Major Additions - vBMS : vBulletin Mail System

vBulletin Mail System

Finally, for vBulletin 3.6, there is a port from filburt1's original hack. For those of you who aren't aware, he essentially declared it open source, and it's been a bit of a wait for someone to fix it up... I've wanted it for my site, too, so I finally sat down and just did it.

What is this?
The vBulletin Mail System is a way to give your users webmail access from your site. They can have a name@yourwebsite.com address, send and receive emails and attachments, etc. Options such as mailbox quotas, limits on numbers/types of attachments, a message trailer ("Free mail at yourwebsite.com!") at the end of each message, etc. are all available as well.

Please note: this is a pre-final version. As far as I have seen, it is working so far for me, but I have not tested it completely and thoroughly and it's very likely there'll be a number of bugs popping up. However, I have successfully been able to install this on a clean board, exchange emails regularly (including attachments), go through all the basic options/etc. without any errors popping up, so it should be fine. Still, make sure you back up your database before installing this, just due to the nature of its "beta"-ness.

To install: upload all files from the "upload" directory to your server in the proper directories. Then, navigate to admincp/vbms_install.php on your server and run the installer. It will make several template additions. If your navbar or header templates hav been modified, it will not be able to do it automatically, and you'll have to add these edits yourself.

In template navbar, find:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[user_cp]</a></td>

Add after:

			<if condition="$show['popups']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control" id="navbar_vbms">
					<a href="vbms.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[email]</a>
			
					<if condition="$vbms_newmessages['newcount'] > 0">
						<span style="font-weight: normal; padding: 1px 1px 1px 2px; margin: 0px 3px 0px 2px; border: 1px inset" class="alt1">
							<phrase 1="$vbms_newmessages[newcount]">$vbphrase[x_new]</phrase>
						</span>
					</if>
				
					<script type="text/javascript">
						<!--
							vbmenu_register("navbar_vbms");
						// -->
					</script>
				</td>
			<else />
				<td class="vbmenu_control" id="navbar_vbms">
					<a href="vbms.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[email]</a>
				
					<if condition="$vbms_newmessages['newcount'] > 0">
						<span style="font-weight: normal; padding: 1px 1px 1px 2px; margin: 0px 3px 0px 2px; border: 1px inset" class="alt1">
							<phrase 1="$vbms_newmessages[newcount]">$vbphrase[x_new]</phrase>
						</span>
					</if>
				</td>
			</if>

Find:

<!-- / header quick search form -->
	</if>

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

Add after:

		<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_vbms_menu" style="display: none">
			<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
				<tr><td class="thead">vBulletin Mail System</td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_inbox]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms_new.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_write_message]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms_ab.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_address_book]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms_folders.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_folders]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms_filters.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_filters]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms_options.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_options]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="faq.php?$session[sessionurl]faq=faq_vbms">$vbphrase[navbar_help]</a></td></tr>
			</table>
		</div>

In your ACP, there should be a new set of options in a "vBulletin Mail System" category. That set of options is your main set of management stuff, and is pretty straightforward.

Feel free to post with any bugs or questions you find, etc. I'm trying to get this working again thoroughly, for all of us.

FAQ

• Is POP support available for my users?
  No, this is similar to a webmail system.
• What is a catch-all email address, and how do I set it up?
  A catch-all address is an email address that any mail sent to your server that isn't picked up by another account will go to. For example, if someone sends an email to randomgibberish@yoursite.com and you do not have a "randomgibberish" account defined, it would forward to your catch-all account that you have set up, such as all@yoursite.com.
• Can I run this if my server doesn't let me have a catch-all mail account?
  Yes, but it's not recommended. As has been suggested by a few members, you can set up one mail account to the be "catch-all" and have vBMS connect to that, then set up mail accounts for each member who wants one and have it forward to the catch-all. All this has to be set up manually with your web host, and takes a great deal of willpower and availability from the website administrator, and is thus not recommended.
• I'm receiving the following error:
  

  Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imap_open()...

