Auto Post Google Alerts

I will no longer be supporting this hack as 3.6.x supports feeds, making this hack obsolete.

This hack will automatically post to a forum of your choice, as a user of your choice, any Google alert received. In fact, it should work for any alert service.

If you do not know what Google Alerts are, see this page:

Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.

Requirements:

A POP email box to receive Google Alerts.

Install is simple. Upload the PHP file, install the product, define the settings in adminCP, test, and set up a scheduled task in the adminCP then:

Click Install

You can limit who can post alerts by restricting domains allowed to email the POP box. I advise you use a secret, previously unused POP box/email address. Any mail in the POP box that is not in the domain list is deleted, otherwise it is posted.

I will offer support as I can here, or in the forum at my website at www.worldwidecreations.com

This modification is FREE of charge, but if you wish to reward me for my work, and encourage future modifications by me, please donate below:

[bashy]

Right ok...sorry about the thicko minute...

Sorted now, although it didnt post the actual email body only yhe subject
i take it thats cause its setup for googles email templates or sommat, i dont know lol

Anyway...will keep you informed when i get my 1st proper email from them

Now to setup the scheduled task

Thanks again for ya help and a great hack

[TTG]

Originally Posted by Jafo232

Either the popserver, username, port or password are wrong or, on some servers, you may be required to edit vbox.php where it says:

/pop3/tls/novalidate-cert

To:

/pop3

Same error !?

[Jafo232]

Then your username, pass, server, or port is incorrect.

[its_me_that_guy]

Can this be configured to run multiple alerts and post them in multiple forums?

[Jafo232]

Originally Posted by its_me_that_guy

Can this be configured to run multiple alerts and post them in multiple forums?

It can handle multiple alerts, but it does not post into multiple forums.

[its_me_that_guy]

So in order to post to multiple forums, what would you suggest?

Example. My site has a forum for star wars, warcraft, and dark and light. Would like 1 alert posting star wars news in star wars forum, 1 posting for warcraft, etc.

Would I just rename your files, and setup 3 times?

[Jafo232]

Originally Posted by its_me_that_guy

So in order to post to multiple forums, what would you suggest?

Example. My site has a forum for star wars, warcraft, and dark and light. Would like 1 alert posting star wars news in star wars forum, 1 posting for warcraft, etc.

Would I just rename your files, and setup 3 times?

Hmm.. Well, if you really want to do that, what I would do is make a copy of vbox.php for each forum you wish to post to. Edit each vbox.php script to find all of the:

$vbulletin->options['variable']

Replace them with your own variables that you define at the beginning of the script.. For example, create a variable for your popserver:

$popserver = 'localhost';

Then find:

$vbulletin->options['gvbpopserver']

Replace that in the script wherever you find it with $popserver.

Same thing with :

$vbulletin->options['gvbuser'] - pop username
$vbulletin->options['gvbpport'] - pop port
$vbulletin->options['gvbpass'] - pop password
$vbulletin->options['gvbfuser'] - user ID to post as
$vbulletin->options['gvbforum'] - forum ID to post to

Then you can call each script as you want through the scheduled task or manually.

You will have to set up a separate POP box for each alert.

That is the only way I can suggest at the moment.

[its_me_that_guy]

Installed. Gonna work on what you said for multiple tho too.

[WNxWakko]

I did the test, the vbox.php said checked and the post was created, subject title there, however the body of the post only stated the email it came from and no body message.

[Schahab]

Hello,

is it possible to defince several Google Alers for differens forums?

Like Graffiti Alerts only in the Graffiti Forum

or Breakdance only in Breakdance?

That would be very cool!