vBouncer: reduce server load by unsubscribing bouncing members from threads

[SaN-DeeP]

yet another must-have addon for vbulletin..
thank you for the release.

[tamarian]

I've found that the sender email address isn't changed if vB to configured to use the Mailqueue System. Not sure if this is a problem with this mod or the server setup.

Any ideas?

Are you using SMTP or PHP options for mailing? Make sure you test with thread notification, not from the admincp.

[SpankMe]

PHP mail() and all testing was done with thread notification.

[redspider]

tamarian if you have time to check my forum would be great I really try for months and still bouncing emails please let me know .

[Kihon Kata]

So...let me ask, boards that *DO* require email verification, will this mod still work?

PS: sorry if this has been asked before in this thread

[tamarian]

So...let me ask, boards that *DO* require email verification, will this mod still work?

Yes, that wouldn't make any difference, this is mainly for instant thread notifications

[haytham]

I was told by my host that on Windows servers Cron isn't an option..so I guess I can't run it

[tamarian]

I was told by my host that on Windows servers Cron isn't an option..so I guess I can't run it

vBulletin's cron is a simulated cron. So your vB is running scheduled tasks, this is just like other vB scheduled tasks.

[Eagle Creek]

I have a problem!

I installed it and I'm using POP3 but:

vBouncer sender email
Test Result
Valid vBouncer email account (notify@soccerquest.nl) Passed
vBouncer email account (notify@soccerquest.nl) differs from webmaster account Passed
vBouncer Spool File Diagnostics (ignore if using IMAP/POP)
Test Result
vBouncer email spool file () exists Failed
vBouncer email spool file () is writable Failed
vBouncer email spool file () is readable Failed
vBouncer pattern config file diagnostics
Test Result
vbouncer.inc file exists Passed
vbouncer.inc file is readable Passed
vBouncer IMAP/POP Diagnostics (ignore if not using IMAP/POP)
Test Result
Your PHP installation supports IMAP/POP Passed
Your IMAP/POP settings can connect Failed

What can I do to fix this?

@ POP connetion I use: {localhost:110/pop3}INBOX

[tamarian]

I have a problem!

I installed it and I'm using POP3 but:



What can I do to fix this?

@ POP connetion I use:

Try using notls in the string. Search this this thread for "notls" for examples.

[Eagle Creek]

A short help from me for users with the problems of imap/pop access:

I the access does not work and all settings are correct try:
{127.0.0.1:110/pop3/notls}INBOX

There could be a certificate failure with the internal IMAP Access on the server.

Perhaps its interesting for the FAQ ...

Rob

I found this, I'm going to try it out!

Why don't you post this in the first post.

[Eagle Creek]

vBouncer sender email
Test Result
Valid vBouncer email account (notify@soccerquest.nl) Passed
vBouncer email account (notify@soccerquest.nl) differs from webmaster account Passed
vBouncer Spool File Diagnostics (ignore if using IMAP/POP)
Test Result
vBouncer email spool file () exists Failed
vBouncer email spool file () is writable Failed
vBouncer email spool file () is readable Failed
vBouncer pattern config file diagnostics
Test Result
vbouncer.inc file exists Passed
vbouncer.inc file is readable Passed
vBouncer IMAP/POP Diagnostics (ignore if not using IMAP/POP)
Test Result
Your PHP installation supports IMAP/POP Passed
Your IMAP/POP settings can connect Passed

Thank You!

[version2]

Is vbouncer viable anymore? I need it. =] And damn do I not want to hack it myself. =P

[tamarian]

Is vbouncer viable anymore? I need it. =] And damn do I not want to hack it myself. =P

Not sure in what way you mean by viable, it works for what it's supposed to do. :)

[version2]

Work with 3.5.4?

[tamarian]

Work with 3.5.4?

Yes, several 3.5.4 forums are running it.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

In vB 3.6 there has been a chang in the "phrase" & "phrasetype" tables. The previous primary key "phrasetypeid" is remove. Only "fieldname" is now serving to identify the phrasetype (or group).

