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- vBulletin 3.6 Add-ons (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=194)

- - Mini Mods - Email reminder for inactive users (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=138946)

Fungsten

09-12-2007 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djbaxter (Post 1337815)

Version 1.11 should be labeled "Beta", in my opinion. Try uninstalling that version and installing 1.09.

Didn't have to uninstall 1.11. Just installed 1.09 and it works.

Job4Suprmn

09-12-2007 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djbaxter (Post 1337800)

No, it doesn't unban banned members.

1. You can select which member groups to email in the ACP under vBulletin Options | Inactive Users Email | Usergroups:

Code:

Usergroups

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

Make sure that banned members aren't included.

2. How was the member banned? I don't know whether it's yet fixed but in version 3.6.6, I believe, or eerlier, there was a vBulletin bugged where members banned via the infraction system were able to return after one of their infractions expired, even when one of the infractions resulted in a permanent ban.

3. You say he emailed you. Did he return to the forum and post anything? If no, he's probably yanking your chain.

Yes, he posted. He was banned originally on another forum software, so maybe something funky happened there. I'm not really sure. I'll let you know if anyone else seems to come back.

Thanks

SaTaNaSsO

09-15-2007 07:12 AM

great hack... it works very fine with 3.6.7 ... i will update to 3.6.8 soon and i will check...
:):cool:

abhimation

09-15-2007 10:08 AM

Installed ! How do i check if its working fine ?

cheat-master30

09-15-2007 11:17 AM

Your own email should get emails like this every day:

Quote:

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.

yoyoyoyo

09-15-2007 12:41 PM

I am running 3.6.8 - should the latest version still considered "beta" (as many people here have suggested) or is it safe to run? Are there any edits/changes I should make to the latest version to get it to run properly?

djbaxter

09-15-2007 01:30 PM

It is safe to install. It just may not work correctly on your forum - that's why I've been suggesting it be considered beta.

Try it if you wish. If it doesn't work, uninstall it and install 1.09.

Fungsten

09-15-2007 07:20 PM

I got it fully working on 3.6.8. What happened is the email address that show which members were the reminder was the webmaster's address; I hadn't re-added it when I changed servers. :erm:

Phooey

09-17-2007 02:24 PM

I don't know why I didn't do this sooner, but I finally installed it. Great hack, thanks!

alfieuk

09-18-2007 10:44 PM

Wish everything set up this easy :)

Awesome job

xandizitxu

09-18-2007 10:48 PM

This mod helped me a lot! Thanks!

SuperTaz

09-22-2007 04:11 AM

Very nice. Installed

htscpl

09-22-2007 11:11 AM

Great mod ! Thanks ** installs **

Ribena88

09-22-2007 09:38 PM

Thanks, great mod!

ski diva

09-28-2007 12:51 AM

Question: when this is made active, does it send an email out immediately? I have it set so that the email frequency is 90 days, if a user has been inactive for 90 days. Does this mean that it will be 90 days before the first email goes out? And how will I know if an email has been sent? Is there any notification process?

Thanks!

Edited the following day: Never mind -- I received notification. Another question, though -- is there any way I can see an actual copy of any of the emails that went out?

Datc	09-29-2007 12:48 PM

I also have a problem with the sender address. The "from address" host name is the servers host name which is totally wrong. I'm afraid it doesn't get the entered email address in VB. I need to solve this immediately. Please help !

djbaxter

09-29-2007 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Datc (Post 1349541)

It would be helpful if you would post the version number you have installed.

How do you know that the From: address is incorrect? Have you looked at an actual email that was sent out? Or is this on the basis of a returned ("bounced") email?

Datc	09-29-2007 04:50 PM

Version is 1.1.1.

I had a user registered that was inactive. So I received the email also. Which comes to the point that there also must be something to test the system before it starts sending out. I was just lucky... But the from field is still wrong..

djbaxter

09-29-2007 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Datc (Post 1349715)

So you received the email as a bounceback? If so, depending on your server, it would not contain the forum email as sender but rather the mail server - unless I'm missing something, that seems to have been what happened here.

Datc	09-30-2007 09:10 PM

No its not a bounceback. I had an inactive user. I received it just like everybody else received it.

Yes the part about the mail server email is right. It was like forumname<forumname@sub.servername.com> whereas is should have been webmaster@forumdomain.com .

djbaxter

09-30-2007 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Datc (Post 1350430)

Are you telling me that YOU were the inactive user?

applyimage

10-02-2007 12:51 PM

could somebody direct me specifically to where we edit the email reminder settings? thanks :)

edit: ignore! fantastic!

XXP	10-04-2007 03:12 AM

This is a great idea but, and please forgive me for being obtuse, where does the message go?

1. Where does the outbound message go?

2. Is there a way to test the outbound message -- for, e.g., making sure that it looks OK?

3. Is any HTML header/footer needed or can we just drop a block of formatted HTML into (wherever it is that the message goes)?

