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

[EricR]

In my case only certain usergroups can send PM's to more than one recipient so it makes sense to show the button for only these groups. If you'd like to do this as well, expand on the provided conditional as follows:

<if condition="$post['replylink'] && THIS_SCRIPT == 'private' && is_member_of($bbuserinfo, XX,YY,ZZ)">
<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>

Where XX, YY, ZZ, etc. are the usergroup id's that CAN see the "Reply To All" button.

[Xoligy]

Good idea

[buro9]

Beautifully Simple.

Thanks, this is long overdue.

[Dexter_kcd]

Nice, thanks for this.


Dexter...

[scan-pa]

Great Mod. thank you.

[Xoligy]

Thanks for the kind words

[Chris Blount]

Does this work with 3.6.0?

EDIT: Just tried it out. Seems to work OK under 3.6.0.

Thanks! Very handy feature.

[Muellmann]

Great work, that's exactely what I searched. :up:

[Quarterbore]

Thank You!

[pipedreams]

much thanks, am surprised it not officially part of vb..