]

installed this on my board 3.5 had to add the cron manually,but it works a treat,great hack thankyou

[wengi]

Updated thnks :)

[deezelpope]

How funny...I was just thinking this morning how I needed something like this! Thank you!!

[Hemanth]

Hi djbaxter
Thank you very much for replying.. All the other forum mails are working fine with sender as admin@mydomain.com..

But where to set the forum to send HTML emails. I thought i was also a hack, right?

[djbaxter]

Are you able to receive HTML emails from other sources in your email client? When your forum sends out other emails, are they plain text or HTML/rich text (do you see clickable links in your forum emails)?

[tanyeri24]

there is a bug. My Email Frequency is 1 but the plungs sending all 2-4 days a email. That turn people crazy!!

[Fungsten]

I've checked the logs and none have been sent out.

[C Braithwaite]

there is a bug. My Email Frequency is 1 but the plungs sending all 2-4 days a email. That turn people crazy!!

What does the description say for the email frequency? It says how frequent emails are sent out. /another way of saying this is "how often" meaning, you have set the emails to be sent each and every day. If you wish users to not receive emails as often, then maybe you should increase this amount?

I've checked the logs and none have been sent out.

Maybe the conditions you have set in the settings have not been met? try running the plugin manually. Oh, and make sure it is turned on, and active as by default the plugin is disabled.

[Fungsten]

Maybe the conditions you have set in the settings have not been met? try running the plugin manually. Oh, and make sure it is turned on, and active as by default the plugin is disabled.

62447

This is from the log when I just ran it manually.

62448

[djbaxter]

there is a bug. My Email Frequency is 1 but the plungs sending all 2-4 days a email. That turn people crazy!!

Read the thread!

Set your email frequency to something longer than 1. At that setting, it will try to send out emails to every inactive user every day.

Set it to something reasonable like 30, or 60, or 90 (days). Or longer if you wish.

[C Braithwaite]

62447

This is from the log when I just ran it manually.

62448

That shows that the plugin is working as it should, but the conditions to send an email are not met.

Also, you have it set to run once per day. at 3 minutes past midnight.

[deezelpope]

Also, I just noticed, that first screenshot is for the Activation Reminder, not this mod.:rolleyes:

[C Braithwaite]

Also, I just noticed, that first screenshot is for the Activation Reminder, not this mod.:rolleyes:

yes lol, very true

[deezelpope]

Same story in the other screenshots before that...:D Observant, aren't I?:rolleyes:

[d8tabyte]

I'd just like to say I have seen a few members come back after just a week of running this. The day I turned it on, I had at least 5 names show up in the WOL that I hadn't seen in months.

Thanks!

[Fungsten]

What about these other conditions?

That shows that the plugin is working as it should, but the conditions to send an email are not met.

Also, you have it set to run once per day. at 3 minutes past midnight.

[Hemanth]

Are you able to receive HTML emails from other sources in your email client? When your forum sends out other emails, are they plain text or HTML/rich text (do you see clickable links in your forum emails)?

I am not using a mail client but gmail & yahoo for testing as most of the users have it. To best of my knowledge vbulletin is sending non-html mails by default. There is a hack here in vB.org to make it send HTML mails. What i'm asking is will I need this hack for making this work?

Take a look at this discussion: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66522

[C Braithwaite]

What about these other conditions?

what about which other conditions?

[Exitilus]

Is there any way i can get this thing to e-mail me ? I want to make sure the HTML is coming out correctly heh ..

[TheEDIGuy]

Installed, configured, and running well so far. Thanks!

[PassLab.net]

Would this do it?

Find:

$result = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE lastactivity < '$datetime[lastpost]' AND emailDate < '$datetime[lastemail]' LIMIT $quantity");
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET emailDate = '$now' WHERE lastactivity < '$datetime[lastpost]' AND emailDate < '$datetime[lastemail]' LIMIT $quantity");

Change to:

$result = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE lastactivity < '$datetime[lastpost]' AND . TABLE_PREFIX . "usergroup != 20 AND emailDate < '$datetime[lastemail]' LIMIT $quantity");
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET emailDate = '$now' WHERE lastactivity < '$datetime[lastpost]' AND . TABLE_PREFIX . "usergroup != 20 AND emailDate < '$datetime[lastemail]' LIMIT $quantity");

that is something i never thought of - i will update that in the php later today. cheers


Well guys, I really loved this hack thanks Braithwaite! and thanks djbaxter for your help...

I ve installed this hack last week. I ve just noticed that it still sends e-mails to the banned users...

what should I do? Banned usergroup is 8 in my board and I didnt add them in the AdminCP where it says:

List the usergroups that you wish to send the emails to here. (Seperate by commas) eg. 2,3,4,7

the remindermail.php which I ve got from you is like this:

$result = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE lastactivity < '$datetime[lastpost]' AND emailDate < '$datetime[lastemail]' AND options & 16 LIMIT $quantity");
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET emailDate = '$now' WHERE lastactivity < '$datetime[lastpost]' AND emailDate < '$datetime[lastemail]' AND options & 16 LIMIT $quantity");


how are we gonna fix this?

thanks a million

[NaughtyStud]

Nice Mod, thank you and clicked Install. ;)

[cajunboy2208]

Thanks for this program. I just installed it, and sent out the e-mails. I am hoping to get a few members back. Thanks once again for this great mod!
MOTM Nominee for me!

[C Braithwaite]

Well guys, I really loved this hack thanks Braithwaite! and thanks djbaxter for your help...

I ve installed this hack last week. I ve just noticed that it still sends e-mails to the banned users...

what should I do? Banned usergroup is 8 in my board and I didnt add them in the AdminCP where it says:

List the usergroups that you wish to send the emails to here. (Seperate by commas) eg. 2,3,4,7

the remindermail.php which I ve got from you is like this:

$result = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE lastactivity < '$datetime[lastpost]' AND emailDate < '$datetime[lastemail]' AND options & 16 LIMIT $quantity");
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET emailDate = '$now' WHERE lastactivity < '$datetime[lastpost]' AND emailDate < '$datetime[lastemail]' AND options & 16 LIMIT $quantity");


how are we gonna fix this?

thanks a million


I don't understand why the code needs fixing?

[Fungsten]

What I was asking you about was what other settings could there be where email would not get sent? Should I ask that question in the other forum for general questions?

what about which other conditions?

[PassLab.net]

I don't understand why the code needs fixing?

