Auto Bounce Messages Management

[Milad]

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Introduction: quoted from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_envelope_return_path) with adaptation.
Any long-lived forums is going to eventually contain addresses that can't be reached. Addresses that were once valid can become unusable because the person receiving the mail there has switched to a different provider (possibly as a result of changing jobs or schools). In another scenario, the address may still exist but be abandoned, with unread mail accumulating until there is not enough room left to accept any more.

The presence of invalid addresses in the forums results in bounce messages being sent to the owner of the forums. If the mailing list is small, the owner can read the bounce messages and manually remove the invalid addresses from the forums. With a larger forums, this is a tedious, unpleasant job, so it is desirable to automate the process.

In short: This hack automates handling of the bounce messages.


Requirements:
vBulletin 3.7.1
catch-all email address, with POP3 access. (I use Google app (Gmail))

Features:
Auto Bounce Messages Management.
Uses POP3 protocol to retrieve messages from your catch-all email box.
On bounce detection the user will be moved to bounce usergroup (you can set which usergroup).
Works according to VERP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_envelope_return_path).
A note:
I believe there is no need to delete the user subscriptions. because once a user got moved to the "Awaiting email confirmation" usergroup, he / she won't be sent any additional emails.

How Does It Work?
You have your catch-all email box, that will be used to receive the bounce messages. Of course we must have a POP3 access to retrieve messages from it.
Let's suppose that your catch-all email address is bounces@yourdomain.ext
After we set it properly, it will work as described below:
1) By default: On every single message being sent, vBulletin generates a unique Message-ID for it, example:
Message-ID: <20080608103128.551e45224330@www.yourdomain.ext>
This ID is generated By using the following code in /includes/class_mail.php:
$msgid = '<' . gmdate('YmdHis') . '.' . substr(md5($message . microtime()), 0, 6) . vbrand(100000, 999999) . '@' . $http_host . '>';
I take the red portion from the unique Message-ID, and the red portion from the domain name of the catch-all address:
Message-ID: <20080608103128.551e45224330@www.yourdomain.ext>
bounces@yourdomain.ext
The result will be: bounce20080608103128.551e45224330@yourdomain.ext
Now every single message has its own unique envelope-from address. so if it gets returned as a bounce, I will recognize it easily.
So every message will be recorded in the database. each record consists of : toemail, bounceemail (the one we generated) and the timeline (for sake of pruning.)
2) A cron job runs every ten minutes to retrieve bounce messages from the catch-all email box.
If the message sent to something similar to the bounceemail we generate, it will update the appropriate record in the database to be marked as returned. and delete the message from the POP3 server.
3) Another cron job runs once an hour, reads the bounced emails from the database and moves their owners to an usergroup which is determined by the admin from the settings.
4) Yet another cron job, will run once daily, to prune the records that haven't returned bounces in a settable period of time (30 days by default).

Did I miss something here?
Yeh, right. this is the first beta, I believe the core is almost done. but there may be some functions to add, and few things to tweak.
I'm all opened to your suggestions. So feel free to dream!

Installation & Upgrade:
1) Have your own catch-all email with POP3 access. I don't have the time to write a how-to article for this please do it yourself, you'll be luckily if someone explains it to others.
2) Upload files from the /upload/ folder in the package to their appropriate locations.
3) Install the xml product file: product-bounce_management.xml, of course choose yes to override when upgrading.
4) Refresh your AdminCP. you will see at the navigation side, above the Users tab, a new tab called "Bounces Management"
5) At that tab, go to the settings: Set your POP server settings, your "Bounce Usergroup" and "Exclude Usergroups".
6) At the same tab you will find a link called "Test POP Connection" to test the connection with your POP server.
7) Enjoy! Click install to let me enjoy too!

Settings:
81933

Know issues:
- In rare situations, a vacation reply may returned via the bounce path rather than the webmaster path.


Change log:
1.0.0.b.1 first public release, on June, 8 2008.
Support:
The product marked as not supported, but that doesn't mean you won't see me again here.
So please try to help each other.

License & Credits:
1) I use the pop3_class from Manuel Lemos, Copyright (c) 1999-2005 to retrieve messages from the POP server, so all the credits regarding this go to him.
Here is his license (included in the package too):
Copyright (c) 1999-2005, Manuel Lemos
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* Neither the name of the Manuel Lemos nor the names of its
contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.


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I depend on you.
Also donations will help me to improve the product. :up:

[Milad]

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[DanceGavinDance]

First install, woot :]

[Zachery]

Looks nice, though personally I won't run it as I don't like providing back links to others websites.


READ THIS! (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2026781&postcount=148)

[Milad]

Looks nice, though personally I won't run it as I don't like providing back links to others websites.
Hi Zachery,

I understand you. Actually, I want something in return for my time and efforts.

Best regards

[Milad]

First install, woot :]
That quick? woot :)

[shofolofo]

very nice

thanks milad

[Alfa1]

Many thanks Milad! I am looking forward to future versions.

Please consider to add:


different responses to different error codes / Custom filters to match patterns in bounced emails. i.e. permanent error, mailbox full, etc should get a different response. Not many webmasters want their members account inactivated when a mailbox is full.
Stats on members with bouncing emails, and error codes
Turns on Popup Notification of new Private Messages for bouncing member
Automatically send a notification PM to bouncing Member (customizable message)
Return members to their original usergroup when the member updates & confirms their new email.

[Hornstar]

I'll have to give this a try, because I have around 200 000 members and many of them will be bouncing.

[Alfa1]

Please let us know how that goes. Are you planning to do a mass emailing?

A very nice forum BTW!

[Zachery]

Hi Zachery,

I understand you. Actually, I want something in return for my time and efforts.

Best regards
Thats nice, but I won't run it or recomend it to anyone because of the back link. Or the copyright text in general, since this is completely a backend feature that a normal user will never see.

Not that i have a problem with copyrights, or authors wanting to benifit from their work.

[Dilmah]

Thats nice, but I won't run it or recomend it to anyone because of the back link. Or the copyright text in general, since this is completely a backend feature that a normal user will never see.

Not that i have a problem with copyrights, or authors wanting to benifit from their work.Agreed. Why would I put your copyright on the frontend of my site when it's a backend feature?

Seems like you just want to cash in on big forums linking to you.

[Milad]

Guys, you discourage me!

I'm disappointed that simpler mods have got attention more than this one.

[ahayat]

Guys, you discourage me!

I'm disappointed that simpler mods have got attention more than this one.

mate, he didnt mean to discourage you.
but how many copyrights we gonna put on forumhome ?
i have already three huh.

anyway Best ever hack for 3.7.0 :up:
:D

[RedTrinity]

Thats nice, but I won't run it or recomend it to anyone because of the back link. Or the copyright text in general, since this is completely a backend feature that a normal user will never see.

Not that i have a problem with copyrights, or authors wanting to benifit from their work.

Sorry but I have to agree as well, having a compulsory copyright is a big turnoff for me to use this feature since it is back-end. I can understand a major front-end feature having one (like VBCredits points system for example, which I agreed to having in my footer) but not something like this. If most/all authors decided to copyright their work like this, then the footers of forums would be extremely unattractive since they would be essentially full of spam links.

SO I have much respect for authors who understand this issue and give users the option to display the copyright or not from the ACP, and chances are I would be more obliged to do so knowing that its not being forced.

Don't mean to discourage either, just hope that you reconsider this decision because it really is a great feature that shouldn't be burdened with something which makes it less attractive to install/use.

Otherwise well done on great work :)

Cheers :)

[testebr]

PM is sent to Member notifying them of bounced email & asking them to update email address

Can you add this same resource from the mod EZ Bouced Email Management (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=138884)?

[Devices]

Thanks a lot, This is a great starting point for a great addon. I do think that it needs the features Alfa1 suggested making it more like VBouncer. Also a catch-all address can be hard for a lot of users. I get hundreds, usually 200 - 300 a day of attempted spams to non existant addresses. These will all now not be refused and dump all the spams into the catch-all.

[renep]

I get hundreds, usually 200 - 300 a day of attempted spams to non existant addresses. These will all now not be refused and dump all the spams into the catch-all.

Yes, it's a better idea to use an MTA with VERP support (that sends only bounces with the VERP address pattern to a bounce mailbox), instead of a catch-all address.

That would require this add-on to actually use VERP (mailbox+memberid@ourdomain), rather than a proprietary pattern similar to VERP :(

[Devices]

Yes, it's a better idea to use an MTA with VERP support (that sends only bounces with the VERP address pattern to a bounce mailbox), instead of a catch-all address.

