If the inbox file is full of bounced emails, yes, I'd like to see it :)

I'll post a new release later today, that should work fro those with Exim and control panels. It allows using POP/IMAP access instead of files, and custom filters.

here u go. have fun :)

Version 0.9 is out. New features added:

o Collect logs via IMAP/POP or mail spool file
o Custom filters to match patterns in bounced emails

To upgrade, uninstall, then reinstall through the installation script.

The 0.9 zip file has been updated. There was a typo, caught by Paul M, that will cause an error if you enable usergroup changes. Download the file again to fix it.

This is one of the most useful hacks ever!!!!

tnx dude!

I am trying to use POP, when I go to diagnostics, I get this error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imap_open() in /home/xxxxx/public_html/forums/admincp/vbouncer.php on line 141

also, it keeps failing on the POP test. are we supposed to type it in exactly like u have it?

{localhost:110/pop3}INBOX

D

This means your PHP was built/compiled without IMAP support.

Yes, if it's local, that should do it. Just make sure your PHP has IMAP support built/compiled in.

recompiling now. see how it goes soon.

ok, got it work. i ran the cron and it said this

Processed 292 emails No bounced emails found.

They are all bounced emails in there.

This would mean either:

1. Those emails don't belong to any of your forum members, or
2. They do not match any of the patterns defined in vbouncer.inc

Check the emails to confirm they are forum notification bounces. If they are, then you will need to define a pattern in vbouncer.inc to capture them. If you're not familiar with ReEx patterns, post samples of those emails here or send me a copy.

they are the exact same ones in the zip i posted above earlier.

And you have uploaded the vbouncer.inc to includes/cron? Is the stats page empty?

If you want, send me the subscriber_notify POP access info by PM, and I'll test them to see why the patterns don't work on them, or if a new pattern is needed.

yes, it is there and yes the stats is empty.

Sending the info now.

Got the info, and found a bug :)

Open vbouncer-collect.php and find:
Replace with:

working now!

I had to change this

$imgpath = '../' . $stylevars['imgdir_poll'];

to this

$imgpath = $stylevars['imgdir_poll'];

for the images to show up. that cause I have the full path in my images

- July 4, 2005 v1.0 Added encrypted header for authentication (suggested by Paul M).

To upgrade, uninstall, then re-install, and re-upload all files.

Does this hack support secure pop? Is yes, how should I configure it?

Thanks a lot

Yes. Just configure the connection string in the settings menu.

Here's a link with differnt setups:

http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.imap-open.php

It from the PHP manual, so ignore the code, just look at the example strings like:

{localhost:993/imap/ssl}INBOX
{localhost:995/pop3/ssl/novalidate-cert}

Maybe this is not so relative, but I seem not able to find an instruction on how to compile php with imap, a simple --with-imap (--with-imap=shared) and --with-imap-ssl won't work.

Can anybody share some experience?

Thanks.

There maybe some dependencies missing. Check the error log from the compilation to what it complains about..

I read the php document, looks like it says it needs something called c-client library. I thought php would have imap and pop support built-in, but seems it is more complicate than that. Also, after I tried the c-client library, looks like it is more of a pop/imap daemon than a client. I have my email service on another cpanel server, so I really just need php to be able to read imap mailbox. I am a little bit confused here.

BTW, if I choose to use email forward and now I can read the file locally, how would I update the stats manually?

Thanks.

I'm not familiar with cPanels, but I thought they can be easily configured to encorporate additional modules easily. Let's see if one of the cPanel users here has any tips for you.

If the file is on your server, just enter the path in the vBouncer settings.

My cpanel server has imap service running fine. But for my forum to be able to retrieve email via pop, I need to compile php with imap support myself (my web server customized php installation). I have some problems following the instructions on php.net about enabling imap support in php (I assume it means php as imap client to access imap service), because following the instructions, it tells me how to run imap/pop daemon service. I am confused. It is required to run imap/pop daemon service on the same server for php to be able to compile with imap support?

I have this setting in place. I set it to not do it automatically, but don't know how to actually start the bounce email collection process manually?

Thanks.

No, you don't need to run a client. You just need to build PHP with IMAP support. Once you have that, you can POP emails from the other server, if that other server has a POP server.

That's fine. Set it to not do it automatically, but install the vbouncer-collect.php as a cron job to run daily or whatever you prefer. It will collect the stats for you on the intervals you provide. You can test it by using the scheduled task manager, clicking "run now". You can run the collection task manually or automatically, and it will still not touch bouncing members, if the vBouncer is not in auto-mode.