It is sending e-mails to the banned users :) thats why I ve asked for your help...

[C Braithwaite]

What I was asking you about was what other settings could there be where email would not get sent? Should I ask that question in the other forum for general questions?

maybe it is just a case of you dont have any inactive users?

the code works like this:


Find inactive users based on last visit/last post
Check previously returned inactive users against usergroups
Check aforementioned inactive users for receive admin email settings


if a users is considered inactive, is a member of specified usergroups, and has selected to be sent admin emails then an email will be sent.
if any one of the previous is not true then an email will not be sent.

if you increase the quantity, it is more likely to send emails out.

It is sending e-mails to the banned users :) thats why I ve asked for your help...
there is nothign wrong with thequoted code - the usergroup checking comes later.

make sure your users which are banned are not part of any other usergroups.

the code will check each member against the list of usergroups specified, and if they are a member of that usergroup then they will be sent an email. it uses vbulletin's is_member_of function.

[Doctor Death]

This is such a great mod.

I would like to see Version Checking being added to next iteration as well as the ability to edit the email it sends out to users

[sam marland]

hey guys, i uploaded the php file to /includes/cron/
and i have installed the mod and uploaded the xml using the upload tool whilst installing the product, but nothing has shown in my options, it is not there and i know this for shure because i have done a ctrl+f and searched for it, please help :D

[photonetau]

I am getting "The file you have uploaded is not a valid module file."
when trying to mport the product xml
(vBulletin 3.5.2))

[C Braithwaite]

This is such a great mod.

I would like to see Version Checking being added to next iteration as well as the ability to edit the email it sends out to users

You can edit the email already....

hey guys, i uploaded the php file to /includes/cron/
and i have installed the mod and uploaded the xml using the upload tool whilst installing the product, but nothing has shown in my options, it is not there and i know this for shure because i have done a ctrl+f and searched for it, please help :D

is it in the product list?

I am getting "The file you have uploaded is not a valid module file."
when trying to mport the product xml
(vBulletin 3.5.2))

It was designed on 3.6+ this may be the problem.

[sam marland]

yes it is in the products list but it won't show in the admin panel. I don't think it is sending emails out either. Please help :D

[C Braithwaite]

yes it is in the products list but it won't show in the admin panel. I don't think it is sending emails out either. Please help :D

try reinstalling, as it is supposed to be in the options.

to the best of my knowledge the product file is formed correctly, and so should install properly. maybe an error on your board? Check the task log to see if emails have been sent, and if it's in the task list. im sure that it's set to be off by default, but cant remember for sure now.

[cy88]

Such a great mod, installed!

Is there anyway I could find out who the module sent the reminder emails to? (ie. a log)

[blogtorank]

Installed and thanks for such a kick ass hack!

[C Braithwaite]

Such a great mod, installed!

Is there anyway I could find out who the module sent the reminder emails to? (ie. a log)

just check the task log for the product and it shows you who it's been sent to.

[Sureshkumar]

Hello

This is really a superb mode. Working fine for me. Great job dude.

Regards,
Surya.

[blogtorank]

Sure kicked in the forums statistics for the day, I installed the mod at 1ish this AM and the mailer hit up about 340 members that have been inactive and 114 came back to post so far today... Many thanks for this hack and you have my vote!

All the best!

[C Braithwaite]

Sure kicked in the forums statistics for the day, I installed the mod at 1ish this AM and the mailer hit up about 340 members that have been inactive and 114 came back to post so far today... Many thanks for this hack and you have my vote!

All the best!

that is excellent news!

[Fungsten]

Though I have Email notification for PMs, and they do get sent out, I don't have it set where members can email each other. Does this have something to do with V-Bulletin not sending out notifications of Inactivity?

BTW, I did check the Logs and nothing has been sent out. Thanks.

[cashpath]

can ezbouncer could be integrated into these emails?

[solinarius]

Yep, i checked logs and nothing displayed for that mod, looks like broken or something

[djbaxter]

can ezbouncer could be integrated into these emails?

Yes, very easily.

Open reminderemail.php. Find:

$headers .= "To: $username <$email>" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "From: " . $vbulletin->options['bbtitle'] . " Reminder Service <" . $vbulletin->options['webmasteremail'] . ">" . "\r\n";

Add after:

// add EZBounce headers
$bounceurl= $vbulletin->options['ezb_admincpurl'] . "/ezbounce.php?u=" . $userid;
$bouncestring= "<a href=\"$bounceurl\" target=\"_blank\">$bounceurl</a>";
$headers .= 'X-EZbouncer: ' . $bouncestring . $delimiter;

Edit:

The last line above is word-wrapping for some reason. It should be:

$headers .= 'X-EZbouncer: ' . $bouncestring . $delimiter;

Upload remindermail.php to your ./includes/cron/ directory.

[cashpath]

Thanks DJ Baxter :)

[C Braithwaite]

Though I have Email notification for PMs, and they do get sent out, I don't have it set where members can email each other. Does this have something to do with V-Bulletin not sending out notifications of Inactivity?

Doesn't effect it.

Post a screenshot of your settings.

[KiraLove]

this mod needed a lot of changes to make it work

main thing was change mail() to vbmail()

use the api guys.. that is what its there for.

thanks author for sharing tho.

[C Braithwaite]

this mod needed a lot of changes to make it work

main thing was change mail() to vbmail()

use the api guys.. that is what its there for.

thanks author for sharing tho.

im still new to vb modding - but looking it over i have changed the code. should work in a much more efficient way. i just need to test and upload. wont be until tomorrow though.

[basketmen]

Fyuh this could be hack of the year :)

I have question and maybe you can add to install instruction

I had install this hack today and set Days of Inactivity for 7 days, when is it the first email will be sended? right after install or 7 days again after install?

[djbaxter]

Right after the install for anyone who has been inactive for at least 7 days.

That may be a tad short for most forums, though. I'd suggest more like 60-90 days. You don't want to annoy your members.

[deezelpope]

Thank you for the update! Greatly appreciated!:up:

[bada_bing]

Does anyone know if this will work on vb 3.5.x ?

Thanks

[djbaxter]

Yes, it works fine on 3.65.

[bada_bing]

Yes, it works fine on 3.65.


My question was does it work with VB 3.5.x not 3.6.x

[djbaxter]

So it was. That's what not enough coffee does to me. Makes me blind and dyslexic. :eek:

I don't know the answer to that. I believe it's only been tested on versions 3.6x. Give it a try and see?