That would require this add-on to actually use VERP (mailbox+memberid@ourdomain), rather than a proprietary pattern similar to VERP :(

I agree. My MTA calls it + addressing I think. If the format was changed slightly to mailbox+messageid@domain.com then people could use a compatible MTA or if they do not have one they could use a catch-all. I think the messageid idea is good to verify the bounce is not a fake bounce causing havoc to your members.

[Milad]

Thanks a lot, This is a great starting point for a great addon. I do think that it needs the features Alfa1 suggested making it more like VBouncer. Also a catch-all address can be hard for a lot of users. I get hundreds, usually 200 - 300 a day of attempted spams to non existant addresses. These will all now not be refused and dump all the spams into the catch-all.
For me, I use Gmail. it handles the spam very well. Spam messages go to the spam box, and the bounce messages will be returned to me.

This is very easy and nice.

[Milad]

Yes, it's a better idea to use an MTA with VERP support (that sends only bounces with the VERP address pattern to a bounce mailbox), instead of a catch-all address.

That would require this add-on to actually use VERP (mailbox+memberid@ourdomain), rather than a proprietary pattern similar to VERP :(
If you have a better pattern to suggest, go on.

[Milad]

mailbox+memberid@ourdomain won't be a good approach, because it can be abused by members. someone may send a fake email to kick someone else. so we can't use a simple pattern.

mailbox+messageid@domain.com is a good idea. I use bouncemessageid@domain.com not too different. I can alter it to mailboxmessageid@domain.com if you will get benefit from it.

[Milad]

I think the messageid idea is good to verify the bounce is not a fake bounce causing havoc to your members.
Exactly. I'm not leaving this mod for kids to play with it. it got to be secure. for sure.

[Devices]

For me, I use Gmail. it handles the spam very well. Spam messages go to the spam box, and the bounce messages will be returned to me.

This is very easy and nice.

Our own spam filters do a very good job at actually catching the spam. The main one is refusing connections for non existing accounts. Mail that does get through to real addresses will then be tagged if they are spam and passed to the MTA and moved by the MTA to the spam folder. By using a catch-all I increase the load on the MTA that the spam filters are currently releiving it of.

If you add a + sign in between the mailbox name and the message id then I think from what I have read about VERP you will be compatible. Then people can still use catch-all if they have no other choice. I am not an expert in VERP but this is how i understand it.

[Devices]

mailbox+memberid@ourdomain won't be a good approach, because it can be abused by members. someone may send a fake email to kick someone else. so we can't use a simple pattern.

mailbox+messageid@domain.com is a good idea. I use bouncemessageid@domain.com not too different. I can alter it to mailboxmessageid@domain.com if you will get benefit from it.

Yes, Then an account named bounce will catch all email to bounce+(anything)@domain.com but will not catch anything that does not start bounce+. This will definatly help in my situation and as i understand it any VERP compatible MTA.

[Milad]

If you add a + sign in between the mailbox name and the message id then I think from what I have read about VERP you will be compatible. Then people can still use catch-all if they have no other choice. I am not an expert in VERP but this is how i understand it.
Would you please give me a link to what you've read?

Regards

[Milad]

I think it's acceptable to use + or =

[Devices]

Would you please give me a link to what you've read?

Just the info in wikipedia.

I think it's acceptable to use + or =


I can use one of four characters + - _ or %.

On wikipedia the = sign is used as an example to replace the @ if you are adding the users full email address in the return address.

[Jase2]

Looks good, but as others have said, the copyright on FORUMHOME is completely unnecessary. So, for that reason, I'm not installing.

[woostar]

Looks good, but as others have said, the copyright on FORUMHOME is completely unnecessary. So, for that reason, I'm not installing.

Same here.

Support:
The product marked as not supported, but that doesn't mean you won't see me again here.
So please try to help each other.

If we help each other can we request homepage links too :p

[Milad]

The copyright is my only method to get back what I spend of time and efforts.
I'm sorry, this is not commercial product, but it requires a lot of work. you wouldn't do it for free.

You're free not to use it.

Best regards

[Milad]

I'm thinking about making it as a pattern. every webmaster will change it according to his/her needs.

[Zachery]

The copyright is my only method to get back what I spend of time and efforts.
I'm sorry, this is not commercial product, but it requires a lot of work. you wouldn't do it for free.

You're free not to use it.

Best regards
Alot of us spend time working on things, we do it because we feel our own sites need it, or we wanted to help out.

If you coded this purely for wanting to attract attention to your website... I really don't have anything more to say then.

[PoetJA-1975]

Not only that - but the vast majority of sites that will be using the Auto Bounce Messages Management hack are English-only sites, which would totally defeat the purpose of showing that ridiculous backlink anyway :D

Jacquii.

[Jase2]

The copyright is my only method to get back what I spend of time and efforts.
I'm sorry, this is not commercial product, but it requires a lot of work. you wouldn't do it for free.

You're free not to use it.

Best regards

Everyone who makes hacks here are in the same boat, myself included. Just seems to me that you want to get a lot of backlinks to your site.

[Greek76]

A great mod but just like the rest I will not install because of the copyright. I agree with Zachery you just want the backlinks.

[Milad]

OK, never mind. I'm sorry for that. I'm going to make the copyright optional.

Thus, I appreciate if you post a backlink to my site. when you announce the automation to your members.

Regards

[ahayat]

OK, never mind. I'm sorry for that. I'm going to make the copyright optional.

Thus, I appreciate if you post a backlink to my site. when you announce the automation to your members.

Regards

Great thanks, as i have a non-english community so it wont work for back linking to you :D

[Milad]

Please let's just concentrate on the mod!

[dtv100]

is there any way to know who was move because email bounce ?

[Milad]

is there any way to know who was move because email bounce ?
Yes, will be added.
Regards

[renep]

If you have a better pattern to suggest, go on.

I couldn't find an authoritative specification, but it seems '+' is universally used as the box+recipient separator, and '=' is used to encode special characters in the recipient address (that may not be unencoded in the bounce address).

By following this pattern, people can use the default VERP-support in their MTA to route bounces to a particular mailbox, which your add-on reads.

You prefer to use an id rather than the recipient address in the bounce address, to avoid abuse. That's fine of course, as long as you encode special characters in the id (in particular '@').

[Milad]

You prefer to use an id rather than the recipient address in the bounce address, to avoid abuse. That's fine of course, as long as you encode special characters in the id (in particular '@').
The id that I use, contains a-z0-9 and dot only.

[Alfa1]

Without a message to the inactivated member, this mod will lead to a mass of inquiries. On a large board this is a serious problem.

I know I asked for a lot of features before, but please consider to add an automatic PM.

Many thanks Milad! I am looking forward to future versions.

Please consider to add:


different responses to different error codes / Custom filters to match patterns in bounced emails. i.e. permanent error, mailbox full, etc should get a different response. Not many webmasters want their members account inactivated when a mailbox is full.
Stats on members with bouncing emails, and error codes
Turns on Popup Notification of new Private Messages for bouncing member
Automatically send a notification PM to bouncing Member (customizable message)
Return members to their original usergroup when the member updates & confirms their new email.

[Milad]

I really have a problem that all suggestion had been copied from previous hacks such as vBouncer.

I don't like to do things already done. anyway the automatic PM notification is on its way to be added. I'm trying to add something new because I want my mod to be unique.

This is the most difficult part: different responses to different error codes / Custom filters to match patterns in bounced emails. i.e. permanent error, mailbox full, etc should get a different response.
Now I'm working on analyzing cron job which will classify the bounce messages. it's gonna take a lot of work and development.

[Devices]

I really have a problem that all suggestion had been copied from previous hacks such as vBouncer.

I don't like to do things already done. anyway the automatic PM notification is on its way to be added. I'm trying to add something new because I want my mod to be unique.

This is the most difficult part:
Now I'm working on analyzing cron job which will classify the bounce messages. it's gonna take a lot of work and development.

I don't think you need to worry about having the same features as Vbouncer as that hack has been unsupported for a long time. Your hack is doing the same job so it is very likely it will have the same or similar features. Also new features will make your addon more unique.

I am glad to hear you are adding in a PM notification also as this is very important. As Alfa1 says it can cuase confusion for any members that have been dealt with.

[Alfa1]

I really have a problem that all suggestion had been copied from previous hacks such as vBouncer.

I don't like to do things already done. anyway the automatic PM notification is on its way to be added. I'm trying to add something new because I want my mod to be unique.
I would not want you to copy anyone's work. Your mod is unique as there is no other working mod that automatically handles bounced mail.

