nice hack :) very useful! thanks for sharing it with us all ;)

About letting the PM go and then display the message?

I tried the below with
$sendto["$username"] = true;
$tostring["$user[userid]"] = $user['username'];
before and after the actual error message
or without it at all, like your code

I get no error messages and all PM went thru.

else if ($user['awaystatus'] == 1)
{
$awaysincedate = vbdate($vboptions['dateformat'], $user['awaysince']);
if ($user['awaymessage'] == "")
{
$awaymsg = "not given";
}
else
{
$awaymsg = $user['awaymessage'];
}
$sendto["$username"] = true;
$tostring["$user[userid]"] = $user['username'];
eval('$pmuseraway[] = "' . fetch_phrase('userawaynopm', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');

}

OK, try this if you can. Use the original private.php file and find:

Right below it, add:

Then find:

and replace it with :

Let me know if it works.
----------
John

I would like that too, but I just do not have the time to code this functionality. It's more involved, since it requires you to scan the recipients for those who are away, and then create a PM back to the sender. This requires the same checks as the ones performed when the original PM is send, and you have to change the recipient with the sender.

Sorry, not enough time here for that. I admit though, if someone can come up with it, I'll use it too.

Rgds
----------
John

Would you mind if instead of a PM, you get an e-mail when the user you PMed is away?

If not, here is the code you can use. In your private.php, find:

Replace that with:

You may customize the above, to use a template for the e-mail send. If you want help on this, please let me know.

I hope this helps.

Rgds
--------------
John

That displayed the error message about being away in the preview when trying to send message.

You mean the error message comes up when you hit "Preview"?? It doesn't work like that in my case. Preview works as it is supposed to, then when you click "Submit" the error appears, which is what it should do.

I meant it works as intended. It displays the useraway message pm not sent in the preview screen that appears when trying to submit.

Well, the preview screen does not come up with any error message in my system. But after you do the preview, if you hit "Submit", then it shows the error. Same thing it does if you do not preview, and hit "Submit" from the editor screen.

Just to let you know though, I stopped using this mod. I replaced it in my forums with the e-mail warning one. I think it is better that way, your PM goes to the recipient, even if he is away, and you get back an e-mail saying that the recipient is away and he will get your message when he returns.

A PM would be a more elegant solution, but I do not want to get involved with all the checks necessary to send a PM. The e-mail is sent by the admin account, so users will get it one way or another.

Rgds