Attached is a modified installer that will work on 3.6 (only tested install).

Will post later if vBouncer itself works on vB3.6 Beta1

PS Maybe this can easily turned into a product, so there will not be this kind of problems with future releases.

Edit: Seems to work on 3.6 Beta 1

[webgroup]

I have installed the vbouncer and all seems ok, but it never collects any emails, and I know the emails are going to the correct inbox.

Any help?

[Antiblank]

So I got vBouncer installed. It's connecting to my mailbox and when it finds emails in there it will delete them. I tried changing a test account on my boards to contain a bad email address. I triggered emails to that account using buddy adding, pm's, emailing, etc. Since the email did not exsist they ended up inside of the subscriber_notify@mydomain.com address.

Without opening the email, I ran the vBouncer Collect cron, the email vanished and this appeared in my cron log:

vBouncer Collect 01:07, 20th Jul 2006 Status:
Processed 1 emails No bounced emails found.

But whenever I look at the vBouncer Stats section it always appears as:

Quick Stats
Total bounced emails currently logged
Top bouncer [] - -
Last run with results 18:00, 31st Dec 1969

All blank. Any ideas?

[Antiblank]

6 days with no reply :( No one have an idea here?

[tamarian]

Antiblank, if no bounced emails are found, the stats will be blank. That's normal. If you're asking why there are no bounced emails, you need to check the diagnostics and error messages, and provide some details.

[Antiblank]

Well as I stated I intentionally created a bad email address for a test user. Then triggered some emails to be sent to it. The email isn't found so a the message ends back up in my return-path mailbox. Vbouncer connects, attempts the collection, processes the one email it found. But says no bounced emails. Then deletes the email from the box.

Forgive me if I'm wrong but wouldn't this constitue as an email that vBouncer should be triggered off of.

As for my diagnostics:

vBouncer sender email
Test Result
Valid vBouncer email account (subscriber_notify@********.com) Passed
vBouncer email account (subscriber_notify@********.com) differs from webmaster account Passed

vBouncer Spool File Diagnostics (ignore if using IMAP/POP)
Test Result
vBouncer email spool file () exists Failed
vBouncer email spool file () is writable Failed
vBouncer email spool file () is readable Failed

vBouncer pattern config file diagnostics
Test Result
vbouncer.inc file exists Passed
vbouncer.inc file is readable Passed

vBouncer IMAP/POP Diagnostics (ignore if not using IMAP/POP)
Test Result
Your PHP installation supports IMAP/POP Passed
Your IMAP/POP settings can connect Passed

As for my Cron Logs for example:

vBouncer Collect 04:02, 27th Jul 2006 Status:
Processed 2 emails No bounced emails found.

I am using IMAP and the connection, reading and deleting of the emails is functioning. There is absoulty no reason any email should be entering this box outside of the return-path function added to the emails since I installed vBouncer.

Anything else you need to see? Thanks.

[Scott MacVicar]

Just to inform you that this hack is producing invalid Mail headers.

$headers = preg_replace('/Return-Path.*/', 'Return-Path: ' . $vbulletin->options['vbouncer_spool_account'], $headers, 1);

That will match up to the \r and replace it, the end result is that the header has \n instead of \r\n.

If you could fix this it would be awesome, if you can't or aren't around any more i'll speak to Marco about manually updating your hack for you.

This affects Qmail installs and potentially the SMTP mail sender.

Quick Fix, i think but haven't tested is adding $

$headers = preg_replace('/Return-Path.*$/', 'Return-Path: ' . $vbulletin->options['vbouncer_spool_account'], $headers, 1);

[ChrisBaktis]

Is this still being supported because I cannot get this to work for the life of me.

[cerebro]

some1 try in Vb 3.6.0 final??

[dinodonk]

anyone have try on 3.6.0???

[alfaowner]

my IMAP settings fails, although I can login through y mail client okay?, however, it is showing installed within cpanel, I have rebuilt PHP and but still nothing?