The suggestions are to fill a need that is there. There will be various ways to do so.
Thank you for taking up the suggestion of a PM notification.

This is the most difficult part:
Now I'm working on analyzing cron job which will classify the bounce messages. it's gonna take a lot of work and development.
I can imagine that it will, but you can be sure that we will be grateful for your work. These functions are essential for a healthy site and there is nothing that completely handles it.

In relation to the article in my signature, there is a need to process responses from the SMTP servers of email providers and take appropriate action per response.

I am very grateful for Anti-Virus his EZ bounced management, because until now it was the only thing that helped. Only after a completely automated mod like yours handles this issue I will dare to do a mass emailing.

[youradhere4222]

OK, never mind. I'm sorry for that. I'm going to make the copyright optional.

Thus, I appreciate if you post a backlink to my site. when you announce the automation to your members.

Regards

Thank you.

[stwilson]

Milad,

Thank you for your work and thank you for reconsidering the back links. I will give this a try and if it works for me I will NOT put on a back link (I don't use any MODs that require back links) but rather I will send you money for your efforts. Thanks for contributing to the VB community!!!!! Keep up the great work!!

[stwilson]

Milad,

I have installed without issue. I modifed a user account with a bogus email address but the account was not moved to the prescribed user group. I have a catch-all email account in my setup, one that will take any email address for the domain. Any suggestions?

[stwilson]

I forgot to mention that I used the Admin account to private message the account that I updated with the bogus email address. The test account is setup to send an email notification of a new private message. I see the bounced email in the catch-all email account but the user group was not modified.

[RedTrinity]

When will the version with optional copyright be released?

[Zachery]

for the plugin you can disable the parse_templates hook and it will remove the copyright.

[stwilson]

Has anyone else gotten this MOD to work? I installed OK but user accounts are not being moved upon receipt of a bounce.

[Milad]

Has anyone else gotten this MOD to work? I installed OK but user accounts are not being moved upon receipt of a bounce.
Did you configure your POP settings?

If not do it and use the test POP connection link to make sure that the mod can connect to the POP mail.

Regards

[stwilson]

Yes, I did. The test connection part works. Here is what it shows (I replaced my real text with mydomain):

Connecting to mail.mydomain.com ...
S +OK mail.mydomain.com My Domain Mail Server POP3 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:05:25 +0100 <20080618060525@mail.mydomain.com>
Connected to the POP3 server "mail.mydomain.com".
C USER bounced@mydomain.com
S +OK bounced@mydomain.com
C PASS mypass
S +OK 2 messages (5510) octets
User "bounced@mydomain.com" logged in.
C STAT
S +OK 2 5510
There are 2 message(s) in the mail box with a total of 5510 bytes.

Again, everything appears to be setup correctly. Can you tell me what CRON jobs should be found in my CRON job list? I don't think they are running.

[Milad]

You will find one cron job with clear name, try to run it.

Regards

[alessai]

Milad thanx for the addon and i'll try it later

for now i marked it as installed

[J3rico]

Yes, I did. The test connection part works. Here is what it shows (I replaced my real text with mydomain):

Connecting to mail.mydomain.com ...
S +OK mail.mydomain.com My Domain Mail Server POP3 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:05:25 +0100 <20080618060525@mail.mydomain.com>
Connected to the POP3 server "mail.mydomain.com".
C USER bounced@mydomain.com
S +OK bounced@mydomain.com
C PASS mypass
S +OK 2 messages (5510) octets
User "bounced@mydomain.com" logged in.
C STAT
S +OK 2 5510
There are 2 message(s) in the mail box with a total of 5510 bytes.

Again, everything appears to be setup correctly. Can you tell me what CRON jobs should be found in my CRON job list? I don't think they are running.

hi, same problem for me, check is ok, but user group was not modified.

[Milad]

try to run the cron job: bounces_retrieve.php and copy what messages it will print!

[J3rico]

hi, thank's for the answer, i have the cron retrievebounces.php (this file is included in the zip file), when run i get this message :

ABMM: Retrive Bounces
Connected to the POP3 server "pop.gmail.com".
User "myuser@gmail.com" logged in.
There are no new bounces!
Disconnected from the POP3 server "pop.gmail.com".

Eseguito

thank's :)

[Milad]

If the bounce messages are still in your gmail account, please open one of them and look for the "Show original" link in the drop-down menu at the upper right corner.

Please copy and paste the content here.

Regrads.

[J3rico]

Delivered-To: myaccount@gmail.com
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:55:10 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.141.151.18 with SMTP id d18mr6810126rvo.152.1213898110434;
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:55:10 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning unknown does not designate 65.54.246.91 as permitted sender) client-ip=65.54.246.91;
Received: by 10.140.83.37 with POP3 id g37mf110384rvb.6;
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:55:10 -0700 (PDT)
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Best regards :)

[Milad]

This message didn't return to the bounce email (ex: bounce20080608103128.551e45224330@yourdomain.ext), it seems like it had been sent before you install the product.

Would you please copy and paste one of your sent messages (while the hack enabled) to see how they look?

[booktoweb]

thanks milad
i had make registration without activation by mail from 1 year
because i have a problem in yahoo mail ( it send to bulk mail )
so i will now ban yahoo mail from register
and return the activation to work
after this i will using your Product to manage all bad members that register with not valid mail

[Milad]

Don't be in a hurry and wait for the next beta.

[Sym0n]

Really interested in this, but I'm waiting for a final and preferably supported version.

Sy

[stwilson]

I still have not been able to get this to work. I have the bounced messages in my in-box. Here is the info from the To: field in the bounced message:

bounce20080616052150.d7e1a8553456@myohv.com

But the user's usergroup is never changed to the user group I identified in the MOD CP. Any suggestions?

[AngelBlue]

I've added some code so that bouncing users now get:
* Popup PM notification set to YES
* Receive admin emails set to NO
* Recieve email PM notification set to NO
* Thread subscription mode set to "no email" (if it was previously set to instant, daily or weekly email)
* All their thread and forum subscriptions set to 'no email'.
* A PM to explain the above.

To do this, I replaced the code in your "Move Users To Bounce Usergroup" plugin with this:


$bounces = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
SELECT messageid, toemail
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "sent_email
WHERE bounced = 1
");

if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($bounces) > 0)
{
$toemails = array();
$messageids = array();

while ($bounce = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($bounces))
{
$toemails[] = "'" . $bounce['toemail'] . "'";
$messageids[] = $bounce['messageid'];
}
$toemails = array_unique($toemails);

// start added code here... define data for PM data manager

$tonames = array();
$touids = array();
$myuid = 1;
$fromuser = fetch_userinfo($myuid);
$message = "We tried to deliver an email to you, but unfortunately, it bounced. To prevent us sending more mail to you while your email provider is not accepting it, we have deactivated all the email-related features of your account. To reactivate your account, go to your UserCP, and update your email address. You will then get a confirmation email. Clicking on the link in this confirmation email should re-enable your account, at which point you will need to visit your UserCP options page to re-enable the email notifications you wish to use.";

$affected = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT userid,username FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");
while ($affected = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($affected)) {
$tonames[] = $affected['username'];
$touids[] = $affected['userid'];
}
$tonames = array_unique($tonames);
$pmdm =& datamanager_init('PM', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_SILENT);
$pmdm->set('fromuserid', '1');
$pmdm->set('fromusername', 'EmailBot');
$pmdm->set_info('reciept', false);
$pmdm->set_info('savecopy', false);
$pmdm->set('title', 'Email Broken!');
$pmdm->set('message', $message);
$pmdm->set_recipients(implode(";",$tonames), $fromuser['permissions']);
$pmdm->set('dateline', TIMENOW);
$pmdm->save();



// this is stock mod code to move them to the different usergroup.
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET usergroupid = " . $vbulletin->options['bm_usergroup'] . ", membergroupids = '', displaygroupid = 0 WHERE usergroupid NOT IN (" . $vbulletin->options['bm_excludeusergroups'] . ") AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// and stock code to delete their message tracking info...
$vbulletin->db->query_write("DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "sent_email WHERE messageid IN (" . implode(', ', $messageids) . ")");

// continue custom code to update their user options...
// stop them generating any more email!

