Commbull (Community Bulletin)

[PURPOSE]
send a newsletter to all subscribed members (html or txt) notifying them of various going-ons in the forum:
- new threads
- hot threads
- b-days
- events
- etc

No longer commercial ... latest version: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=230359

[INSTALL]
- upload 3 files
- import plugin

[MODS]
- 1 template mod (modifyoptions)
- 2 fields added to user table

[IMPORTANT - SUPPORT]
problems relating to the commercial version are not suported here and will be deleted by the mods.

[DeeperImage]

Originally Posted by bigcurt

I am interested in purchasing the 3.6 version but I want to make sure that you are still selling it/have active support for it.

According to many posts in this thread you should buy it as they have fallen off the face of the earth.

[mpadc]

Hi

i got this installed thanks
one thing though can anyone explain to me why when you send an email through combull if you say leave the FROM email field like "Bobby" (i.e dont put any email address
when a user recieves the email the from field shows something like

"Bobby"@theircompanydomain.com

[grandeur_69]

If you have any questions about this hack, feel free to PM me. I have been working on this hack since vb2.0 with others.

This mod has taken a ton of work. If I was to charge a company for this work, it would be well over $1000 by now ... that is why I charge $30. The new mod for the pretty newsletter that is forum independent (removing problems with web based programs accepting CSS, etc) has taken 30 hours by itself.

I had originally kept all the previous mods up-to-date till 3.5, but with the mod changing to a plugin, it required a month of free time work just to convert it. The difference between 3.5 -> 3.6+ is quite a lot, especially since I have been fulfilling 95% of the users requests for additions / changes / etc. Most mods for vbulletin are now reaching $100+, so I didn't think $30 was much ... but, that is subject, i guess.

[bplinson]

I am having major problems with the paid version of this hack since upgrading to VB 3.6.8 PL2. I gladly paid $30 for this hack because it had served a great purpose for me. I have used this hack for years.

Basically when I run commbull since the upgrade to 3.6.8 PL2 it slows my forum down so much that it might was well be considered crashed. I was running my forum at 3.6.4 up until a few weeks ago and once I upgraded commbull started giving me problems

Now that I am having problems with it since upgrading to 3.6.8 PL2 I am looking for a new bulletin emailing program. I am looking at using phplist from phplist.com . It does not incorporate into VB but is free and robust. I can always create mailing lists in the VB Admin Control Panel.

I have emailed Octane Development a few times for help with the problems I am having but the only response I get is to reinstall it.

So I guess I am getting $30.00 worth of support.

[grandeur_69]

you emailed me once. however, since I am also in Germany and been taking German courses every day, I haven't had a chance to reply till this evening, but thank you for being patient.

[bplinson]

Cool. I am a bit south of Heidelberg. Can you come by my house and help me fix my problem??

[birdie]

No matter what I do I can't get the sender that the email is sent from to be from "Forum Name" and not from the "forum email address".

Anyone got a tip on how to fix that?

[bplinson]

After multiple problems with this product once I upgraded to VB 3.6.8 PL II I have finally made the switch to PHPList to email my weekly bulletin. I currently have close to 17,000 members subscribed to my weekly bulletin.

I can not say enough about how much I like PHPList. It is very robust and lets me have more control over my weekly newsletter.

I still use Commbull to pull the top threads, polls, b-days, events but then copy the HTML source code into PHPList to send the mail.

Now if I can just find someone to bridge PHPList with VB I would be a VERY happy person!

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by bplinson

Now if I can just find someone to bridge PHPList with VB I would be a VERY happy person!

That would make me happy as well.

[trinkaespinhas]

I have a few problems with this mod too.
Tryed to send to 3.763 and is failing.
Does not send for some usergroups and for other ppl.
Any update?

Im with the 3.5g

Thanks