[funkmeister]

I just installed first thing this morning on 3.65 (fresh install) and upon manually running the cron job via AdminCP I see the following error:

Inactive User Reminder Emails

Found 271 Inactive Users.

Sent To: amember

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/domain/public_html/forum/includes/class_mail.php(261) : eval()'d code on line 4

Any ideas why I would see this? The only change I made was adding the EZBounce code to 'reminderemail.php' as per this (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1219392&postcount=366) earlier post.

With that error - did anything actually get sent out? Haven't received any mail yet, although it's only been about 5 minutes since running the job.

Thanks in advance.

[Rickie3]

Does anyone know if this will work on vb 3.5.x ?

Thanks
yup works fine on mine 3.5.4,i had to add the cron manually tho

[djbaxter]

I just installed first thing this morning on 3.65 (fresh install) and upon manually running the cron job via AdminCP I see the following error:



Any ideas why I would see this? The only change I made was adding the EZBounce code to 'reminderemail.php' as per this (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1219392&postcount=366) earlier post.

With that error - did anything actually get sent out? Haven't received any mail yet, although it's only been about 5 minutes since running the job.

Thanks in advance.

For some reason, one of the lines word-wrapped when I posted it previously and editing the post won't fix it. Please note that the following should be a single line:

$headers .= 'X-EZbouncer: ' . $bouncestring . $delimiter;

[Fungsten]

post a screenshot. But here are the settings:

Is this product active? Yes

Days of Inactivity

How many days a user can go without posting before they are considered inactive. 30

How often to send a reminder email once a member has become inactive. 30

List the usergroups that you wish to send the emails to here. (Seperate by commas) eg. 2,3,4,7
2,26,32,37


Set the inactivity based on the last post made by the user. If set to no, the inactivity will be set by the last activity field (ie, when the member last visited) Yes.

You're credited, etc.

Thanks.
Doesn't effect it.

Post a screenshot of your settings.

[funkmeister]

For some reason, one of the lines word-wrapped when I posted it previously and editing the post won't fix it. Please note that the following should be a single line:

$headers .= 'X-EZbouncer: ' . $bouncestring . $delimiter;

I have that as single line already - so when I ran it for the first time it was in place.

Not sure where to look now? Any other ideas?

Can you tell me - as it produced that error message - was anything sent at all? Or did it just fail due to that particular message?

Thanks.

[joeychgo]

Here is the email that was sent out. I got this from 2 different people



<p>Hello, (USERNAME)!</p>
<p>We've noticed that you've not been active on vBulletin FAQ for quite some time now, and we miss you!</p>
<p>Could we not tempt you back?</p>
<p>If you don't remember your password, you can request it here: <a
href="<A href="http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/login.php?do=lostpw">http://w">http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/login.php?do=lostpw">http://w
ww.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/login.php?do=lostpw</a></p>
<p>We hope to see you soon</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Kindest Regards</p>
vBulletin FAQ Forums
<p><a
href="http://www.vbulletin-faq.com">http://www.vbulletin-faq.com</a></ (http://www.vbulletin-faq.com%22%3ehttp//www.vbulletin-faq.com%3C/a%3E%3C/)
p>Email Reminder System Provided By <a
href=http://www.mished.co.uk>Mished.co.uk</a>


so this email sends in plaintext, but uses HTML. Which makes a mess. Is there a setting I am missing?



:confused:

[d8tabyte]

they may have HTML emails disabled

[joeychgo]

I realize that, but its a problem.

Another user got this email... Slightly different.


Hello, timdorr!

We've noticed that you've not been active on vBulletin FAQ for
quite some time now, and we miss you!

Could we not tempt you back?

If you don't remember your password, you can request it here: href="http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/login.php?do=lostpw">http://
www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/login.php?do=lostpw

We hope to see you soon

&nbsp;

Kindest Regards
vBulletin FAQ Forums
http://www.vbulletin-
faq.com

Email Reminder System Provided By www.mished.co.uk>Mished.co.uk

[quasan]

jap got the same problem as joeychgo

it's plain text with htmltags throughout the text. barely readable :(

and no, it's not a client issue, because other htmlmails do work

[AzzidReign]

I have a question about the options...

With "Days of Inactivity" you have this as the description:
How many days a user can go without posting before they are considered inactive.

And then an option closer to the bottom is "Inactivity based on last post" with the description of:
Set the inactivity based on the last post made by the user. If set to no, the inactivity will be set by the last activity field (ie, when the member last visited)

So...is the first question going off of the last time they posted? Or the last time that they were on the board? I would like it if it was the last time they were on the board since I have a lot of lurkers which the "welcome" mod should take care of them if they want to ever post. I just don't want to bother members that are on the site and just decide not to post...

Thanks for this mod tho! It's great. I'll be sure to keep the footer ad on my site for ya ;)

[djbaxter]

If you select time since last activity, "days" are calculated fromm last activity, not last post.

joeychgo, I'd suggest you check your email server. It's sending in HTML/rich text as far as I know. The only way I can see users getting different emails is if you edited the default email and one got it before the edit and one after.

[funkmeister]

I just installed first thing this morning on 3.65 (fresh install) and upon manually running the cron job via AdminCP I see the following error:

Inactive User Reminder Emails

Found 271 Inactive Users.

Sent To: amember

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/domain/public_html/forum/includes/class_mail.php(261) : eval()'d code on line 4

Any ideas why I would see this? The only change I made was adding the EZBounce code to 'reminderemail.php' as per this (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1219392&postcount=366) earlier post.

With that error - did anything actually get sent out? Haven't received any mail yet, although it's only been about 5 minutes since running the job.

Thanks in advance.

For some reason, one of the lines word-wrapped when I posted it previously and editing the post won't fix it. Please note that the following should be a single line:

$headers .= 'X-EZbouncer: ' . $bouncestring . $delimiter;

I have that as single line already - so when I ran it for the first time it was in place.

Not sure where to look now? Any other ideas?

Can you tell me - as it produced that error message - was anything sent at all? Or did it just fail due to that particular message?

Thanks.

OK, I removed all references to 'EZbounce' from reminderemail.php and still get the above error. Any further ideas?

Thanks.

[cajunboy2208]

Thanks again for this. Having numerous members saying they have come back because of the e-mail.

[joeychgo]

joeychgo, I'd suggest you check your email server. It's sending in HTML/rich text as far as I know. The only way I can see users getting different emails is if you edited the default email and one got it before the edit and one after.