Ideas anyone?

Your PHP installation supports IMAP/POP Passed
Your IMAP/POP settings can connect Failed

[alfaowner]

dont worry, i fixed it, i had left off a { when I copied the 143inbox etc...

[Eagle Creek]

Do we have a 3.6.0 ?

[kontrabass]

Originally Posted by TraumTeam
A short help from me for users with the problems of imap/pop access:

I the access does not work and all settings are correct try:
{127.0.0.1:110/pop3/notls}INBOX

There could be a certificate failure with the internal IMAP Access on the server.

Perhaps its interesting for the FAQ ...

Rob

Wow thanks for this bit of info. Using an externail mailserver - this info saved me after many failed attempts :)

[GNDI]

Is it fit for vb 3.6.1? Cos I used it on 3.5.4 and it was very good :)

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

In vB 3.6 there has been a chang in the "phrase" & "phrasetype" tables. The previous primary key "phrasetypeid" is remove. Only "fieldname" is now serving to identify the phrasetype (or group).

Attached is a modified installer that will work on 3.6 (only tested install).

Will post later if vBouncer itself works on vB3.6 Beta1

PS Maybe this can easily turned into a product, so there will not be this kind of problems with future releases.

Edit: Seems to work on 3.6 Beta 1

any update word on this ?

[Eagle Creek]

I hope so :(

[rix]

recently cpanel made some changes to its mail data store, where instead of using single inbox file. it uses maildir format, which has cur, new, and tmp folder. In this case, does it work?

[GNDI]

Thanks to the poster of this php (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1005475&postcount=267) to make vbouncer work under vb 3.6.1.

I have collected his script with the original script, for ease of use to the unexspiriense users of vb. I'll hope you all understand my motive.

I with this I'll say it is working with Vbulletin 3.6.1 updated

[Eagle Creek]

Nice! Very nice, thanks!

But beta. Why isn't there a real version :)?

[GNDI]

ask Tamarian (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=188)

[pspcrazy]

Does anyone know what he means by the :

6. If you are using vB's SMTP email option, make sure to also enable the "-f" option.

Becuase i really need to know about that badly.

[Eagle Creek]

You can find that setting at your e-mail options (vboptions in your ACP).

The F parameter can prevent rare cases when E-mails aren't being send.

[pspcrazy]

Thanks, i was wondering if i used the vb php call instead of the smtp should i leave it as is?

[bulbasnore]

Have this running in 3.5.4.

It collects the bounces, does the stats, but NEVER logs anything for the cleanup action nor does it actually change anything for the users who should be cleaned up!

Any suggestions to fix this 'inaction problem'?

Yes, I've set it to automode ;=)

UPDATE: OK, despite the fact my forum USES the smtp server, I had to remove -f to make it work.

NEXT QUESTION: Suggestion - how to make it unsub the user from PM notification emails?

[VPREATR]

What's the word on this and vB 3.6.2?

Thanks!

[cerebro]

Hi, i update to 3.6.2....there is some update o i have to change something?

Thanks 3.6.1 can be change to 3.6.2??

Thanks in advance

[globalinsites]

Thanks to the poster of this php (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1005475&postcount=267) to make vbouncer work under vb 3.6.1.

I have collected his script with the original script, for ease of use to the unexspiriense users of vb. I'll hope you all understand my motive.

I with this I'll say it is working with Vbulletin 3.6.1 updated

Can someone tell me if it also works for vB 3.6.2?

[Kihon Kata]

Yep!Can someone tell me if it also works for vB 3.6.2?

[GNDI]

well, it's working, but not 100% fake and not working address still comes to your inbox, that was not the issue on earlier versions of VB with vbouncer

[Freezerator]

well, it's working, but not 100% fake and not working address still comes to your inbox, that was not the issue on earlier versions of VB with vbouncer

I have this same issue. Hopefully this can be fixed? Willing to donate if necesary.

