Prevent E-mail's From Sitting In The Junk Folder

[sabret00the]

Thanks to Nexlysis (think that's how you spell it) for the tip, it's an easy mod, i installed it on my live board and not only did it send the stuff to my inbox it made babies :o

but open functions.php and find:

// ###################### Start vb_send_mail #######################
function vb_send_mail($toemail, $subject, $message, $header)
{
global $vboptions;

if (!class_exists('Mail'))
{
require_once('./includes/mail.php');
}


and below add:
// +++ de-Spam email
$message = trim($message);
// --- de-Spam email



now find in the same file:
if ($vboptions['usemailqueue'] AND !$notsubscription)
{
$data = '(' . TIMENOW .' , "' . addslashes($toemail) . '" , "' . addslashes($subject) . '" , "' . addslashes($message) . '" , "' . addslashes($headers) . '" )';

and then above add
// +++ de-Spam email
$message = trim($message);
// --- de-Spam email

save and upload because you're done. :)

[Deaths]

What does this exactly do ^^?

[Bolas]

it seems to cut all white spaces after and before the message.. Maybe antispam sw are confused by white spaces?

[sabret00the]

it seems to cut all white spaces after and before the message.. Maybe antispam sw are confused by white spaces?
got it in one :)

[T3MEDIA]

I see... but I find the biggest issue is AOL why do they block everything??? (from the Forums that is)

[C.Birch]

because aol suck to sum things up, there way to much with all the your emails safe crap and they most block about 80-90% of all incoming email grrr.

[Cap'n Steve]

I would hope that any good filtering software wouldn't have a problem with spaces. Thanks for the hack, though!

[sabret00the]

I would hope that any good filtering software wouldn't have a problem with spaces. Thanks for the hack, though!
apparently they do :ermm:

[msimplay]

apparently they do :ermm:

hmm this is not good no wonder spam gets through my damn filters , on the other hand least my site mails won't go into junk until the fix it :P

[nexialys]

/me << not Nexlysis...

and what have i done to be named on this hack ?!

EDIT: ha, ok, now i remember... the old TRIM trick!!!

[Marco van Herwaarden]

lol, Sabretooth AKA dislexialis :D

[bigcurt]

Sabretooth is going for that master coder ;)

[Koutaru]

:D Does this really work? I'm very curious.

[Oblivion Knight]

:D Does this really work? I'm very curious.I've no idea, but I've installed it anyway.. :p

[Koutaru]

You don't know how many emails I've gotten about users "losing" emails when I'm almost positive their mail provider put it in the junk or bulk folder. So frustrating.

You know what, if it'll save me from answering those emails, you've got yourself an install ;)

* Koutaru installs

[Bryan Ex]

I see... but I find the biggest issue is AOL why do they block everything??? (from the Forums that is)
It's an automated process. Every time one of their users blocks notices from your board instead of actually managing their mail settings it's a strike against your domain IP. If enough users block you AOL will black list you and then inform you about it a week later when stuff starts bouncing. I'm seeing more and more sites stating they do not accept AOL, Netscape, or Excite addresses being used to register with because the activation notices simply don't get through. Of course those that subscribe to these services rarely understand that their email is being censored rather than filtered. I think I've been blacklisted by AOL about 7 times now. (sigh)

[Antivirus]

Yeah, it's amazing how many new users register on our boards but never click the link in the confirmation email to confirm their registration. I have even had some friends who signed up to the board tell me that the registration email ended up in their junk folder. (sigh)

I think however i can test this by installing this hack, then re-sending the confirmation email to the users awaiting email confirmation. Maybe if i see that some of the finaly confirm it will show that it's working for some of their mail servers...

[buro9]

Only the first half of this hack need be installed.

There is no point trimming the version that goes into the mailqueue, as when the mailqueue is executed each mail is passed to vb_send_mail anyway, which is where the first half of the hack already does the trimming :)

Sure the second trim() would simply be ineffective, but that's reason enough to not bother telling people to put it in ;)

[buro9]

Only the first half of this hack need be installed.

There is no point trimming the version that goes into the mailqueue, as when the mailqueue is executed each mail is passed to vb_send_mail anyway, which is where the first half of the hack already does the trimming :)

Sure the second trim() would simply be ineffective, but that's reason enough to not bother telling people to put it in ;)
Er, maybe I could've worded that better.

All mail ends up going through vb_send_mail, so you only need apply the hack there (the first instruction above).

[JustAskJulie]

Does this help with Yahoo then? As they seem to automatically put ANY automated emails into the spam folder.

[Antivirus]

Not sure, perhaps you could find out by setting up a test account at Yahoo, creating a test user in AdminCP then sending a test email to that newly created test user's Yahoo account, before and then after installing the hack. If you try it, please let us know!

[secret1980]

thanks for the hack. No idea how it is workin but hope tht it works good :)

[MP3]

thanks

[unitrakya]

is this work on 3.6.8 version?

[mano1.com]

I am curious as well... this junk mail thing is crazy... SO MANY people just don't find the email :(

[dtv100]

would this work on 3.6.8 ?

[dtv100]

bump

[SVTCobraLTD]

I have over 1000 returned emails. I feel like I am constantly contacting yahoo, msn, etc about this problem. Can someone confirm this works and that it works on 3.6.8?