Other emails, including combull (which uses HTML email), send just fine. The problem is in the hack, not my server or my clients.



*

[C Braithwaite]

post a screenshot. But here are the settings:

Is this product active? Yes

Days of Inactivity

How many days a user can go without posting before they are considered inactive. 30

How often to send a reminder email once a member has become inactive. 30

List the usergroups that you wish to send the emails to here. (Seperate by commas) eg. 2,3,4,7
2,26,32,37


Set the inactivity based on the last post made by the user. If set to no, the inactivity will be set by the last activity field (ie, when the member last visited) Yes.

You're credited, etc.

Thanks.

Maybe you just dont have inactive users? Providing the plugin is running and saying "No emails to send" then as far as im concerned everything is working okay. it uses simple conditionals.

I have a question about the options...

With "Days of Inactivity" you have this as the description:
How many days a user can go without posting before they are considered inactive.

And then an option closer to the bottom is "Inactivity based on last post" with the description of:
Set the inactivity based on the last post made by the user. If set to no, the inactivity will be set by the last activity field (ie, when the member last visited)

So...is the first question going off of the last time they posted? Or the last time that they were on the board? I would like it if it was the last time they were on the board since I have a lot of lurkers which the "welcome" mod should take care of them if they want to ever post. I just don't want to bother members that are on the site and just decide not to post...

Thanks for this mod tho! It's great. I'll be sure to keep the footer ad on my site for ya ;)


When i wrote the plugin description, the plugin worked only from lastpost activity, and you didn't have the option. I forgot to update the descriptions when i gave users the choice.

[trickfly]

When I clicked run in schedule tasks I got this:

---------------------------

Inactive User Reminder Emails

Warning: main(/home/trickfly/public_html/forum/includes/cron/remindermail.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/cronadmin.php on line 108

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/trickfly/public_html/forum/includes/cron/remindermail.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /admincp/cronadmin.php on line 108

Done

--------------------------

How to correct this ?

[cashpath]

Where would I change the return address in this? Its set to nobody@ right now... I would like to change it.

[djbaxter]

When I clicked run in schedule tasks I got this:

---------------------------

Inactive User Reminder Emails

Warning: main(/home/trickfly/public_html/forum/includes/cron/remindermail.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/cronadmin.php on line 108

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/trickfly/public_html/forum/includes/cron/remindermail.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /admincp/cronadmin.php on line 108

Done

--------------------------

How to correct this ?

It looks like you forgot to upload remindermail.php to your /forum/includes/cron/ directory.

Where would I change the return address in this? Its set to nobody@ right now... I would like to change it.

Admin CP | vBulletin Options | vBulletin Options | Site Name / URL / Contact Details

Scroll down to find: Webmaster's Email

[cowudders14]

jap got the same problem as joeychgo

it's plain text with htmltags throughout the text. barely readable :(

and no, it's not a client issue, because other htmlmails do work

Ditto here - Installed and working, but the emails are in plain text with html tags. Looking at the source of the message, I can see it is sending with
MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\nContent-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" . "\r\nMIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Thus, the email readers are quite correctly displaying it as plain text, despite the html tags in it.

[djbaxter]

So would the fix be to change

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

to

Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"

???

[cashpath]

Where would I change the return address in this? Its set to nobody@ right now... I would like to change it.


Admin CP | vBulletin Options | vBulletin Options | Site Name / URL / Contact Details

Scroll down to find: Webmaster's Email



hmm.. that is set..

I guess I meant the return-path

When my user activation emails go out they show my Webmasters email..

When this goes out is shows nobody@server

[Fungsten]

Maybe you just dont have inactive users? Providing the plugin is running and saying "No emails to send" then as far as im concerned everything is working okay. it uses simple conditionals.

I've checked. There are users who have not logged in for 30 days+; which is what I have it set to. I'll look around in the some other settings though.

[kenfuzed]

I installed this today and set it up per the instructions. To test it out I manually kicked it off job but it only sent out to 7 members even though there are over 1000 inactive. Two of the members emailed just joined this morning.

What could be causing this?

[AzzidReign]

When i wrote the plugin description, the plugin worked only from lastpost activity, and you didn't have the option. I forgot to update the descriptions when i gave users the choice.
Thanks for the explanation, I figured that's what happened and I was hoping to point it out. Great mod, thank you.

Also, could there be an option to send to the people who chose not to receive emails from the administrators? I would like to send 1 email to these people since it's a lot of them and then just leave it at that.

[Alibass]

Ditto here - Installed and working, but the emails are in plain text with html tags. Looking at the source of the message, I can see it is sending with
MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\nContent-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" . "\r\nMIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bitThus, the email readers are quite correctly displaying it as plain text, despite the html tags in it.

I am having the same issue. Has anyone heard if there is a fix for this? I was having no problems until I upgraded from 1.09 to 1.10

[djbaxter]

I am having the same issue. Has anyone heard if there is a fix for this? I was having no problems until I upgraded from 1.09 to 1.10

That I believe was the switch to the vbmail system from regular email.

[kenfuzed]

I installed this today and set it up per the instructions. To test it out I manually kicked it off job but it only sent out to 7 members even though there are over 1000 inactive. Two of the members emailed just joined this morning.

What could be causing this?Still not working, log states "no emails to send" I'm ready to uninstall.

[C Braithwaite]

That I believe was the switch to the vbmail system from regular email.

yes, that is the case - vbmail sends out plain text. im trying to think of a work around.

[croportal]

how to remove from footer your link to the site

i have edit php file like this

if($vbulletin->options['reminder_emailfooter']){
$message = $message . "";
}


and still showing

Forum (http://croportal.net/forum/)

[croportal]

i now see that you can removed the link

i have uninstall the product

this is really stupid move

[C Braithwaite]

how to remove from footer your link to the site

i have edit php file like this

if($vbulletin->options['reminder_emailfooter']){
$message = $message . "";
}


and still showing

Forum (http://croportal.net/forum/)



rtfm?

[croportal]

rtfm??????

i dont speak english very well

[C Braithwaite]

rtfm??????

i dont speak english very well

it means that if you read the instructions, you will find your answers

[GreeceMonkey]

Hello,

I hope I have not missed the information but what exactly does the following options do ?

Show footer link?

Add credit to emails sent

Graham

[djbaxter]

I hope I have not missed the information but what exactly does the following options do ?