// pm popup = YES
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET pmpopup = 1 WHERE email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// send notification email on PM - NO
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET options = (options - 4096) WHERE (options & 4096) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// admin email OFF
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET options = (options - 16) WHERE (options & 16) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// set autosubscribe = without email WHERE autosubscribe_with_email
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET autosubscribe = 1 WHERE (autosubscribe > 1) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// set emailupdates = 0 for their thread subscriptions
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscribethread SET emailupdate = 0 WHERE (emailupdate > 0) AND userid IN (" . implode(', ', $touids) . ")");

// set emailupdates = 0 for their forum subscriptions
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscribeforum SET emailupdate = 0 WHERE (emailupdate > 0) AND userid IN (" . implode(', ', $touids) . ")");

// finish
unset($toemails, $messageids);
}

$vbulletin->db->free_result($bounces);

[Hornstar]

When I test my connection I got this message: 3 POP3 server greeting was not found

What does that mean?

Edit, changed pop host to an ip instead and that worked. Looking forward to the results of this. thanks.


I've added some code so that bouncing users now get:
* Popup PM notification set to YES
* Receive admin emails set to NO
* Recieve email PM notification set to NO
* Thread subscription mode set to "no email" (if it was previously set to instant, daily or weekly email)
* All their thread and forum subscriptions set to 'no email'.
* A PM to explain the above.

To do this, I replaced the code in your "Move Users To Bounce Usergroup" plugin with this:


$bounces = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
SELECT messageid, toemail
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "sent_email
WHERE bounced = 1
");

if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($bounces) > 0)
{
$toemails = array();
$messageids = array();

while ($bounce = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($bounces))
{
$toemails[] = "'" . $bounce['toemail'] . "'";
$messageids[] = $bounce['messageid'];
}
$toemails = array_unique($toemails);

// start added code here... define data for PM data manager

$tonames = array();
$touids = array();
$fromuser = fetch_userinfo(1);
$message = "We tried to deliver an email to you, but unfortunately, it bounced. To prevent us sending more mail to you while your email provider is not accepting it, we have deactivated all the email-related features of your account. To reactivate your account, go to your UserCP, and update your email address. You will then get a confirmation email. Clicking on the link in this confirmation email should re-enable your account, at which point you will need to visit your UserCP options page to re-enable the email notifications you wish to use.";

$affected = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT userid,username FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");
while ($affected = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($affected)) {
$tonames[] = $affected['username'];
$touids[] = $affected['userid'];
}
$tonames = array_unique($tonames);
$pmdm =& datamanager_init('PM', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_SILENT);
$pmdm->set('fromuserid', '1');
$pmdm->set('fromusername', 'EmailBot');
$pmdm->set_info('reciept', false);
$pmdm->set_info('savecopy', false);
$pmdm->set('title', 'Email Broken!');
$pmdm->set('message', $message);
$pmdm->set_recipients(implode(";",$tonames), $fromuser['permissions']);
$pmdm->set('dateline', TIMENOW);
$pmdm->save();



// this is stock mod code to move them to the different usergroup.
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET usergroupid = " . $vbulletin->options['bm_usergroup'] . ", membergroupids = '', displaygroupid = 0 WHERE usergroupid NOT IN (" . $vbulletin->options['bm_excludeusergroups'] . ") AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// and stock code to delete their message tracking info...
$vbulletin->db->query_write("DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "sent_email WHERE messageid IN (" . implode(', ', $messageids) . ")");

// continue custom code to update their user options...
// stop them generating any more email!

// pm popup = YES
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET pmpopup = 1 WHERE email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// send notification email on PM - NO
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET options = (options - 4096) WHERE (options & 4096) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// admin email OFF
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET options = (options - 16) WHERE (options & 16) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// set autosubscribe = without email WHERE autosubscribe_with_email
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET autosubscribe = 1 WHERE (autosubscribe > 1) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// set emailupdates = 0 for their thread subscriptions
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscribethread SET emailupdate = 0 WHERE (emailupdate > 0) AND userid IN (" . implode(', ', $touids) . ")");

// set emailupdates = 0 for their forum subscriptions
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscribeforum SET emailupdate = 0 WHERE (emailupdate > 0) AND userid IN (" . implode(', ', $touids) . ")");

// finish
unset($toemails, $messageids);
}

$vbulletin->db->free_result($bounces);


Cool! Any chance of this getting packaged up. I would really love to get this installed on my board. It is now a requirement of AOL that you remove any permanently bounced emails from your mailing list or you risk getting blacklisted.

[stwilson]

Still not able to get this working. I have configured all the settings and have verified the bounced message has the appropriate string in it but the usergroup is not changed, even after the chron job is run manually.

Can anyone confirm this mod has worked for them?

[mrahul]

isn't it possible to track down all emails automatically if the email bounces more than thrice the system stops sending mails to the non-active mails ?

[Alfa1]

If a member is placed into the bounced usergroup and then updates his/her email address, will the member be placed back in his/her original usergroup?

[djilou]

3)Another cron job runs once an hour, reads the bounced emails from the database and moves their owners to an usergroup which is determined by the admin from the settings.
4) Yet another cron job, will run once daily, to prune the records that haven't returned bounces in a settable period of time (30 days by default).

Why I don't see those cron jobs on the Scheduled Tasks ??
I see only : ABMM: Retrive Bounces
This Scheduled Task retrieves the bounced emails from the server every ten minutes.

[Milad]

Why I don't see those cron jobs on the Scheduled Tasks ??
I see only : ABMM: Retrive Bounces
This Scheduled Task retrieves the bounced emails from the server every ten minutes.
Two cron jobs run as plug-ins in other cron jobs.

[djilou]

Edit : never mind the cron job didn't work because of this

I've added some code so that bouncing users now get:
* Popup PM notification set to YES
* Receive admin emails set to NO
* Recieve email PM notification set to NO
* Thread subscription mode set to "no email" (if it was previously set to instant, daily or weekly email)
* All their thread and forum subscriptions set to 'no email'.
* A PM to explain the above.

To do this, I replaced the code in your "Move Users To Bounce Usergroup" plugin with this:


$bounces = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
SELECT messageid, toemail
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "sent_email
WHERE bounced = 1
");

if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($bounces) > 0)
{
$toemails = array();
$messageids = array();

while ($bounce = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($bounces))
{
$toemails[] = "'" . $bounce['toemail'] . "'";
$messageids[] = $bounce['messageid'];
}
$toemails = array_unique($toemails);

// start added code here... define data for PM data manager

$tonames = array();
$touids = array();
$fromuser = fetch_userinfo(1);
$message = "We tried to deliver an email to you, but unfortunately, it bounced. To prevent us sending more mail to you while your email provider is not accepting it, we have deactivated all the email-related features of your account. To reactivate your account, go to your UserCP, and update your email address. You will then get a confirmation email. Clicking on the link in this confirmation email should re-enable your account, at which point you will need to visit your UserCP options page to re-enable the email notifications you wish to use.";

$affected = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT userid,username FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");
while ($affected = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($affected)) {
$tonames[] = $affected['username'];
$touids[] = $affected['userid'];
}
$tonames = array_unique($tonames);
$pmdm =& datamanager_init('PM', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_SILENT);
$pmdm->set('fromuserid', '1');
$pmdm->set('fromusername', 'EmailBot');
$pmdm->set_info('reciept', false);
$pmdm->set_info('savecopy', false);
$pmdm->set('title', 'Email Broken!');
$pmdm->set('message', $message);
$pmdm->set_recipients(implode(";",$tonames), $fromuser['permissions']);
$pmdm->set('dateline', TIMENOW);
$pmdm->save();



// this is stock mod code to move them to the different usergroup.
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET usergroupid = " . $vbulletin->options['bm_usergroup'] . ", membergroupids = '', displaygroupid = 0 WHERE usergroupid NOT IN (" . $vbulletin->options['bm_excludeusergroups'] . ") AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// and stock code to delete their message tracking info...
$vbulletin->db->query_write("DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "sent_email WHERE messageid IN (" . implode(', ', $messageids) . ")");

// continue custom code to update their user options...
// stop them generating any more email!

// pm popup = YES
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET pmpopup = 1 WHERE email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// send notification email on PM - NO
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET options = (options - 4096) WHERE (options & 4096) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// admin email OFF
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET options = (options - 16) WHERE (options & 16) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// set autosubscribe = without email WHERE autosubscribe_with_email
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET autosubscribe = 1 WHERE (autosubscribe > 1) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// set emailupdates = 0 for their thread subscriptions
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscribethread SET emailupdate = 0 WHERE (emailupdate > 0) AND userid IN (" . implode(', ', $touids) . ")");

// set emailupdates = 0 for their forum subscriptions
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscribeforum SET emailupdate = 0 WHERE (emailupdate > 0) AND userid IN (" . implode(', ', $touids) . ")");

// finish
unset($toemails, $messageids);
}

$vbulletin->db->free_result($bounces);

[testebr]

When will the final version be released?