[globalinsites]

well, it's working, but not 100% fake and not working address still comes to your inbox, that was not the issue on earlier versions of VB with vbouncer

For me it's important that if a user's e-mail address has bounced for a certain amount of times (so basically when the conclusion may be drawn that the e-mail address no longer exists), the user will be moved to another usergroup, or deleted for all I care. I have too many members to keep it all up-to-date manually, and besides I wouldn't know how to figure out to keep track of how many times an e-mail address has bounced. There is just no way to do this manually, and there are too many users that register with a hotmail account for example that no longer exists after a couple of months.

Does vBouncer still do in 3.6.2 what I want it to do? I didn't totally understand what you said in your post. If fake and not working e-mail addresses would still reach my inbox, then what does this script do??

:confused:

[GNDI]

It do count the number of bounced mails, but it don't deleted them :( And it doesn't rewrite the send mail address from your system as supposed

[globalinsites]

It do count the number of bounced mails, but it don't deleted them :( And it doesn't rewrite the send mail address from your system as supposed

That makes it pretty much useless for 3.6.2, doesn't it? I mean, I can count the bounced emails myself :rolleyes:

Does it still do this: 'It then issues a PM warning, and when the unsubscribe threshold is met, it will will unsubscribe them for all threads, and sets them to the "no email" subscription level.'??

Because if it moves the bouncing e-mail addresses to a seperate usergroup (I'm assuming that this happens automatically after an x amount of bounces), then I can remove all the users from that usergroup once in a while. That way I would receive less bouncing e-mails and it would reduce server load.

[kmike]

Looks like this hack is not supported anymore. Here are a few bug fixes for those who still care.

1. There's a bug in the regular expressions: all occurences of RFC822;[ ]*[<]*(\S+@\S+)[>]? should be replaced with
RFC822; *<?(\S+?@\S+?)>?\s*$
otherwise an email address scraped from this line: "Final-Recipient: RFC822; <xxxx@test.sg>" will include the final ">" ("xxx@test.sg>"). Apparently it affects all addresses at charter.net.

2. Next thing, sometimes members fill out their email in capital letters, but reporting MTA rewrites them in lower case, such as: "Final-Recipient: RFC822; USER@aol.com" for the user provided "USER@AOL.COM", so md5 check of USER@aol.com will be against md5-encoded USER@AOL.COM and a bounce will be reported as forged when it's in fact not.
The solution: strtolower() member email address before sending and also strtolower() before checking them against X-Return-ID.

3. Finally, the recipient email address may be an alias for the different account. In this case "Final-Recipient" line will include that another email address instead, and the check for the forged bounces will fail. This one is tough to correct. It is amended by adding another custom header with an original email address and checking md5 against it and not the one scraped from a "Final-Recipient" line. But obviously this is a bit more prone to the errors and the possible forging though.

[GNDI]

Where are this line located: RFC822;[ ]*[<]*(\S+@\S+)[>]?

[Freezerator]

Looks like this hack is not supported anymore. Here are a few bug fixes for those who still care.

1. There's a bug in the regular expressions: all occurences of RFC822;[ ]*[<]*(\S+@\S+)[>]? should be replaced with
RFC822; *<?(\S+?@\S+?)>?\s*$
otherwise an email address scraped from this line: "Final-Recipient: RFC822; <xxxx@test.sg>" will include the final ">" ("xxx@test.sg>"). Apparently it affects all addresses at charter.net.

2. Next thing, sometimes members fill out their email in capital letters, but reporting MTA rewrites them in lower case, such as: "Final-Recipient: RFC822; USER@aol.com" for the user provided "USER@AOL.COM", so md5 check of USER@aol.com will be against md5-encoded USER@AOL.COM and a bounce will be reported as forged when it's in fact not.
The solution: strtolower() member email address before sending and also strtolower() before checking them against X-Return-ID.

3. Finally, the recipient email address may be an alias for the different account. In this case "Final-Recipient" line will include that another email address instead, and the check for the forged bounces will fail. This one is tough to correct. It is amended by adding another custom header with an original email address and checking md5 against it and not the one scraped from a "Final-Recipient" line. But obviously this is a bit more prone to the errors and the possible forging though.