Show footer link?

Places a small footer link on your forum to give credit and a link to the author of this add-on.

Add credit to emails sent

That's an alternate option to give credit to the author - for those who whined about the footer link, Chris made it easy to remove the footer link and added an option to place the link in the emails sent out by the add-on instead.

[croportal]

i have read instructions and i dont see where you mention footer link?

[djbaxter]

Admin CP | vBulletin Options | Inactive user reminder emails

[GreeceMonkey]

Ok, thanks for that, now I understand it, I will use it. I have about 3000 qualifiying people that would receive this at the first run, and I did not want to send it, without knowing what it was going to do.

I will send it now, and of course I keep you updated with the progress and impact this has

Graham;)

[MikeHolohan]

Installed, ran cron job, said 20 emails were sent, one of which was to my test account but after 20 mins I still didn't get an email... Mike.

Added... two hours later, still no email...

[mediax]

It doesn't sent any mails out ? I hope you can fix it this is a great idea !

[MikeHolohan]

Uninstalled, doesn't work... Mike.

[trickfly]

remindermail.php ? That was not included in the zip download

I uploaded reminder.php to includes > cron (directory) NOT remindermail.php

Please help

[djbaxter]

remindermail.php ? That was not included in the zip download

I uploaded reminder.php to includes > cron (directory) NOT remindermail.php

Please help

The correct file for this add-on is remindermail.php.

[mediax]

nope it mails nothing and generates no logs

[djbaxter]

1. check that you have enabled the add-on in vBulletin Options

2. check that you have the latest version installed

[Alibass]

yes, that is the case - vbmail sends out plain text. im trying to think of a work around.

Just wanted to touch base and see if you have possibly reached a work around or fix for this problem.

Regards
Alibass

[voteforbird]

Is "frequency" the number of reminder emails they'll get? Or how many days before another one will be sent?

[obmob]

WOW, so many posts, it seems some are having troubles, i'll test the latest version and see if i have the same.

[djbaxter]

Is "frequency" the number of reminder emails they'll get? Or how many days before another one will be sent?


The second: how many days before another will be sent out.

[voteforbird]

I ran my cron and nothing happened. No emails were actually sent.

[MikeHolohan]

I ran my cron job, it said 20 emails sent, it even generated a log but no emails were actually sent... Mike.

[MikeHolohan]

Ok finally got it working but I can see all the html tags, is there a way to fix this, what will happen If I remove all the tags and just use plain text?

This is the email I got on my test account...

<p>Hello, Paddy!</p>
<p>We've noticed that you've not been active on Faith Forum for quite some time now,
and we miss you!</p>
<p>Could we not tempt you back?</p>
<p>If you don't remember your password, you can request it here: <a href="http://www.faithforum.eu/login.php?do=lostpw">http://www.faithforum.eu/login.php?do=lostpw</a></p>
<p>We hope to see you soon</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Kindest Regards</p>
Faith Forum
<p><a href="http://faithforum.eu">http://faithforum.eu</a></p>

Mike.

[voteforbird]

I wasn't sure about the whole text/HTML thing, so I simply added a <br /> after each line so it would still be legible if someone had to read the HTML as text.

Of course, the email aren't sending, so it doesn't actually matter.

[Alibass]

Ok finally got it working but I can see all the html tags, is there a way to fix this, what will happen If I remove all the tags and just use plain text?

This is the email I got on my test account...

<p>Hello, Paddy!</p>
<p>We've noticed that you've not been active on Faith Forum for quite some time now,
and we miss you!</p>
<p>Could we not tempt you back?</p>
<p>If you don't remember your password, you can request it here: <a href="http://www.faithforum.eu/login.php?do=lostpw">http://www.faithforum.eu/login.php?do=lostpw</a></p>
<p>We hope to see you soon</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Kindest Regards</p>
Faith Forum
<p><a href="http://faithforum.eu">http://faithforum.eu</a></p>

Mike.

I'm afraid you are in the same boat as the rest of us until the developer can figure out a work around for this problem. :(

[mediax]

1. check that you have enabled the add-on in vBulletin Options

2. check that you have the latest version installed

All these things are oke but it doen't work

[kenfuzed]

What DOES this mod do, because it sure doesn't send emails or anything remotely close to what it says it can do. Three days and 3 pages of complaints ranging from "only sends out text as html" to "sends nothing". WOW, this is the best mod ever! Thanks, where do I vote for MOTM?
:rolleyes:

I'm clicking Uninstall, I'm so done with this pile of steaming nonsense. Someone should pull the plug on this one, because its a gonner'.

[djbaxter]

What DOES this mod do, because it sure doesn't send emails or anything remotely close to what it says it can do. Three days and 3 pages of complaints ranging from "only sends out text as html" to "sends nothing". WOW, this is the best mod ever! Thanks, where do I vote for MOTM?
:rolleyes:

I'm clicking Uninstall, I'm so done with this pile of steaming nonsense. Someone should pull the plug on this one, because its a gonner'.

Correction: Three days over a holiday weekend.

But thanks for sharing. :D

[MikeHolohan]

Even tho it sent out the mails as html, I am still getting people coming back, so it gets a thumbs up from me, just hope some of this other stuff gets sorted out, good job, thanks Chris... Mike.

[GreeceMonkey]

Having read through most of the posts for this mod, it does seem this is not as straight forward as it seems. I installed this yesterday and got the same results an many other people who posted.

It logs the email as being send the schedual task log, it show them as sending if this is run manually - the problem is it does not send the emails.

Does this require the SMTP option to be configured, or can this work using the normal PHP methods.

I am trying to get this to work on 3.6.5 and dont have SMTP configured with in VB options.

I would if anybody knows the exact config of any users who got it working.

I wounder if this depends on the forum name as it uses the name as part of the FROM address.

Any ideas, I would like to help in getting this one sorted out, as this is an automatic way of keeping my forums alive.

Graham

[djbaxter]

The problem is the use of the vBulletin mail system, not whether it's SMTP or PHP. Earlier versions actually worked very well. Someone suggested using the vBulletin mail-system and it seems in switching to that something went awry.

Chris, perhaps as a temporary fix, you could repost version 1.09 as a an optional download?

[rapsearch]

Hi,

Awsome mod!

One issue i'm having though. I've set the amount of emails at 2 but it keeps on mailing to inactive accounts. now some people get it like 10 times already and they want to report me to spam protection sites :(...