[scsa20]

I'm trying to set this up and when I test the connection to the pop server, I get the following error message:

110 could not connect to the host "pop.gmail.com": Connection timed out

what am I possibly doing wrong?

[psylenced]

Can this mod read the message ID directly out of the email source?

If it can wouldn't it be easier to read this rather than creating an individual email address for each user or email sent.


I'm trying to set this up and when I test the connection to the pop server, I get the following error message:

110 could not connect to the host "pop.gmail.com": Connection timed out

what am I possibly doing wrong?

Have you enabled pop in your settings on gmail? Also if you read their help it might give you a different address - maybe you've typed it wrong..

[scsa20]

no, the pop is turned on, and it's the correct address it told me to use, and set the port to 995, still gives me the error.

[ThorstenA]

This products adds this html code to every page of your forum

<br /><span title="Auto Bounce Messages Management" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;">ABMM</span> Powered by <a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/" target="_blank">Syrian Medical Society</a>

I did not see where product author mentioned this in his product description.

[RedTrinity]

This products adds this html code to every page of your forum


I did not see where product author mentioned this in his product description.

Try reading the first couple of pages of this topic ;)

[ThorstenA]

You are right. But this need to be either mentioned in product description, or this product should be deleted on vbulletin.org

[Marco van Herwaarden]

A copyright notice in the footer is common practise and not a reason to delete a modification from vB.org (providing it is not linking to Warez/Adult content, etc..).

It is the users choice to accept this and install the modification or not.

(PS I do agree with mot of those that complain that a copyright notice should only be placed on pages where the modification is active, but this is the authors choice)

[ThorstenA]

I agree that a copyright notice is okay. But I need to know that there is a notice and where it is placed. Here it is placed on *all* of my pages. This for an administorial modification! You'd never think there's a copyright notice at all. If administrators just install this mod, they do not always look around what this modification displays on places which have nothing to do with this mod.

I never installed a mod and then searched my website for additional copyright notices (which is here also linked - bad for SEO). And I installed a lot of mods. But now I do. Does not make vb.org a more secure place for me.

[Milad]

Can this mod read the message ID directly out of the email source?

If it can wouldn't it be easier to read this rather than creating an individual email address for each user or email sent.

Yes. it could be easier. I'll find out whether it has any limitation or not.

no, the pop is turned on, and it's the correct address it told me to use, and set the port to 995, still gives me the error.

It seems like your host has a kind of firewall. contact your host regarding this.

[Raptor]

I'll give this a good test :)

[Raptor]

after install - email notifications for users is no longer working - any ideas ?

[Milad]

Can this mod read the message ID directly out of the email source?

If it can wouldn't it be easier to read this rather than creating an individual email address for each user or email sent.

This isn't good to be implemented. because the message-ID will be quoted in the body of the bounce message. the existence of it isn't guaranteed.

On the other hand, scanning the header of the bounce message is enough to retrieve the special email address.

Regards

[Milad]

after install - email notifications for users is no longer working - any ideas ?
Uninstall. reinstall.

[Raptor]

ok got this all running HOWEVER its not moving any users to the bounce usergroup - I notice many others with the same problem

here is the message after the cron is run

ABMM: Retrive Bounces

Connected to the POP3 server "pop.1and1.co.uk".
User "bounce@*******.com" logged in.
There are 10521 message(s) in the mail box with a total of 31975516 bytes.
Disconnected from the POP3 server "pop.1and1.co.uk".
Done

Id love to get this to work - as you can see I have a heavy board and a lot of users to process.

I would pay $$ to get this working

[Gersfan]

Is this working?

[Raptor]

here is my test msg

Connecting to pop.1and1.co.uk ...
S +OK POP server ready H mimap11
Connected to the POP3 server "pop.1and1.co.uk".
C USER bounce@*********.com
S +OK password required for user "bounce@*********.com"
C PASS *******
S +OK mailbox "bounce@*********.com" has 10521 messages (31975516 octets) H mimap11
User "bounce@*********.com" logged in.
C STAT
S +OK 10521 31975516
There are 10521 message(s) in the mail box with a total of 31975516 bytes.

[ams3521]

Same problem as Raptor, seems to work ok but the bounced users do not get moved to the new usergroup.

Great hack by the way if it worked.

[Raptor]

so far 15 users have been moved - out of around 10,000 that need sorting lol

so its almost there - im sure it will get sorted

[ams3521]

lol
did u do anything Raptor to move those 15 or did u just leave it?
I'm asking as i have disabled it at the moment.

[Raptor]

I just left it - its at 53 atm however there is still many thousands to be processed.

is this mod still being worked on ?

Connecting to pop.1and1.co.uk ...
S +OK POP server ready H mimap40
Connected to the POP3 server "pop.1and1.co.uk".
C USER bounce@********.com
S +OK password required for user "bounce@********.com"
C PASS *******
S +OK mailbox "bounce@********.com" has 11242 messages (34093668 octets) H mimap40
User "bounce@********.com" logged in.
C STAT
S +OK 11242 34093668
There are 11242 message(s) in the mail box with a total of 34093668 bytes.

[Gersfan]

I guess It's not working them, I'll probarly have to install the EZ version and manualy move accounts.

[TheInsaneManiac]

So is there a way that if a user has inputted a fake email and it gets bounced, that the email would no longer be emailed therefor saving server resources.?

[Raptor]

Is this going to get updated or not ?

I've already offered $$$

[Milad]

Raptor, please don't push!

[Gene Steinberg]

I guess It's not working them, I'll probarly have to install the EZ version and manualy move accounts.
I can't get the EZ version to function at all with 3.7.2. I get the bounced mails, but they don't have the requisite links that EZ is supposed to insert. I tried both the header and the insertion at the bottom of the message -- no luck. The coder doesn't respond to the post I presented on the subject.

So I'm back to this one, but it's not fully reliable either. It doesn't appear to be parsing even a fraction of the actual bounces.

Milad, any help here?

Peace,
Gene

[Milad]

This is beta 1, you're expecting too much from the first beta.

I worked on beta 2. but din't finish it yet. Some commercial projects have higher priorities.

So please be patient.

[Gene Steinberg]

This is beta 1, you're expecting too much from the first beta.

I worked on beta 2. but din't finish it yet. Some commercial projects have higher priorities.

So please be patient.
I just want it to work. :)

Do you have any ideas yet when beta 2 will be finished?

Peace,
Gene

[fatal1980]

I agree that a copyright notice is okay. But I need to know that there is a notice and where it is placed. Here it is placed on *all* of my pages. This for an administorial modification! You'd never think there's a copyright notice at all. If administrators just install this mod, they do not always look around what this modification displays on places which have nothing to do with this mod.

I never installed a mod and then searched my website for additional copyright notices (which is here also linked - bad for SEO). And I installed a lot of mods. But now I do. Does not make vb.org a more secure place for me.

Deal with it. He isn't Hans Reiser, he didn't murder his wife. So don't get so bent out of shape.

[fatal1980]

I do have one suggestion. If a message is going to bounce properly, the messages sent from vBulletin wouldn't even be accepted by the destination host. Typically if an email no longer exists, the message is bounced during the SMTP transaction.

Instead of your current method of verifying bounce messages. Why don't you either re-write the vBulletin sending function or place a hook before the message is to be sent. And have a script resolve the domains mx record. Then connect to the destination mail server and confirm the message is valid. You pretty much just have to issue a HELO, MAIL FROM, and RCPT TO. You don't even have to send a message through.

This definitely cut down the time and resources used to determine if an address is legitimate. You would obviously have to setup the pop account as well to catch mail servers that are accepting mail and then bouncing it (which is bad and shouldn't happen).

Furthermore, the process of the bad mail addresses would happen during regular mail operations.

Thanks for the great mod.

[Milad]

I do have one suggestion. If a message is going to bounce properly, the messages sent from vBulletin wouldn't even be accepted by the destination host. Typically if an email no longer exists, the message is bounced during the SMTP transaction.

Instead of your current method of verifying bounce messages. Why don't you either re-write the vBulletin sending function or place a hook before the message is to be sent. And have a script resolve the domains mx record. Then connect to the destination mail server and confirm the message is valid. You pretty much just have to issue a HELO, MAIL FROM, and RCPT TO. You don't even have to send a message through.