Thanks, but can you please englihten this more? Or post an updated file.

[alfaowner]

Hi all,

Need some advice if you can, I uninstalled vbouncer for various reasons, I used the uninstall script to do so but my members that had previously bounced emails are still not recieving subscription emails or normal vbulletin sent emails, can anyone advise why or how to make it so they can recieve emails. BTW - I logged into theor account and checked all of their settings and they are ok / correct.

Please help

AO

[Eagle Creek]

Is there a 3.6.3?

[Eagle Creek]

I made a new E-mail address (notificaty@) but the mails are still send from webmaster@. Did I do something wrong?

[GNDI]

running a new version of Vb, that's all :(

[Eagle Creek]

You're joking right?
So it doesn't work?

[ebasement.org]

I'm interested in this for the latest version as well.

[GNDI]

You're joking right?
So it doesn't work?

Not at all

I'm interested in this for the latest version as well.

it is working when you manually use your "fake" e-mail address as sender, ex. when you use the "Send e-mail to users" function under "users" in admincp, then it is a powerful tool

[Eagle Creek]

Not at all



it is working when you manually use your "fake" e-mail address as sender, ex. when you use the "Send e-mail to users" function under "users" in admincp, then it is a powerful tool

Ok.. That's nice.
But of course I also want to use the notify-function.

[GNDI]

well then i suppose you re-write it all :) I wouldn't mind if you did :)

[Eagle Creek]

well then i suppose you re-write it all :) I wouldn't mind if you did :)
I can't my friend ;). Otherwise it was done already :D.

[CNBAforo]

Can`t even install it. Step 1 gives me this db error:


Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:
REPLACE INTO foro_phrase (phraseid, languageid, varname, text, phrasetypeid) VALUES (NULL, '0', 'vbouncer', 'vBouncer', '1');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054

[dcevoclub]

Can`t even install it. Step 1 gives me this db error:

I get the same error.

[GNDI]

i remember there should be a solution to this issue earlier this thread, go search and you'll find it

[dcevoclub]

i remember there should be a solution to this issue earlier this thread, go search and you'll find it

i did search. and the only reply i found was the one above my last post. so i guess i'll start digging through all the pages.

[dcevoclub]

i remember there should be a solution to this issue earlier this thread, go search and you'll find it

Found it on like 19, however after step one now i get

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO settinggroup (grouptitle, displayorder, volatile) VALUES ('vBouncer', '999', '0');

MySQL Error : Duplicate entry 'vBouncer' for key 1
Error Number : 1062
Date : Wednesday, December 6th 2006 @ 11:13:48 AM
Script : http://forums.dcevoclub.com/admincp/vbouncer_install.php?do=install&step=2
Referrer : http://forums.dcevoclub.com/admincp/vbouncer_install.php?do=install&step=1

[GNDI]

Found it on like 19, however after step one now i get

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO settinggroup (grouptitle, displayorder, volatile) VALUES ('vBouncer', '999', '0');

MySQL Error : Duplicate entry 'vBouncer' for key 1
Error Number : 1062
Date : Wednesday, December 6th 2006 @ 11:13:48 AM
Script : http://forums.dcevoclub.com/admincp/vbouncer_install.php?do=install&step=2
Referrer : http://forums.dcevoclub.com/admincp/vbouncer_install.php?do=install&step=1


lol this is also described in a earlier post :) clean your DB for Vbouncer tables, and run the installer again.

The problem is that you all ready have run some of the installation.

[DannyITR]

I use vBouncer and I'm not satisfied. Its very limited in that it will only inform users who bounce emails from thread subscriptions. That means whenever I send out a mass email, all of those bounces are not caught by vbouncer.

Is it working properly?

[GNDI]

that because there have been huge changes within vB since this add was released. But if you just remember to use your "fake" e-mail address when you post, it does work, and collect properly. and then move the users to the banned group

[DannyITR]

that because there have been huge changes within vB since this add was released. But if you just remember to use your "fake" e-mail address when you post, it does work, and collect properly. and then move the users to the banned group


I don't understand what you mean by fake email address.