What's wrong and how can i make sure it only emails the reminder like 2 times and then never again.

[trickfly]

I installed this mod like as directed by the instructions, I have set the following options as:

www.trickfly.com/vb.JPG

Bu when I go to schedule tasks and click run on the Inactive Email reminder task I get:
-------------------
Found 0 Inactive users

Done
------------------

I have over a thousand members and it found 0 ?

Please can you help

Thanks

[djbaxter]

Hi,

Awsome mod!

One issue i'm having though. I've set the amount of emails at 2 but it keeps on mailing to inactive accounts. now some people get it like 10 times already and they want to report me to spam protection sites :(...

What's wrong and how can i make sure it only emails the reminder like 2 times and then never again.

You can't.

Set "Days of Inactivity" to something reasonable, like 30 minimum - 60 or 90 better.

Set "Frequency" to something reasonable, like 30 minimum. This isn't the number of emails to send out - this is the number of days to wait before sending out another "nag". You have it set to nag your members every 2 days - no wonder they're getting annoyed.

I installed this mod like as directed by the instructions, I have set the following options as:

www.trickfly.com/vb.JPG

Bu when I go to schedule tasks and click run on the Inactive Email reminder task I get:
-------------------
Found 0 Inactive users

Done
------------------

I have over a thousand members and it found 0 ?

Please can you help

Thanks

Answered in PM. The problem is, I think, the switch to the vBulletin mail system in version 1.10. I understand that the author is working on this.

See my post above where I've suggested he make version 1.09 (which worked well) available for download until the fix is determined.

[rapsearch]

haha..4 real?... thanks for pointing this out :D

[Smoothie]

I actually have version 1.0.9 sitting right here on my hard drive. :)

And here it is. May sure you check the version number to be on the safe side. I just did and it's 1.0.9

[djbaxter]

Good stuff, Smoothie.

I'd suggest people who are having problems with version 1.10 use 1.09 until Chris finds the fix.

[Smoothie]

For you guys that are having issues with members possible reporting this as spam. You should really include a message in the email stating that:

If you have received this email it is because you have elected to "allow this site to contact you via email. If you would like to opt out of future contact from this site, you can change your notification options here: <a href="$forumurl/profile.php?do=editoptions">$forumurl/profile.php?do=editoptions</a> and uncheck the box next to "Receive Email from Administrators." You must be logged in to change your options.

[cowudders14]

So would the fix be to change

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

to

Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"

???

Yep, I think that will fix it. I'll be perfectly honest and say I'm not 100% sure, but I think so!

[cowudders14]

For you guys that are having issues with members possible reporting this as spam. You should really include a message in the email stating that:

Hmm - That's a good idea. Chris - it may be a good idea to add something like that to the default message in the mod.

[djbaxter]

For you guys that are having issues with members possible reporting this as spam. You should really include a message in the email stating that:

Hmm - That's a good idea. Chris - it may be a good idea to add something like that to the default message in the mod.

You can do that from the add-on options. I have a similar statement in all of the emails goping out from my forum, including the newsletter.

[crazymeezer]

This is a great mod, brought back quite a few new members. But having a couple of small problems.

I installed this last night, but did not set it to active. Woke up this morning and it had sent emails out anyway.

Now I go to try and send it to other usergroups and i get the no inactive members message.

You might also want to reword, or add more description to the frequency part. I too thought it meant how many times to email them, and I had set it to 1.

[GreeceMonkey]

I think this is a really good mod, it has many more possibilities.

I was thinking of ways we can monitor the activity of people that do come back

1) If they stay perminantly or for a long time
2) if they just disapear again after a few weeks.

Is this mod tied into the receive email options in the profile ?

I was wondering if we can take this one step further, and create a new user group for people that have gone. Such as a 'gone away' user group, and put them back into there original group as a secondary user group, when they come back.

I would be very interested in monitoring the activity of these people that do come back. I cant think of another way of still keeping the original group, as there last activity will be current when they come back.

This may be possible in a manual type way, but I think it is important to monitor the long term progress of the gone away people.

Great mod as it is though.

[MikeHolohan]

You also need a way to mail it to the admin too, so we can see what is actually being sent out, how it is formatted etc... I just sent out some and have no idea what they look like...lol... Mike.

[blogtorank]

Thanks for the update!

[Fungsten]

the "From" in the email is still blank when it gets sent out.

On Edit:

I installed 1.10. But the "From" is still blank.

[DieselMinded]

HOLY COW !!!! CLICKED UNINSTALL and it crashed my site , Kept getting database errors left and right Made my site slow too , Had to Run the repair Tables script in the maitenace to get my site back running

This is the only Hack-Mod i installed and uninstalled this week :( :(

DM

[DieselMinded]

Now my paid subscriptions are not sending me an email How dio i Fix This

DM

[djbaxter]

Go back to version 1.09 and see if that fixes the problem.

[voteforbird]

I went back to 1.09 and nothing sends.

[DieselMinded]

Im Punting on this , will have to find out how to fix my paid subscriptions emails from the database

DM

[trickfly]

This mod just dosen't work!

Please UPDATE!!!!!!

[RDX1]

I have been getting numerous reports that the emails are being sent out multiple times, even though it is set out to be only sent once.

[djbaxter]

I have been getting numerous reports that the emails are being sent out multiple times, even though it is set out to be only sent once.

If you had bopthered to read the thread, you'd already know the answer to this.

You have NOT "set this to send out emails only once". You have set it to send out emails every day.

Change the value for "Frequency" to something more reasonable, like 30 (days) or 60 or 90.

[RDX1]

If you had bopthered to read the thread, you'd already know the answer to this.

You have NOT "set this to send out emails only once". You have set it to send out emails every day.

Change the value for "Frequency" to something more reasonable, like 30 (days) or 60 or 90.

:rolleyes: Yes, let me read through over 450 posts and 16 pages. :rolleyes:

There's no "set this to send out emails only once" :rolleyes:

[deezelpope]

This mod just dosen't work!

Please UPDATE!!!!!!
It does, too, work! Beautifully, in fact!:D

And it was just updated a week ago!:rolleyes:

[deezelpope]

:rolleyes: Yes, let me read through over 450 posts and 16 pages. :rolleyes:

There's no "set this to send out emails only once" :rolleyes:
It's called a "search" and it's here for that reason. It's like some of you people are afraid to do a little work for the answers. A little kindness goes a long way, people. These are FREE modifications!!! WTF?! All these authors have day jobs, and are doing this in their SPARE time. There's no reason to be rude.