My problem is with building php with imap support. The documentation says I need to compile PHP with --with-imap=DIR. What do I specify for the DIR here? And what do I need to install for that DIR option?

Thanks.

You may not need the dir, if the liberary is in the lib path.

I'd just install the c-client first as the docs say, then configure --with-imap and --with-imap-ssl and read the error report, if any. If that doesn't work, check with the host or sys admin.

On Cpanel it's just a tick box when you build/update apache/php.

Since my server has imap and pop binary and can be started via xinet.d, I figured that imap and pop is actually installed on my server, but might only as binary, no library?

The documentation on php.net sugguested installing c-client, which might install both the binary and the library, while they should actually suggest the user install it only to get the library, not to install it as a daemon service.

I tried to compile PHP directly with compilation option --with-imap and --with-imap-ssl, but got this error:

configure: error: Cannot find rfc822.h. Please check your IMAP installation.

Looks like it is missing the header file. Not sure if I install c-client will resolve it. I am a little hesitate to install c-client because the installation file tells me it is a daemon service, but my server already has imap and pop daemon service.

You can install c-client, but you don't have to run it.

I am trying to install c-client. I have ran the make command (I am on linux)

make slx

But after that, I cannot find a make install command. And the rest part of the README file really deals with installing the binaries as a daemon service, nothing really about library installation.

If I went ahead to compile php with --with-imap=/usr/local/imap-2004e (which is the folder i created following instructions from php.net), then I got the above error:

configure: error: Cannot find rfc822.h. Please check your IMAP installation.

Just found that the following tips helped me to get rid of this compilation error:

Found at http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot...ly/004281.html

Good to hear jb605 :up:

I did a mass email, and there are a large amount of bounced emails. I didn't notice that 50 count limit, so vbouncer went ahead and processed 50 unique emails, and deleted all the others. This is really bad because I do need all those bounced emails and need to process them all. Now they are gone, even if I raise the limit, I don't have those bounced emails anymore.

Also, vbouncer seems to delete emails that it cannot identify as returned error etc. It probably should leave those emails there, because I need to modify the vouncer.inc based on the patterns on those bounced emails. I guess it might be better if vbouncer only deletes emails it has read (in imap mode). I am not sure if it is possible with system file based method or pop mode.

vBouncer must delete the emails after processing, otherwise it will count them as duplicates on the next run. If you get too many bounced emails on every run, just increase the frequency of the collection task, as explained in the first post. If you really need to save copies of your bounced emails, just create a cron job to copy the file for you.

Thanks. That's what I am doing. I just created another account, which gets a copy of all the emails coming, so that when I see some patterns that my configuration cannot catch, I can just go back and modify the pattern according to it, then copy the emails from the backup account to re-process it.

Currently, I have a large amount of emails being processed but vbouncer claims no bouncing emails found. I checked the code, and find the following code kind of confusing:

This is checked in function CombThrough($Header, $Body) and again in function Process_Std_Report($Header, $Body). I looked at my emails, none of them has this pattern in it, which explains why I get more than a thousand bounced email in a batch mass email, but vbouncer claims no bouncing emails found. So, I guess I will have to modify this code, right? However, in most of my bounced email, I do see this:

X-Failed-Recipients: adfasdfl@yhaoo.com

Is it safe for me to remove the above search for ^Final-Recipient?

Thanks.

No, you don't have to modify the code (but it's GPL, so you may, if you want to)

vbouncer.inc allows you to add the proper patterns that match your usual bounced emails without modifying the code.

vbouncer.inc currently holds 4 patterns that match the samples people here sent me so far, but you can add your own patterns to it as new cases.

Not sure if you are using an old version without vbouncer.inc (it was added recently), you might want to click install to get the latest updates.

My fault. I should add that pattern into vbouncer.inc instead of modifying the code. Adding it to vbouncer.inc does the same thing.

Thanks.

Also, maybe you didn't expect, but I have a few thousands of bounced email addresses, and my stats page takes a long time to load. A pagination will probably solve that problem.

I have this installed but it will not display any bounced emails in the stats screen and the

"Last run with results" portion of the same screen shows "19:00, 31st Dec 1969" as the last run date even though I ran the cron script myself manually in the admincp to test it. Im using the IMAP mode. What could be set wrong?