Copy the commbull.php file to your forums/admin directory.

Access the commbull.php file through a web browser
http://www. yoursite.com/forums/admin/commbull.php

It will show the install instructions

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done
like it
BUT

To unsubscribe from the Community Bulletin Email, click unsubscribe. In the user control panel change "Recive Community Bulletin Email" from yes, to no.

typo : receive

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WOW! Thanks! I swear we get some truly amazing results on this board when more than one person works on a hack!

I received the following error when I set it to send out emails to 1000 users at a time:

It sent out 800 emails and then quit. I have no way of emailing the rest of my members from that point on.

1000 email at once, (:eek: )
You received this error because it took longer that 30 seconds to process this script and email.

In the php.ini file there is a max_execution_time = 30 (limit in seconds).
You can increase the time limit to something higher.

Yeah I realized that afterwards. I'm curious....how would AOL users receive the Community Bulletin with the HTML code in it?

Great hack Christec!

Any thoughts of setting an option for Txt vs Html for members' options?

Works fine with AOL users. I've tried it.

When you edit a user's profile in the CP the "Receive Community Bulletin Email?" field is not there.

In the install instructions you will see this (add this field to the users cp)

modifyoptions template
You will need to add this code to an appropriate place in your modifyoptions template:

<tr>
<td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}"><normalfont><b>Receive Community Bulletin Email?</b></normalfont></td>
<td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}"><normalfont>
<input type="radio" name="receivebulletin" value="yes"$receivebulletinchecked> Yes
<input type="radio" name="receivebulletin" value="no"$receivebulletinnotchecked> No
</normalfont></td>
</tr>