They never claimed there was...you're the one who said it. Setting the frequency isn't that difficult...there's two places in your AdminCP...in vBulletin options and Scheduled Task Manager.

[C Braithwaite]

hi all - sorry I've been having a romantic holiday in Paris and I have only just arrived home - I've had to skim over a lot of the posts, but i get a rough Idea.

I will make comparisons between versions to make sure everything is okay, but for the time being emails should be formatted for plain text.


on a side note, I found it quite amusing to find an email in my inbox reminding me about a forum i once joined.. ;)

[DieselMinded]

Good Potential But I think Ill just Use Mass Email to users when I wish to , BTW got my Subsciption mailer working again had to repair tables again

DM

[djbaxter]

:rolleyes: Yes, let me read through over 450 posts and 16 pages. :rolleyes:

I'm sorry. You're right, of course. What was I thinking? That you might actually take the time to find the answer for yourself? I mean, I know that your question has in fact been previously answered in this thread at least a dozen times, but why should anyone expect you to do any of the work yourself?

I hope you can forgive me for my social gaffe... :rolleyes:

[Chachacha]

Well this modification sounded good until I installed it and realized that it puts a link to the modder's website in the footer. I really don't like that ...so I disabled the product.

[blogtorank]

You mean to tell me that's why they have the "Search This Mod" pull down up top? :rolleyes:


I'm sorry. You're right, of course. What was I thinking? That you might actually take the time to find the answer for yourself? I mean, I know that your question has in fact been previously answered in this thread at least a dozen times, but why should anyone expect you to do any of the work yourself?

I hope you can forgive me for my social gaffe... :rolleyes:

[Chachacha]

It's called a "search" and it's here for that reason. It's like some of you people are afraid to do a little work for the answers. A little kindness goes a long way, people. These are FREE modifications!!! WTF?! All these authors have day jobs, and are doing this in their SPARE time. There's no reason to be rude.

They never claimed there was...you're the one who said it. Setting the frequency isn't that difficult...there's two places in your AdminCP...in vBulletin options and Scheduled Task Manager.

I don't see where RDX1 was rude. YOU seem to be the rude one.

Btw, using the search doesn't always work.

You need to check your attitude at the door.

Thanks.

[djbaxter]

Well this modification sounded good until I installed it and realized that it puts a link to the modder's website in the footer. I really don't like that ...so I disabled the product.

I don't see where RDX1 was rude. YOU seem to be the rude one.... You need to check your attitude at the door.

Another one who can't read or who is too lazy to read... and this one has the audacity to suggest that some else has an attitude problem... :rolleyes:

Don't like the add-on? Don't install it. Nobody here will mourn your loss.

Don't like the footer link? The add-on contains an option to delete it... but of course you don't read instructions so you missed that... :rolleyes:

Let me be blunt here: Sometimes the explosion of lazy "gimme gimme and don't expect anything in return" morons on this planet over the past couple of decades fills me with despair for the future of our species. :mad:

[blogtorank]

You need to check your attitude at the door.





"At the door" WTF I have pixels and resolutions... :eek:

Let's drop the whole thing and stay on topic, use the search function period!

[Chachacha]

Another one who can't read or who is too lazy to read... and this one has the audacity to suggest that some else has an attitude problem... :rolleyes:

More false accusations of rudeness. I was NOT rude at all. Its called "constructive criticism".

Don't like the add-on? Don't install it. Nobody here will mourn your loss.

Did I even suggest that I don't like the add-on? No. I DID however state that I don't like one specific aspect of it ...and I have a right to do so. I was not rude about it.

Don't like the footer link? The add-on contains an option to delete it... but of course you don't read instructions so you missed that... :rolleyes:

The "instructions" to remove the link is a JOKE. Heres what the "instructions" say: "You have the option to remove the link via the admincp". Now if thats what you call "instructions" ...then your mommy dropped you on your empty head one too many times when you were a baby.

Let me be blunt here: Sometimes the explosion of lazy "gimme gimme and don't expect anything in return" morons on this planet over the past couple of decades fills me with despair for the future of our species. :mad:

Now let ME be blunt: You and your little crony (deezelpope) need to take some mydol and change your tampons ...because your pre-menstrual attitudes are nauseating. It has nothing to do with laziness. I read and re-read everything ...and there are no REAL instructions for removing the link from the footer. Also, RDX1 is right, you shouldn't jump somebody for not reading through hundreds of posts. Just because you're coders doesn't mean that YOU are the only ones who have a lot of other things to do and don't have a lot of time to work with. Get off your high horse and grow up. Being a jerk will get you nowhere.

EDIT: I found the option to remove the footer link. I guess I missed it when I investigated the options for this add-on. My mistake ...but you still need to handle things more maturely. Calling people names and insulting them is not the way to handle criticism.

[djbaxter]

Please just go away before you embarrass yourself even further.

You don't like the mod. We get it. Move on.

You can't understand the instructions, even though they're written in straightforward English. We get that too. Move on.

[Chachacha]

Please just go away before you embarrass yourself even further.

You don't like the mod. We get it. Move on.

You can't understand the instructions, even though they're written in straightforward English. We get that too. Move on.

I like the mod. Where did I say that I DON'T like it? Not once did I say that.

An oversight is not embarrassing. You're the one who should be embarrassed ...due to your lack of maturity.

You learn how to be civilized and I'll move on. Thanks.

[RDX1]

Let me be blunt here: Sometimes the explosion of lazy "gimme gimme and don't expect anything in return" morons on this planet over the past couple of decades fills me with despair for the future of our species. :mad:

Let me be blunt here: Sometimes the explosion of egotistic maniacs and "children who want to be know it all" morons on this planet over the past couple of decades fills me with despair for the future of our species. :mad:

Thanks for the defense Chachacha. This is one of the exact reasons I don't feel like spending 25 minutes reading through every post for all of the hacks I have installed. Unlike some people that may or may not post in these threads, I don't have the time or mindset to argue with children.


Also it seems that the modification has also stopped working since I upgraded to 1.10. I thought upgrading would fix the problem I was having, atleast know that I know what the problem was I may revert back. This hack has increased user activities, been getting 1,500-2,000 more posts a day due to it and 150+ more active members.