Thanks. :o

energetic

10-04-2007 03:30 AM

Thanks to sharing :)

towermatt

10-04-2007 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XXP (Post 1352550)

There is an example earlier in the thread. I used it because it included instructions on how to stop the email from being sent.

The outbound message goes to the member that has been inactive for the time set in the cron.

You can test the outbound message by activating it, then setting up a user and changing their "last active" date to something that would trigger it.

Vi Tiểu Bảo

10-05-2007 02:03 PM

Thank :) ! installed :) !

Datc	10-06-2007 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djbaxter (Post 1350478)

Are you telling me that YOU were the inactive user?

Exactly. That's how I saw the address was the servers host name.

djbaxter

10-06-2007 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Datc (Post 1354049)

Exactly. That's how I saw the address was the servers host name.

OK. I suggest you uninstall 1.11 and install 1.09.

XXP	10-08-2007 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by towermatt (Post 1352943)

You can test the outbound message by activating it, then setting up a user and changing their "last active" date to something that would trigger it.

No; that doesn't seem to be sending the mail out. NG for test also because you have to keep changing/defeating the settings to fool the plugin into firing.

So I do that and have now created a special user group just for it.... and it says it is sending the mail, but it isn't.

Weird.

XXP	10-08-2007 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djbaxter (Post 1354121)

OK. I suggest you uninstall 1.11 and install 1.09.

Please explain; why would that make a difference?

Thanks very much.

XXP	10-08-2007 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by towermatt (Post 1352943)

You can test the outbound message by activating it, then setting up a user and changing their "last active" date to something that would trigger it.

ALSO this is NG because "...Reminder" code works by putting mail in the VB mail queue. That means you either have to change its settings also or you have to wait for it to come around.

Not a good idea to change it's settings becaues at this point we're already 2 or 3 levels deep in changes for testing (that you have to remember to change back afterward), and with all this changing... something is going to get lost.

So, how about a test set up. A button to push that sends one copy of mail to specified address? That would be cool.

Thanks for your suggestions though; very much!

quasan

10-09-2007 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Datc (Post 1350430)

yop got the same problem too

Zia	10-09-2007 03:59 AM

hi..
we just got it installed - after install...i check schedule task log...there i found error..
see the SS bellow

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

plz note that- the mentioned user name have 50+ post, after they confirm there email activation mail, they started the post, so theres no chance -that there mail id is invalid.

confused...why the error msg & is it working?

djbaxter

10-09-2007 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XXP (Post 1355798)

Please explain; why would that make a difference?

Thanks very much.

Version 1.09 was a stable version for most people that did not use the built-in vBulletin email system.

Version 1.11 converted to send all emails through the vBulletin mail queue. This caused problems on some installations. I recommend that people install version 1.09 and consider 1.11 to be a beta.

djbaxter

10-09-2007 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zia (Post 1355993)

hi..
we just got it installed - after install...i check schedule task log...there i found error..
see the SS bellow

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6654/errormo1.jpg

plz note that- the mentioned user name have 50+ post, after they confirm there email activation mail, they started the post, so theres no chance -that there mail id is invalid.

confused...why the error msg & is it working?

The fact that the email address was once valid doesn't mean that it's still valid. People change email addresses and abandon email addresses all the time. Also, last time I checked, if you didn't log in to Hotmail or Yahoo every 3 months, you lost that email address. Also, some times members will log in and change their email addresses to something invalid if they decide they no longer want to receive email from a forum.

What exactly WERE the addresses? Were they constructed properly?

Zia	10-09-2007 06:22 AM

logicaly ur point is okay.
but note that- kirbyx - still on my msn using the same id he registerd with.

fyr- msn/yahoo - non logged for 3months wont be lost/mite be inactive..yahoo duration is not 3months... its more...//

redtailboa

10-10-2007 01:34 PM

I am still having issues with this mod on 2 different servers.

Both servers use the SMTP option instead of a local sendmail server. Here is what the log says:

Code:

Emails sent to:test_account ILoveMyBoa4209 Brandon480 catesncboas . We tried to email the following users, but their email address was invalid:

I setup a test account and verified that the email did not send out. I also have confirmed that my SMTP server is working, my members are receiving emails from the board for new account setups, password resets etc.

Any clue what to do? I really want to use this mod

djbaxter

10-10-2007 01:42 PM

1. Is the account identified as invalid actually operational? Did it have the correct syntax?

2. what version are you using?

redtailboa

10-10-2007 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djbaxter (Post 1356885)

1. Is the account identified as invalid actually operational? Did it have the correct syntax?

2. what version are you using?

1) All the accounts it sends to it does this to. The first time I ran it it said this for over 3,000 members. In the example I showed, the account was valid.

2) Latest version. 1.1.1

djbaxter

10-10-2007 06:31 PM

As I have said many times, I personally consider version 1.11 to be a beta version. I know Chris was trying to work on this but my guess is real life got in the way to delay it.

Uninstall version 1.11 and install version 1.09.

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