[GNDI]

Have you read the info about this hack and understood have it works?

[DannyITR]

Yes I do but I don't recall anything requieing me to use a fake email address to post messages.

[ibeblunt]

I have vBulletin running on one server, and my mail server running on another. When I run the diagnostics test, I get PASSED for everything except 'Your IMAP/POP settings can connect.'

As of right now, under IMAP/POP Connection I have '{xxxx.com:110/pop3}INBOX', followed by my username and my password. I have attempted to use my IP Address, mail.xxxx.com and postal.xxxx.com. All of these do not pass the test.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

[GNDI]

use this:

{mail.server.TLD:143/notls}INBOX

or

{mail.server.TLD:110/notls}INBOX

that should do it :alien:

[GNDI]

any one who have fixed this hack?

[ibeblunt]

Thanks! That did the trick.

I have this set up and it appears to be working EXCEPT that it's not moving the users to the new usergroup that I set up for them.

[t3nt3tion]

Is this vb 3.6.x compatible ??

[ibeblunt]

Not sure if this will help solve my problem, but here is a screenshot of my settings...

*certain info blocked intentionally.

[LunaTech]

So I have this completely working in 3.6.4. I'm not sure what other members are having issue with. It correctly identifies bounced email and will automatically move users into the proper usergroup.

I uninstalled the 3.5 version, using the unistall option. Then I reinstalled using GNDI's version a few pages back.

I did make two changes in vbouncer-clean.php.

Replace the send_pm function with the folllowing (properly sends users pms):

function send_pm($phrase, $userid, $username, $bounces, $langid, $bouncing_email)
{
global $vbulletin;

$username = unhtmlspecialchars($username);
eval(fetch_email_phrases($phrase, $langid));

$pmdm =& datamanager_init('PM', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_ARRAY);

$pmdm->set('fromuserid', $vbulletin->options['vbouncer_pm_sender_id']);
$pmdm->set('fromusername', $vbulletin->options['vbouncer_pm_sender_username']);
$pmdm->set_info('receipt', false);
$pmdm->set_info('savecopy', false);
$pmdm->overridequota = true; // Force pm send even if recipient's mailbox is full
$pmdm->set('title', $subject);
$pmdm->set('message', $message);
$pmdm->set('dateline', TIMENOW);
$pmdm->set('allowsmilie', false);

$pmdm->set_recipients($username, $botpermissions);

if (empty($pmdm->errors) > 0) $pmdm->save();
else echo '<pre>111' . print_r($pmdm->errors,true) . '</pre>';
}


Then find:


if ($stats['ugid'] == 6 OR in_array($stats['ugid'], explode(',', $vbulletin->options['vbouncer_auto_ug_untouchables']))) continue;


And replace it with (fixes an issue with sending pms and email notices to users who are already bouncing):


if ($stats['ugid'] == 6 OR in_array($stats['ugid'], explode(',', $vbulletin->options['vbouncer_auto_ug_untouchables'])) OR $stats['ugid'] == $vbulletin->options['vbouncer_auto_ug_destination']) continue;


That is all I've done. I'm also attaching a copy of my settings so you can see what your settings should look like.

To make sure you're setting this up right - first you create the bouncer email address.
Make sure it works.
Setup a usergroup for bounced users.
Uninstall vBouncer.
Install GNDI's vBouncer. Configure vBouncer.
Check the email account (make sure to leave the messages on the server, so connect using imap or a webmail system) and see if you have some bounced emails.

If not, wait.
If you do, run the Scheduled Task for vBouncer Collect.
Look at the cron log, is there an entry for vBouncer Collect? What does it say?
Look at your vBouncer Stats, are there entries there?
Check the email account again. Have the emails been deleted?

Now run the Scheduled Task for vBouncer Clean. Did it give errors or say done?
Check the cron log, is there an entry for vBouncer Clean?