This definitely cut down the time and resources used to determine if an address is legitimate. You would obviously have to setup the pop account as well to catch mail servers that are accepting mail and then bouncing it (which is bad and shouldn't happen).

Furthermore, the process of the bad mail addresses would happen during regular mail operations.

Thanks for the great mod.
That's bad approach. you don't need to send a "Hello" email whenever you want to send an email.

[fatal1980]

That's bad approach. you don't need to send a "Hello" email whenever you want to send an email.

You dont send a "HELLO" email message. You just connect to the SMTP server for the domain name and send some regular SMTP commands to verify if the email exists.

Ill show you how it can be done manually.

Find the MX record

[comm@taco:/home/comm]> dig hotmail.com mx

;; ANSWER SECTION:
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx4.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx1.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx3.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx2.hotmail.com.

Connect the the one of the MX records (I've *** out my email address):

[comm@taco:/home/comm]> telnet mx2.hotmail.com 25
Trying 65.54.245.40...
Connected to mx2.hotmail.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 bay0-mc10-f11.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other restrictions are found at http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/. Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:53:02 -0700
HELO test.example.com
250 bay0-mc10-f11.bay0.hotmail.com (3.6.0.91) Hello [64.40.106.55]
MAIL FROM: j***@gmail.com
250 j****@gmail.com....Sender OK
RCPT TO: n*****@hotmail.com
250 n****@hotmail.com
DATA
354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
^]
telnet> Connection closed.

As you can see the mail was accepted after the DATA command. So this was successful.

Now lets see one thats failed on an address that didn't exist.

[comm@taco:/home/comm]> telnet mx2.hotmail.com 25
Trying 65.54.244.168...
Connected to mx2.hotmail.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 bay0-mc6-f8.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other restrictions are found at http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/. Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:56:44 -0700
helo test.example.com
250 bay0-mc6-f8.bay0.hotmail.com (3.6.0.91) Hello [64.40.106.55]
MAIL FROM: ****@gmail.com
250 *****@gmail.com....Sender OK
RCPT TO: badmail1231233123@hotmail.com
550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable
^]
telnet> Connection closed.

As you can see the SMTP session fails! Easy test and you don't need to send a message to the server or process bounce messages. This is the same process used in the following module that works very well:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=144590

Your wasting your time and resources on use a POP3 account, just use the above method. While your at it you can also re-create the above module for 3.7 since it hasn't been coded over to 3.7 and it would be fairly easy.

[Gene Steinberg]

I don't presume to know why this particular product doesn't work, and I'l accept your logic. For now, I'm using EZ Bounce which, while requiring some manual labor (and a plugin mod until the coder added it himself), does what it supposed to do. And it works with 3.7.2PL2.

Peace,
Gene

[TooTall52]

This won't work accurately as many email servers out there accept all mail, process it then kick back bounces for the invalid ones. microsoft exchange works this way for example, may Lotus Notes as well.

so just because a helo passes does not mean it is valid address, the seperate pop account is probably more accurate.

TooTall52

You dont send a "HELLO" email message. You just connect to the SMTP server for the domain name and send some regular SMTP commands to verify if the email exists.

Ill show you how it can be done manually.

Find the MX record

[comm@taco:/home/comm]> dig hotmail.com mx

;; ANSWER SECTION:
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx4.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx1.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx3.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx2.hotmail.com.

Connect the the one of the MX records (I've *** out my email address):

[comm@taco:/home/comm]> telnet mx2.hotmail.com 25
Trying 65.54.245.40...
Connected to mx2.hotmail.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 bay0-mc10-f11.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other restrictions are found at http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/. Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:53:02 -0700
HELO test.example.com
250 bay0-mc10-f11.bay0.hotmail.com (3.6.0.91) Hello [64.40.106.55]
MAIL FROM: j***@gmail.com
250 j****@gmail.com....Sender OK
RCPT TO: n*****@hotmail.com
250 n****@hotmail.com
DATA
354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
^]
telnet> Connection closed.

As you can see the mail was accepted after the DATA command. So this was successful.

Now lets see one thats failed on an address that didn't exist.

[comm@taco:/home/comm]> telnet mx2.hotmail.com 25
Trying 65.54.244.168...
Connected to mx2.hotmail.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 bay0-mc6-f8.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other restrictions are found at http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/. Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:56:44 -0700
helo test.example.com
250 bay0-mc6-f8.bay0.hotmail.com (3.6.0.91) Hello [64.40.106.55]
MAIL FROM: ****@gmail.com
250 *****@gmail.com....Sender OK
RCPT TO: badmail1231233123@hotmail.com
550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable
^]
telnet> Connection closed.

As you can see the SMTP session fails! Easy test and you don't need to send a message to the server or process bounce messages. This is the same process used in the following module that works very well:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=144590

Your wasting your time and resources on use a POP3 account, just use the above method. While your at it you can also re-create the above module for 3.7 since it hasn't been coded over to 3.7 and it would be fairly easy.

[Milad]

You dont send a "HELLO" email message. You just connect to the SMTP server for the domain name and send some regular SMTP commands to verify if the email exists.

Ill show you how it can be done manually.

Find the MX record

[comm@taco:/home/comm]> dig hotmail.com mx

;; ANSWER SECTION:
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx4.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx1.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx3.hotmail.com.
hotmail.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mx2.hotmail.com.

Connect the the one of the MX records (I've *** out my email address):

[comm@taco:/home/comm]> telnet mx2.hotmail.com 25
Trying 65.54.245.40...
Connected to mx2.hotmail.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 bay0-mc10-f11.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other restrictions are found at http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/. Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:53:02 -0700
HELO test.example.com
250 bay0-mc10-f11.bay0.hotmail.com (3.6.0.91) Hello [64.40.106.55]
MAIL FROM: j***@gmail.com
250 j****@gmail.com....Sender OK
RCPT TO: n*****@hotmail.com
250 n****@hotmail.com
DATA
354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
^]
telnet> Connection closed.

As you can see the mail was accepted after the DATA command. So this was successful.

Now lets see one thats failed on an address that didn't exist.

[comm@taco:/home/comm]> telnet mx2.hotmail.com 25
Trying 65.54.244.168...
Connected to mx2.hotmail.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 bay0-mc6-f8.bay0.hotmail.com Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited. Other restrictions are found at http://privacy.msn.com/Anti-spam/. Violations will result in use of equipment located in California and other states. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:56:44 -0700
helo test.example.com
250 bay0-mc6-f8.bay0.hotmail.com (3.6.0.91) Hello [64.40.106.55]
MAIL FROM: ****@gmail.com
250 *****@gmail.com....Sender OK
RCPT TO: badmail1231233123@hotmail.com
550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable
^]
telnet> Connection closed.

As you can see the SMTP session fails! Easy test and you don't need to send a message to the server or process bounce messages. This is the same process used in the following module that works very well:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=144590

Your wasting your time and resources on use a POP3 account, just use the above method. While your at it you can also re-create the above module for 3.7 since it hasn't been coded over to 3.7 and it would be fairly easy.
Sending a "hello" trial on every single message is more server intensive than retrieving only the bounced messages from a pop mail.

[fatal1980]

Sending a "hello" trial on every single message is more server intensive than retrieving only the bounced messages from a pop mail.

You're running a cron to process the messages from a pop account. Your method, takes more code, and more time to process messages. Your method works, however is inefficient and takes longer.

Instead you could have levels of verification. I'm assuming you're using the mail function to just blindly send the message along. Instead you could use sockets and make a connection to the mail server, try and send the message and if it doesn't go through then you don't need to generate an email. Otherwise you can just send the mail and process the bounce message. Also, you don't really need to use a POP Account. For linux users you could use a .forward file that pipes the mail to a script. Usually shared hosting providers have a mailbox setup on the local machine for each account, or for big boards that run VIPS or have a Dedicated Server.

This won't work accurately as many email servers out there accept all mail, process it then kick back bounces for the invalid ones. microsoft exchange works this way for example, may Lotus Notes as well.

so just because a helo passes does not mean it is valid address, the seperate pop account is probably more accurate.

TooTall52

Yes, another reason why bounce back spam invades mailboxes. A properly written or configured MTA would do checks at SMTP time. And reject messages that it doesn't relay for, and for non-existent email addresses.

If the MTA accepts the message, and generates a bounce back afterwards. Spammers could use a forged from address, and now your server is spamming. Bad. In any case, if you're making a add-on that is going to change or improve the vBulletin mail portion then you should consider all the factors in making it secure and not server intensive.