[C Braithwaite]

rar.. too many arguments.

okay. vBulletin does not send out HTML emails, so all emails need to be sent out in plain text - im sure this isn't a problem for most as it's only reminder. sorry to anyone who is sending out super fancy html rich reminders. I will somehow sort out the html, but that may be a case of creating a separate plugin. I dont know.

Since the update the plugin is still working, however it is working in a different manner. It only runs once per day, at 1 minute past 1am, and then adds all of the messages to the mail queue.

It is then down to the vBulletin mail system to send out the emails.

I will make minor modifications to the product for the default template.

[blogtorank]

Here's an HTML e-mail hack

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=137593

[Paul M]

Time for you all to grow up in this thread. No more childish arguments and posts please.

[Mrdby]

updated!!!!

[carpefile]

Thanks for the update Chris. :)

Sorry your support thread has turned into a soap opera. :(

[Tigur]

Well after playing around with the settings on this one i've decided to turn it off... especially since I just got a couple hundred angry messages from users saying they've been spammed multiple times.

[C Braithwaite]

Well after playing around with the settings on this one i've decided to turn it off... especially since I just got a couple hundred angry messages from users saying they've been spammed multiple times.

the problem you will probably be having is the frequency. set the inactivity period to 30 days, and then once they have been inactive for 30 days then they will get 1 email. then if you set the frequency to 60 days, they will be sent the email every two months after that. or you could set it to 7 days to have them sent an email every week once they have become inactive.

[djbaxter]

Installed version 1.11.

I get the following error when I try to run it manually.

Inactive User Reminder Emails

Found 0 Inactive Users.


Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /path/to/forum/includes/class_mail.php(261) : eval()'d code on line 12

Addendum: this is in version 3.65

[Smoothie]

version 1.0.9 seems to running dandy for me. I don't understand all the problems some users are having.

[djbaxter]

version 1.0.9 seems to running dandy for me. I don't understand all the problems some users are having.

Same here.

What seems to have caused the problems is the switch to the vBulletin mail queue system starting in version 1.10. I'm not sure it's worth it.

I've gone back to 1.09 myself.

[itsblack]

Same here.

What seems to have caused the problems is the switch to the vBulletin mail queue system starting in version 1.10. I'm not sure it's worth it.

I've gone back to 1.09 myself.
But thanks v1.10, before v.1.09 there's always problem with email sending. After update to 1.10, everything goes well.

[RDX1]

Now it has stopped working since upgrading to 1.11, I'm going back to 1.09 as well.

[C Braithwaite]

hmm it looks like there are problems either way.

Im not sure how to fix this really, as i only have the one board to test it on - my own (which is 3.6.5)

[djbaxter]

Chris, why not revert to just sending out emails as you did prior to 1.10? There were other bug fixes in 1.10 and 1.11, I think but if you just change the "sendmail" parts that might solve it all.

If nothing else, it will eliminate one variable as the possible problem.

[C Braithwaite]

Chris, why not revert to just sending out emails as you did prior to 1.10? There were other bug fixes in 1.10 and 1.11, I think but if you just change the "sendmail" parts thjat might solve it all.

yeah i think i will do.

ill have a look at it in the morning. will bring back HTML emails too.. ;-)

[Mrdby]

keep us posted!!!

[Mrdby]

this bounced my email and i had a hard time updating..my email works fine.

[djbaxter]

this bounced my email

What does that mean? Many of the emails my forum sent out to inactive users bounced. That's because those email addreses are no longer valid.

and i had a hard time updating..my email works fine.

What does this mean? Updating involves just two steps: Upload the PHP file and import the product as "overwrite".

[Mrdby]

So all the emails are invalid?

[djbaxter]

So all the emails are invalid?

I don't know. That's why I asked for more detailed information.

How many were sent out? How many bounced? How long has it been since those members signed in? Do you use email verification for registrations? What did the bounced emails say (what was the error)?

Unless you are specific in your questrions, you can't expect a helpful answer.

[kokiri Kid]

Thank you so much, installed!

[Mrdby]

thing is..when i installed it..i guess i got a daily email or something. I never sent off any emails.

This email shows that the product is installed and working as it should be.

Emails sent to:caramel andreadenise babygrrl477 Loved1 ms.monalisa LadyJ TragBoogie sexy lil mama MzNilla KILLJOY27 Awww Hell GLO Supaprodusa Ashanti#1fan Edify47 Dimples LalaExperience Nilla kilaloc fashion_75 dredai JazzyJas2005 SweetnLuscious Lilmama84 Adreamsmom FAITHFUL-TRUELOVER SincrOne GoodOne Im2fucCinFly nvisdngerus Much2Much41 Ajax6973 NYAmicas O GIRL JusKolMeAl rde2run Blackspeare treytreyy homeless CoverGurl MistahLong boobie000 silvercadi terxav Shiznit Webber ruchirbhatnagar Lovely_E4U hemicuda82 Bishop501 mrbee80 lethel bond666 wrightfellow tre2375 rudeboy11 aparker kingjordon kingjordon1 nina myrna2381 fleetwood73 SoCalmSoCool mybeautifule devante_cream pipo21 cats2003meow Trillseeker247 tightpussy lingnaldo calandra04 woodstick1 daddyfatsacks7 ovadose tlcfan pimpdown rod240866 theOne Slpingbuty Msnikki OmniSlash2o6 dZihan TNasty deonc1972 puddin_4_ya mrwrite88 xavier72984 Gorgeous1 eddie SirDukeOf++++ eltherio gialoukis WCCD . We tried to email the followin!
g users, but their email address was invalid:

i got this email...alot have been back recently and had no bounced emails.

[djbaxter]

Mrdby, that information tells me nothing.

Look at the information returned with the email. It will tell you WHY the email bounced.

For example, even with valid email addresses, emails do sometimes bounce because:

1. there is a problem with the ISP mail server - this seems to happen intermittently especially with AOL, Yahoo, and Hotmail

2. the mailbox is full

3. the mailbox is temporarily unreachable

4. you have hit a spam filter that is blocking your email

5. other reasons that will be specified in the returned email

A list of member names tells me nothing.

thing is..when i installed it..i guess i got a daily email or something. I never sent off any emails.

The emails are sent out automatically. That's what the add-on does. Check your options for the mod under vBulletin Options from the ACP.

[Mrdby]

Ok Thanks

[obmob]

Oo WOW, so many arguments in the past days, i think this mod whould revert to 1.0.9 and then use the new as a Beta release, so anyone upgrading be aware it's a beta and might not work properly.

Also, back to 1.09 ^^,