[tfw2005]

I have some suggestions for if/when this things gets back going.

I would like to use this more as a submission deal, where specified contacts who normally wouldn't participate on the forum can send correspondence to a particular email, and it will be posted into a private forum for staff to read.

It can be done now, except I would need to create a user account with each one of their emails so that it doesn't get bounced. And folks working at or for companies may have several different email addresses they use to communicate.

I have no desire to use the subscription or mass emailing system. Just incoming, once, gets posted, staff looks at it on site. Replies to that thread would never be emailed back to anyone. And I guess, the response emails posting replies and not new threads - that could be removed here too. As could the usergroup check.

To prevent spam if the email address got out, I would suggest creating a universal whitelist on the backend, so that we can add addresses at will, similar to how it checks against user accounts. But it checks that one list. We can scan the actual mailbox every so often, and if we see an email from an alternate address, or new person, that we want to continue getting alerts from, we add it.

Would also like a way to leave emails on server, possibly move to a predefined folder in the mail account like "Read" or "Posted".

Not sure if that is too far out of specs for this, but if those options could be added, like "use for correspondence OR use for mailing list" and then fill in options for whatever you choose, that would be cool.

Up side, could also add in RSS feeds from news sources and update blogs from people/companies you want to watch, and put that in the same forum. So you have one place to check on your own site for stuff that needs to be addressed.

I would donate significantly if this could be achieved. Just PM me for further specs if desired.

Good work either way, thanks for the mod, later!