There you go. I may not have time to answer many questions, but I'll try. Good luck!

[redspider]

I try to clean my db after unistall this hack and when I try to install again give me error any way to upgrade this hack so over write old data ?

[Coldhands]

Any chance of this being ported to 3.6 or if it works on vB 3.6?

[kontrabass]

[edit]

Works great - thanks LunarTech. Running 3.6.4.

A bit of any unrelated question: when I installed this I was using php mail. I just changed to SMTP mail using -f param Now, the From address is still my default vbulletin admin email, while the "Return-Path" is the vbouncer email. I'm assuming this is correct behavior. But it would be great to not have the default vbulletin admin email as the "from" address though - I always get people replying to post notifications :(

[zlos]

Is this vb 3.6.x compatible ??

Any chance of this being ported to 3.6 or if it works on vB 3.6?I was using this hack with 3.5.x and I miss it really in 3.6.x.

It there any way to get this working without great manual work on 3.6.x series?
Maybe authour would agree that somebody else ports it to 3.6.x if he have had no time to do it by himself??? :)

[xxcfdrr]

Does this work on 3.6?

[t3nt3tion]

I checked the whole post. It seems it`s a douzy installing it, but getting it to work on a busy forum, it comes as a plus. It can run with v3.6.x, but there might be incompatibilities.

[xlguy]

I've got it working on 3.6.4 for me, using GNDI's version posted earlier in the thread and the instructions posted above by LunaTech. Thanks guys :)

[dinodonk]

does it work for 3.6.7?

[neopet001]

When I accessed install page, it always displayed the mysql error page,it showed that the sql query is not compatible.....

[Paul]

I can confirm that this is working on vBulletin 3.7 with the changes necessary for 3.6.

[LunaTech]

For some reason the send_pm function is now giving me trouble.

It seems to be the line:

eval(fetch_email_phrases($phrase, $langid));


Ideas?

I get the following error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function query_first() on a non-object in /home/xxxxx/public_html/xxxx/includes/class_mail.php(261) : eval()'d code on line 12

[pross]

using 3.7.1 with the patched version a few pages back and lunatech's edits, i have this fully working on a cpanel/exim server :)

[Raptor]

would you mind posting direct links to the posts that mention the correct changes. i see many ideas and its a bit confusing

many thanks in advance ! :)

[MrD]

Hi,
does anyone Port this Hack to 3.8 ?

[Alfa1]

Does anyone have this working on vb 3.7.4 or vb 3.8?

[SoloX]

some brave coder should pick this project. its such a needed mod.

[sub_ubi]

agreed, I need this pretty bad.

[corman420]

This would be a great mod for 3.8...

[SpankMe]

Working for me on 3.8.1, but I remember making some changes to it a couple of releases ago. Will check to see what I did.

[Alfa1]

That would be nice! Please let us know.

[SpankMe]

The only changes I've made are ones for vbouncer-clean.php that were suggested earlier in this thread.

[abound]

Has anyone compared to this bounce plug-in: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=138884&page=44&highlight=vbouncer-clean.php ?

I'm trying to decide which to choose, and the other one seems more recent.

[DieselMinded]

I would install this for sure if there's a 3.8+ version to come out

[DieselMinded]

I want this to Send the user a pm when there email was returned as undeliverable , and on the second instance , not allow the user to do anything until he updates his email address

[Barteh]

If I read this right I need shell access to my hosting server to set up vBouncer, correct?
Or is it possible to simply have it interact with the new mailbox as a *client*?

[ahmedzbeda]

unsubscribe them for all threads, and sets them to the "no email" subscription level.

how can i do this .. to all my users .. and to all post.
with a mysql querry without using the hack ..?

[bigstar]

I need this for v3.8, does anyone have a updated copy that works that I can install?

[Barteh]

Seems to work fine for 3.8.4.

[wacnstac]

Yeap needs to be updated to 3.8.4. This is a huge problem.