You must understand that I'm only discussing this with you as general feedback. I praise anyone that provides modules for free to the vbulletin community and I thank you for your effort.

[dtv100]

it work on my forum but is nto moving members also from time to time when cron run i get a white page on forum home with info how many email are in bounce@mydomain.com

[SnapOff Racing]

Great mod. I have a question...when the users register...is there a way to edit the registration text to let users know if they do not put a valid email address they will not receive the code to activate their account? I have a LOT of kids registering on my site using fake email addresses and am having to manually bounce the users with vbounce. Even if this mod automatically does it I'd like to know how to edit the registration text to let them know.

[testebr]

Any ETA for next version?

[ryancooper]

I am getting a message - 3 POP3 server greeting was not found When I test the pop connection. I am using gmail have pop turned on and am using the correct port?

Any ideas what this means?

EDIT - Needed POP Secure Connection set to ON

[dfe]

Hi

Great mod! It seems to be working, well partly at least. It's appending the id's, logging in and retrieving the bounces, but at which point does it move the members to a different usergroup? (I have created a new group for that.)

Dirk

[mcyates]

Hi

Great mod! It seems to be working, well partly at least. It's appending the id's, logging in and retrieving the bounces, but at which point does it move the members to a different usergroup? (I have created a new group for that.)

Dirk
Its not moving members for anyone. Seems to be a massive letdown!!!

[DebtFree]

So has this mod died? It would seem a shame if it has because it appears that there are only minor bugs (if you can call not moving the members to the correct group minor :rofl: )

[Milad]

It didn't die. I just have no time to continue the development. I've already started the beta 2.

If I have two projects, paid and non-paid. I would choose to work on the paid one for sure.

This mod doesn't get the support it needs, as members here refuse to post a back link to my website, and on the other side they ask for product improvements. I'm kind of disappointed by the community response.

So, this mod need to be sponsored by someone, as it's not on top of my priority list.

Regards

[Hornstar]

I have a feeling it is because of this modification that I was finally able to send out 200 000 emails without my site lagging and crashing to death lol.

This morning I set it to send out to 1000 people at a time, and it just finished sending. My server load was under 5 all day which is fantastic compared to past results. and I just went to my mail queue and there are only 92 people left in the mail queue! I will check those accounts to see what happens to them in the next few days, but so far they are all still reg accounts. Thanks :)

[Alfa1]

It didn't die. I just have no time to continue the development. I've already started the beta 2.

If I have two projects, paid and non-paid. I would choose to work on the paid one for sure.

This mod doesn't get the support it needs, as members here refuse to post a back link to my website, and on the other side they ask for product improvements. I'm kind of disappointed by the community response.

So, this mod need to be sponsored by someone, as it's not on top of my priority list.
If you update this hack, so that it works and does the following, then I will donate $100. I am sure others will also donate. I ask others that want to donate to post here.

different responses to different error codes / Custom filters to match patterns in bounced emails. i.e. permanent error, mailbox full, etc should get a different response. Not many webmasters want their members account inactivated when a mailbox is full.
Does not affect moderators, super moderators and admins
Turn off all email notifications & remove subscriptions
Stats on members with bouncing emails, and error codes
Turns on Popup Notification of new Private Messages for bouncing member
Automatically send a notification PM to bouncing Member (customizable message)
Return members to their original usergroup when the member updates & confirms their new email.That the following information is added to the bottom of all outgoing email messages:

If the email is an subscription, then add an explanation how to remove subscriptions by going to the userCP.
If the email is an subscription, then add an explanation how to stop receiving email from the site by going to the userCP.
To which email address the email has been sent.
Why the recipient is receiving the email. i.e. You have subscribed to thread X with your account Y on website Z.
From who(Name and url of site) the email is sent
How often the email will be sent.
The physical address of the organisation sending the email. This would comply to the demands of large email providers like hotmail, AOL, Gmail, Yahoo, etc. For more information, see this article: How to keep your board from getting blacklisted as a spammer (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1533552)

[raagaswaram]

does this work on 3.6.8

[Zachery]

It didn't die. I just have no time to continue the development. I've already started the beta 2.

If I have two projects, paid and non-paid. I would choose to work on the paid one for sure.

This mod doesn't get the support it needs, as members here refuse to post a back link to my website, and on the other side they ask for product improvements. I'm kind of disappointed by the community response.

So, this mod need to be sponsored by someone, as it's not on top of my priority list.

Regards
Are you really that suprised that people don't want to provide a link to your webiste on every page of their forum for your back-end administrative feature. Thats like Brad wanting a link to his website for vB-Pizza Boy. Ok, so that is a stretch. But like I said before, you should be developing modifications that you use for your own needs or reasons. Not specificly to gain recognition. I understand you need to pay your bills, I'm sure many people would be willing to pay you for your time and effort to code addons. But none of us want a link to your website on _every_ page of our forum for something that none of our users will get any benifit out of.

You do good work, but the way you want to get recognized for it is not so well thought out.

Its a shame really, the community used to be alot more friendly. People helped each other and great things came from it.

[franzis]

now i got following infomation in my acp, but i'm not sure how to handle with them.

1) can i have a look at ... maybe a users list.. where it's notived which users are now in an other usergroup?
2) can i set up the time when the cronejob moves the users? it does it one time a day, ok, but what time?
is there a crone-log to have a look at?

or maybe my crone doesn't work if there's no log?
i can see the 4 users noticed on my acp screen for more than a week.. shouldn't change that number (into f.e. zero not available users) the next day?

yours sincerely
franzis

[Skyrider]

I can't get this to work, any idea why?

Connected to the POP3 server "pop.gmail.com".
User "forum@xxxxx.net" logged in.
There are 1 message(s) in the mail box with a total of 2783 bytes.
Disconnected from the POP3 server "pop.gmail.com".

That 1 message has the following email:
To: idonotexistherebecauseijustdont@gmail.com
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated
Return-Path: bounce@xxxxx.com
Message-ID: <20090106153133.6886912a2f2e@forum.xxxxx.net>
Yet, it didnt moved me nor did any action. And this is not a test. I forced a run..

[Milad]

this is a beta product

[MissKalunji]

i'de love to get more details on that sponsor comment .....i'm not too familiar with that?

[kahethu]

If you update this hack, so that it works and does the following, then I will donate $100. I am sure others will also donate. I ask others that want to donate to post here.

different responses to different error codes / Custom filters to match patterns in bounced emails. i.e. permanent error, mailbox full, etc should get a different response. Not many webmasters want their members account inactivated when a mailbox is full.
Does not affect moderators, super moderators and admins
Turn off all email notifications & remove subscriptions
Stats on members with bouncing emails, and error codes
Turns on Popup Notification of new Private Messages for bouncing member
Automatically send a notification PM to bouncing Member (customizable message)
Return members to their original usergroup when the member updates & confirms their new email.That the following information is added to the bottom of all outgoing email messages:

If the email is an subscription, then add an explanation how to remove subscriptions by going to the userCP.
If the email is an subscription, then add an explanation how to stop receiving email from the site by going to the userCP.
To which email address the email has been sent.
Why the recipient is receiving the email. i.e. You have subscribed to thread X with your account Y on website Z.
From who(Name and url of site) the email is sent
How often the email will be sent.
The physical address of the organisation sending the email. This would comply to the demands of large email providers like hotmail, AOL, Gmail, Yahoo, etc. For more information, see this article: How to keep your board from getting blacklisted as a spammer (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1533552)

I'll donate...

For now I choose not to install it based on the comments on this thread.
will keep an eye

[Zachery]

He said he'd remove it originally in the first few pages of the thread, then never did.

[AngelBlue]

I've added some code so that bouncing users now get:
* Popup PM notification set to YES
* Receive admin emails set to NO
* Recieve email PM notification set to NO
* Thread subscription mode set to "no email" (if it was previously set to instant, daily or weekly email)
* All their thread and forum subscriptions set to 'no email'.
* A PM to explain the above.

