Really need to get the cron log working with this hack. It makes it impossible to really know who this hack is sending mail to and when

We need to get the "don't send emails to members who have deselected 'Receive emails from Admins'" issue fixed first, unless you relish getting on a whole lot of antispam blacklists.

I'm sorry for asking mayby silly questions, but how can I adjust the frequency like this in the scheduled tasks? It's the first time I do something with scheduled tasks and as I can see, I only can adjust the day of the month, the weekday and the time (h/m/s) ... my wish would be remind after 60 days, don't remind again for another 30 days ... can anybody help?

Thanks in advance,
sabine

thanks u so much! hope the instal goes perfect :)

First, go to Admin CP | vBulletin options | Inactive Users Reminder Emails

and set Days of Inactivity (mine is 90) and Email Frequency (mine is currently 30, i.e., every 30 days).

Then go to Admin CP | Scheduled Tasks | Scheduled Task Manager

and click on "Edit - Go" for Inactive User Reminder Emails.

Scroll down to where you see

Day of the Month *

Hour *

Minute * * * * * *

and decide how often you want this to run - note that "*" means EVERY day, hour, minute... and that is way too often.

I left day and hour set to * and changed minute to:

Minute 18 48 - - - -

where "-" means none, so this setting checks for inactive users every half hour at hh:18 and hh:48.

Thanks djbaxter ... that's what I was looking for :up:

I almost got it, the only thing I didn't understand was the email frequency ... it say "how often" and I thought it might be the amount of emails which will be sent. But now I got there 30 days ... and I changed the scheduled task as you proposed ... that makes sense to me :)

Thanks for helping ...

BTW ... since I installed the hack (6 days) I got 7 members "back" ;) ... we are a pretty tiny community and 6 members out of 136 inaktive users are alot :-). In total we have about 460 ... that's the reason why I like this hack ...

Just one thing, I had a couple of bounced emails come back which is fine as the accounts now seem closed. However one or two of the user names cropped up twice. It seems to suggest that this is sending out more than one email or looping round the list continuosly which would be classed as spamming or mail bombing people if that was the case.

Is this possible?

1. check your settings (see my post above)

2. check the content of the "duplicate" emails - they may not be duplicates at all but a second email sent by anoither part of the system or another add-on (are you using the EZ Bounced Emails add-on, for example?)

This may have been asked already. But maybe the possibly of adding the following features:
Usergroups
Indicate which usergroups will be using this feature

Spam Removal (YES/NO)
Setting this to "Yes", allows the users to click a "REMOVE ME" link that will prevent future mailings.

Spam Removal Group:
Enter a Usergroup to move users to a inactive group

I did not like the footer addition and therefore would like you donate some money instead. How can I do that? Let me know. Thanks, great hack.