Private Messages Enhancements - Reply to all button in private messages

As requested on, this plug-in allows users to reply to all users via PM, much like many modern email clients. To install simply download and install the XML file and then make the following modifications to your postbit/postbit_legacy templatebits:

Find:

<if condition="$post['replylink']"> <a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a> </if>

Add below (or above):

<if condition="$post['replylink'] && THIS_SCRIPT == 'private'"> <a href="$post[replylink]&r=all" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply_all.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_to_all]" border="0" /></a> </if>

You then need to create a button and name it "reply_all.gif". Place it in your skin's button folder. For the default skin, place it in images/buttons, for other skins please refer to its documentation.

You're free to do what you like with this code, although credit is appreciated, it's not required.

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EDIT: Thanks to EricR for the button

[kontrabass]

Thanks for the excellent hack. My mods were demanding this as they communicate amongst themselves via multi-recipient PM a lot. Very glad that I found this

[MThornback]

May I suggest wrapping it in

<if condition="$show['recipients']">

so that it only shows up when there are more than 1 recipient

great mod! Installed

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by MThornback

May I suggest wrapping it in

<if condition="$show['recipients']">

so that it only shows up when there are more than 1 recipient

great mod! Installed

I tried this but it didn't work for me. Wrapping the code inside

<if condition="$show['recipients']">

made the "reply all" button go away completely, even for PM's that had multiple recipients.

This is the code I tried:

<if condition="$show['recipients']">
<if condition="$post['replylink'] && THIS_SCRIPT == 'private'"> <a href="$post[replylink]&r=all" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply_all.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_to_all]" border="0" /></a> </if>
</if>

I am using vBulletin 3.6.5.
Is there something else I can try?

[jeremyalyea]

Originally Posted by MThornback

May I suggest wrapping it in

<if condition="$show['recipients']">

so that it only shows up when there are more than 1 recipient

great mod! Installed

This did not work for me either. The reply to all button disappears for all emails.

Great MOD. Marked installed! Thank you.
Why isn't this standard?

[Canis Firebrand]

I would love a way to have it only show up if there are multiple recipients. Right now, as others stated, it shows up for every message regardless as to whether the PM has 1 or more recipients.

[Offstage]

Ain't compatible anymore with 3.6.8 ?
now if I upload the XML file , invalid file I get as error.

[scan-pa]

Works in my vB 3.6.8p2 just fine.

[El Orans]

* Clicks Install *

[Eq4bits]

works fine with 3.7.2

[ATVTorture]

This would be great. Any body have an idea as to how to make an IF statement to check the number of recipients?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Canis Firebrand

I would love a way to have it only show up if there are multiple recipients. Right now, as others stated, it shows up for every message regardless as to whether the PM has 1 or more recipients.