To do this, I replaced the code in your "Move Users To Bounce Usergroup" plugin with this:


$bounces = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
SELECT messageid, toemail
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "sent_email
WHERE bounced = 1
");

if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($bounces) > 0)
{
$toemails = array();
$messageids = array();

while ($bounce = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($bounces))
{
$toemails[] = "'" . $bounce['toemail'] . "'";
$messageids[] = $bounce['messageid'];
}
$toemails = array_unique($toemails);

// start added code here... define data for PM data manager

$tonames = array();
$touids = array();
$myuid = 1;
$fromuser = fetch_userinfo($myuid);
$message = "We tried to deliver an email to you, but unfortunately, it bounced. To prevent us sending more mail to you while your email provider is not accepting it, we have deactivated all the email-related features of your account. To reactivate your account, go to your UserCP, and update your email address. You will then get a confirmation email. Clicking on the link in this confirmation email should re-enable your account, at which point you will need to visit your UserCP options page to re-enable the email notifications you wish to use.";

$affected = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT userid,username FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");
while ($affected = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($affected)) {
$tonames[] = $affected['username'];
$touids[] = $affected['userid'];
}
$tonames = array_unique($tonames);
$pmdm =& datamanager_init('PM', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_SILENT);
$pmdm->set('fromuserid', '1');
$pmdm->set('fromusername', 'EmailBot');
$pmdm->set_info('reciept', false);
$pmdm->set_info('savecopy', false);
$pmdm->set('title', 'Email Broken!');
$pmdm->set('message', $message);
$pmdm->set_recipients(implode(";",$tonames), $fromuser['permissions']);
$pmdm->set('dateline', TIMENOW);
$pmdm->save();



// this is stock mod code to move them to the different usergroup.
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET usergroupid = " . $vbulletin->options['bm_usergroup'] . ", membergroupids = '', displaygroupid = 0 WHERE usergroupid NOT IN (" . $vbulletin->options['bm_excludeusergroups'] . ") AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// and stock code to delete their message tracking info...
$vbulletin->db->query_write("DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "sent_email WHERE messageid IN (" . implode(', ', $messageids) . ")");

// continue custom code to update their user options...
// stop them generating any more email!

// pm popup = YES
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET pmpopup = 1 WHERE email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// send notification email on PM - NO
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET options = (options - 4096) WHERE (options & 4096) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// admin email OFF
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET options = (options - 16) WHERE (options & 16) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// set autosubscribe = without email WHERE autosubscribe_with_email
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET autosubscribe = 1 WHERE (autosubscribe > 1) AND email IN (" . implode(', ', $toemails) . ")");

// set emailupdates = 0 for their thread subscriptions
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscribethread SET emailupdate = 0 WHERE (emailupdate > 0) AND userid IN (" . implode(', ', $touids) . ")");

// set emailupdates = 0 for their forum subscriptions
$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscribeforum SET emailupdate = 0 WHERE (emailupdate > 0) AND userid IN (" . implode(', ', $touids) . ")");

// finish
unset($toemails, $messageids);
}

$vbulletin->db->free_result($bounces);


Changed the lines listed in bold to avoid a 'only variables may be passed by reference' error when the hourly2 cleanup job runs. If you are using my patch, above, you should update. This error can prevent the running of that job, without alerting you.

[Smitty]

If you update this hack, so that it works and does the following, then I will donate $100. I'd throw in US$50. I deal with bounces daily and hate it.

[Milad]

Will continue beta 2 as soon as I have time.

[wfouly]

Uninstalled
it stop the all mail function of the forum
so members waiting email activation not activated

[Adam_EOGamer]

Just a warning before anyone else adds this
It automatically placed a link in the footer of your forum, which when clicked, goes to the Syrian medical society (or something), the webpage has a trojan virus on it.

[Milad]

1- Everyone knows that this hack adds credits in the footer, and is free to remove them.
2- How can you make such an accusation? My website (Syrian Medical Society) is reputable website, and have never been as a distribution for malwares.
Here are what google says about it:
safe browsing (http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=www.syrianmeds.net)
unmask parasites (http://www.unmaskparasites.com/security-report/?page=www.syrianmeds.net) says: This page seems to be <suspicious> because of the following line:

document.write('<marquee onmouseover="this.stop()" onmouseout="this.start()" direction="right" scrollamount="3" scrolldelay="20" class="smallfont">آخر ما نُشر لدينا&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;??&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/forum/topic12165-newpost.html" target="_blank" class="smallfont">الفيزيولوجيا المرضية</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;??&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/forum/topic12162-newpost.html" target="_blank" class="smallfont">جراحة 3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;??&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/forum/topic12160-newpost.html" target="_blank" class="smallfont">دوري علامات الطب سنة تانية</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;??&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/forum/topic12159-newpost.html" target="_blank" class="smallfont">داخلية 4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;??&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/forum/topic12158-newpost.html" target="_blank" class="smallfont">داخلية 2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;??&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/forum/topic12157-newpost.html" target="_blank" class="smallfont">التشريح المرضي العام</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;??&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/forum/topic12156-newpost.html" target="_blank" class="smallfont">أدوية 1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;??&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/forum/topic12155-newpost.html" target="_blank" class="smallfont">تشريح 2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;??&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/forum/topic12149-newpost.html" target="_blank" class="smallfont">الصحة تطلب من الصيادلة سحب عدد من المستحضرات الدوائية لمخالفتها للمواصفات</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;??&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/forum/topic12147-newpost.html" target="_blank" class="smallfont">ألم شديد في القدم</a></marquee>');

Which prints the marquee section, without causing the page to fail in the XHTML validation.

So please, before you make such an accusation, have the evidence that supports your claim.

[Alfa1]

Just a warning before anyone else adds this
It automatically placed a link in the footer of your forum, which when clicked, goes to the Syrian medical society (or something), the webpage has a trojan virus on it.
The only mallware that there is, is your virus scanner. For some reason several virus scanners/ link scanners report a lot of sites, that have no problem whatsoever, as containing mallware, virus or troyan horses. This happened to a site of mine that was coded in prolog in 1998 and therefore contained exotic code antivira could not understand and therefor antivira classified it as a troyan horse. I assure you that it was not. There are a mass of examples to be found on the net. Antivirus programs are simply not fit to scan websites for 'suspect' scripts.

[Milad]

Statistics!

[testebr]

Stats? That cool, this feature will be released in next update?

Any ETA, Milad?

Thanks!

[Hornstar]

Statistics!

nice! any more word on this feature or any other updates on this mod? It is truly a fantastic modification which I hope to see continued!

[Ross L]

Excellent! Installed :)

To the people complaining about the link, just open:

product-bounce_management.xml

and look for this code:

<plugin active="1" executionorder="1">
<title><![CDATA[Copyright: don't disable this plugin at all!]]></title>
<hookname>parse_templates</hookname>
<phpcode><![CDATA[// Copyright: don't disable this plugin at all! or you'll violate the product license.

$vbphrase['powered_by_vbulletin'] .= '<br /><span title="Auto Bounce Messages Management" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;">ABMM</span> Powered by <a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/" target="_blank">Syrian Medical Society</a>';]]></phpcode>
</plugin>

Delete it and save.

Bish, bash, bosh the jobs a good'un.

[checkmail]

Does this work on 3.8?

[Milad]

Does this work on 3.8?
No, it doesn't.

[AngelBlue]

Any chance of a 3.8 version?

Most people are using 3.8, and this is a very useful mod.

[Hornstar]

Milad, how have you been?

You were talking about and even showed a pic of a future update. Are you still intending to release that? Vb4 would be very nice to see an update for.

[katoom400]

I would love to see this on vb4.x!

[Gene Steinberg]

Why? It never worked in 3.7 or 3.8?

Peace,
Gene

[Zachery]

Everyone should be aware that this product is still backlinking the authors sites and you are not informed of this PRIOR to installing the product:


$vbphrase['powered_by_vbulletin'] .= '<br /><span title="Auto Bounce Messages Management" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;">ABMM</span> Powered by <a href="http://www.syrianmeds.net/" target="_blank">Syrian Medical Society</a>'

I am all for authors rights and copyright, but this is still from my original post unaccectable for a backend feature.

You can simply disable/remove the following plugin: "Copyright: don't disable this plugin at all!"

There is no license file, or requirement in your modification that says that the copyright must remain intact on your code. Removing the copyright notice and link back to the page should not violate any license implied or otherwise.


OK, never mind. I'm sorry for that. I'm going to make the copyright optional.

Thus, I appreciate if you post a backlink to my site. when you announce the automation to your members.

Regards
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1545461&postcount=37
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1551888&postcount=53

[MonkYZ]

Is there any chance for an updated version to work with 4.x vB? Thanks in advance!

[kacem]

Is there any chance for an updated version to work with 4.x vB? Thanks in advance!

[fomag]

What should I see after 'Test POP3 connection'? I have clean, white right side of the screen (admincp panel)...
I've checked passowrd, sever name, port etc, twice. Unfortunatelly this plugin doesn't work. No users were place in 'Bounces' group though mailure failure emails are in the inbox...
My version is v3.7.2