How can we test it?

I have warning from my host saying my forum sent 10000 emails today

It is possible then this script/MOD sending those emails?
my settings:

Is this product active?: YES
Days of Inactivity: 60
Email Frequency : 60
Inactivity based on last post: NO

Please help,
Thank you

Uninstall version 1.11. Install version 1.09.

Arabization file has been produced from feeling

Great Mod!

Just installed, but where do I find where to do it's settings?

Thanks.

Go to Admin CP | vBulletin Opetions | vBulletin Options | Inactive User Reminder Emails.

ANy Idea why I would receive around 250 + e-mails like this

Inactive User Reminder Email Report

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

There were no inactive users at this time.

one every 1 to 3 minutes ?? Ideas .. Thnaks

Total

I believe you're using version 1.11 - check the settings in your vBulletin options for Inactive Users.

I checked and I'm using 1.0.9



I don't see any other settings in the inactive user reminder settings area .. Total

Admin CP | vBulletin Options | Inactive User Reminder Emails

Set:

Days of Inactivity = 90
How many days a user can go without posting before they are considered inactive.

Product Active?
Is this product active? Yes

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

Email Quantity = 3-50, depending on available server resources
How many emails to send each time cron runs (Lower means faster board, but longer to send all emails. Higher, vice versa.)

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

The settings are now like you suggested .. I'll let you know .. Thanks .. Total

I have a question.

If user X has become inactive for lets say 30 days.
I have it set for 30 days.

The addon will send a reminder email on day 31.
How often will this user get an email? will it be every day? or will it be another 30 days before they get an email?

I'm making a guess here that you installed 1.11 then changed to 1.09? did you remember to replace the php file?

depends on the frequency setting.

Ok, it was set at 3

so does them mean it's sending out emails to that user every 3 days?
I would like it only every 30 days.

Yes, exactly.

Just change the 3 to 30. :)

it was 1.09 and they said a script on my forum was sending hundreds of emails and it was killing the server!

anyway, brilliant mod but sadly on my behalf an over zealous host.

Your settings are incorrect. See instructions and this post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=650

Hi there, djbaxter

Got a little problem here...can you kindly advise, plz?

I ran the mod, and got the message below! How can I correct this?

Cheers!:)

I'm no MySQL expert but I don't see anything obviuously wrong with that query.

I think the problem may be that you're running vBulletin 3.60, according to that error message. I think Chris developed and tested the add-on on 3.64 and later.

One more reason to upgrade your vBulletin installtion (but certainly not the only one - some of the updates were security fixes).

Thanks a bunch!

"Inactive User Reminder Email Report",

i'm looking to begin an additonal paragraph between each section of listed emails; will adding the additional \n\n\n (bolded) in the php respectively accomplish this?

This email shows that the product is installed and working as it should be.\n\n\nEmails sent to:" . $sentlist . ".\n\n\nWe tried to email the following users...

It would be really nice if there was a way to set it to send out ONLY ONE e-mail and then stop. Like if setting it to "0" would make it only send out one mail.

I had it set to "3" thinking it would send out three mails and then stop, but it was sending mails out every three days FOR EVER until users deleted their accounts. Not at all cool and not making us popular with the members.

Thanks for considering this! :)

(For now, I have changed it to send out only once every 120 days, but would prefer to set it to zero, meaning no-repeat.)

i actually like that aspect of this hack... who cares what your INACTIVE users think; they're INACTIVE. ;)

You can include instructions in your email about how to set an account to NOT receive emails from Admins. Or you can set it to something like 365 or even 3650 days.

I agree, sort of - I wouldn't want to annoy active users (after all, the intent is to remind them about the forum and invite them back) but I also like the fact that I can send out a reminder every 30, 60, 90 days or whatever.

Does this hack send an email soon after you install it, or does it need to wait for the time specified in Email Frequency?

but, that's just it... you wouldn't be annoying ACTIVE users, just the INACTIVE ones. ;)

:o That was a typo. I meant I don't want to annoy any users, even the inactive ones, if I can get them to rteturn. :)

Can you post your settings - I can see the problem, just gotta figure out why..

I switched over to v1.09, and still encountered the DB error!

I've since uninstalled it until a solution can be found, so waiting on you my friend!

Thx!

I've updated to 3.6.7 and it doesn't seem to send emails anymore... Any ideas?

I need your settings that you used before I can come up with a solution.
Try re-install and use the default settings, then let me know if you get the same problem?


as soon as i upgrade to 3.6.7 ill be fxing it.

That's what I'm waiting on. I'd really like this hack. Cheers to making it!

I haved put the 1.11 in my system but i get some mail like this
Is it something wrong or has the mail been sent?

I run vBulletin? Version 3.6.7

that is normal, thats the report you get. Looks to be working fine :)

That's runing normal - 3.6.7 you say? so obviously it does work on that version.. hmmm

Iceman - what gives you the indication that it's not working? any error messages or anything? what happens when you run the cron manually?

nice mod thanks for it

I just wasn't sure if it would work on 3.6.7. I've got it installed now. ;)

I'm a little confused... In the report I get everyday, I see 10/20 users who received the mail... I checked that users and of course, they are inactive since 60 days (that's my setting)... However, if i search users who where active AFTER 60 days ago and BEFORE 59 days ago (inactive for 60 days) i have tons of them (100/150)... I don't understand how this hack gets the "inactivity"... My forum has over 40.000 registered users, and I'm sure that there are a lot more than 10/20 users who reach every day the "60 day" inactivity...

I've tried searching users wich were last active 60 days ago, AND have 1 or more posts.. And that results are more like the sent emails (20/30)... But even like that, I found users who where not emailed (checking the log)... I checked that users to see if it could be something with the "receive E-Mail from administrators" but it's not that either... So, I really don't know wich parameter take this script to send out the emails...

Any clue?

Hello there, very nice hack. Im wondering if you can alternate it a bit and be able to send the most viewed threads, most replied etc during the user's absence or a specified timeframe.