[Barteh]

Again, it *does* work on 3.8.4. Maybe a screenshot helps prove the point :)
Notice my vB version and the last run date of the cron job. And the intercepted bounces of course, heh. Annoyingly enough hotmail cries wolf frequently.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=105767&stc=1&d=1256767534

If vBouncer isn't working, you should probably try reinstalling it. Make sure you follow the instructions to the letter, who knows you may have missed something important at the first attempt :)
Don't forget to tick 'overwrite' when importing the product again, otherwise nothing changes.

[cgway.net]

is this work in vb 3.84

please help

[SpankMe]

is this work in vb 3.84

please help

YES!!!!!

[Alfa1]

YES!!!!!
Awesome.

[GTX2]

AWESOME MOD!!

Anyone could make this full compatible with 3.6.X or 3.8.X ?
Script install fails in first step, MySQL Error: Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list', which is normal since phrasetypeid belongs to 3.5.X only....

[emath]

upgrade to vb4?

[final kaoss]

the last post he made was in 2006.

[Adam H]

I know this thread hasnt been looked at for 5 years now but this would truly be a huge modification for big boards..........in fact any board after the recent hacking of the reCaptca and loads of spam accounts being made all over the place , this could be used to clean up the accounts after the mess has been made.

I see this mod failed after 3.7 and 3.8 so if anyone has this working on VB4 then please feel free to share :)

[Kwikms]

Would be awesome if someone can fix the phrases. I guess the rest will work.

[SpankMe]

Works fine for me in vB 4.1.2

[Daniel26]

Doesn't work here on 4.1.1, Installations fails,
Invalid SQL:
REPLACE INTO phrase (phraseid, languageid, varname, text, phrasetypeid) VALUES (NULL, '0', 'vbouncer', 'vBouncer', '1');

MySQL-Fehler : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'

[SpankMe]

The install part probably no longer works, but I installed mine on the target version and the bouncer code has always worked after each upgrade of vB.

[Daniel26]

Hmmm, ok. Thanks.

Regards

Daniel

[Boofo]

Can the author or someone else fix the errors in the install file to work on vb 4?

[MrD]

Hi,
Can the author or someone else fix the errors in the install file to work on vb 4?
i would like it too :D

[Eric]

I have permission from tamarian to update & release a version of this mod for both vB3.8 and vB4.x - I'll release it asap.

[Alfa1]

Mind that many Email providers no longer include the status code in the bounce message. And there also are services like bluebottle that block everything.

[Daniel26]

Hey Eric,

thanks a lot :)

[Adam H]

Looking forward to the release Eric, let me know when its released

[zlos]

I have permission from tamarian to update & release a version of this mod for both vB3.8 and vB4.x - I'll release it asap.
5 weeks later - any news? :)

[TalkVirginia]

Actually I'm currently working on adding this functionality to my Email Reminders addon. I have permission as well.

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Originally Posted by TalkVirginia
Hi Tamarian,

I hope this note finds you doing well. I wanted to thank you for providing your vBouncer addon to the vBulletin community and the work you put into it. I've been working on the "Email Reminders for Inactive Users" addon and I've had several PMs asking for similar functionality as what you have in vBouncer. I was wondering if you would mind if I updated your vBouncer code for vBulletin 4 and incorporate it into my addon?
Thank you again,

Don't mind at all, go for it.
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[SeanE]

Yeah, I'll use this also when it's ready - thanks (again) Eric -

//sse

[MrD]

Hi,
any News about an VB 4.1.x Version?

[Daniel26]

I'm also interrested.

[Divokymuz]

me too.

[SlackerAPM]

I too am looking forward to this.

[mawby]

I have permission from tamarian to update & release a version of this mod for both vB3.8 and vB4.x - I'll release it asap.Did anything come of this?

[Manoel J?nior]

News?

[DarkSoroush]

I ported it to vb 3.8 and here is patched files for any one that want to use this amazing addon on vb3.8,

Just remember that this files are not official and from author of mod, so there is no warranty to work. But it works for me.

[dirkji]

Any news about a version for 4.x?