  If you're getting an error similar to this, you do not have IMAP functionality available in PHP. Find your php.ini file on your server (usually /usr/local/lib/php.ini on Linux, C:\Windows\php.ini on Windows), and find the extensions section. Uncomment the line ";extension=php_imap.dll" (that is, remove the semicolon at the beginning) and restart your web server. If you don't have access to your web server to do this, contact your web host about installing IMAP support for PHP. If they won't do it, then this hack is not for you.
• I can't connect to the mail server, with this error:
  

  Warning: imap_open() [function.imap-open]: Couldn't open stream {localhost:110/pop3}INBOX in /includes/vbms_class_installer.php on line 791

  First, make sure that your port number and server information are right. Some mail servers are on non-default ports (this is common), and some you may have to connect to a different host besides localhost (this is very rare). Also, try using the "Force no-TLS connection" option in the vBMS Options in the ACP.
• I can connect to the server just fine, but it won't get any email!
  Check the "Mail checking logs" in your ACP (under the vBulletin Mail System area). If there are no logs, then the cronjob probably isn't running. If there are logs, see if there are any errors in there. If it's checking the mail account fine and simply says there are no messages, check with a webmail to see if the catch-all account is even receiving mails. If the webmail shows that the account has mail stuck in it and vBMS isn't picking them up, but vBMS is saying it's checking the account alright and finding 0 messages, then you're likely connecting to the wrong account. By doing these steps, you should at least be able to figure out where the problem is occurring.

Install clicks, donations and HotM nominations are always welcome.

[Twisted Chaos]

any news on this mod? I am desperately waiting for this mod to be updated....

If you need help email me... i do alot of php and vbulletin modificationswork but i dont know what you have done.....

amysticallegend at hotmail dot com

[blogtorank]

No need of help , we got it whipped already, built a whole NEW e-mail class for this, because we branched off the lame imap module. Takes time to perfect to make flawless...

Status reports:

1. Built a whole new e-mail class
2. Tested by building a new product that'll send e-mail to PM supporting all text and html, html is converted to bbcode
3. Built our own class for html to bbcode

That's in a weeks time so far in between our other projects!

Now that being said it's about the same setup:

1. Create a catch-all account, forward all catchalls to this one account
2. New script will then handle the delivery to the end-user (member)
3. That's it No needing to worrying of having so many requirements met before installing! Plug-in and go is the key here.

Will be soon, and not saying a day or time when, it'll be announced here accordingly when we create a new thread for this so you all can branch over.

[rs2cheating]

Originally Posted by blogtorank

No need of help , we got it whipped already, built a whole NEW e-mail class for this, because we branched off the lame imap module. Takes time to perfect to make flawless...

Status reports:

1. Built a whole new e-mail class
2. Tested by building a new product that'll send e-mail to PM supporting all text and html, html is converted to bbcode
3. Built our own class for html to bbcode

That's in a weeks time so far in between our other projects!

Now that being said it's about the same setup:

1. Create a catch-all account, forward all catchalls to this one account
2. New script will then handle the delivery to the end-user (member)
3. That's it No needing to worrying of having so many requirements met before installing! Plug-in and go is the key here.

Will be soon, and not saying a day or time when, it'll be announced here accordingly when we create a new thread for this so you all can branch over.

Very nice. Will we be able to input different incomming and outgoing ports? Since my host has two different ones.

[Megatr0n]

When will it be released?

[scan-pa]

Originally Posted by Megatr0n

When will it be released?

The new coder has asked that people do not post asking this question, read a few posts back. He states they will post a link to the NEW thread for this product when it is ready.


Good things come to those who wait.

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by scan-pa

The new coder has asked that people do not post asking this question, read a few posts back. He states they will post a link to the NEW thread for this product when it is ready.


Good things come to those who wait.

Excellent - I am looking forward to this. I bought a commercial version of the VBMS awhile ago, and have been wanting to reinstall it on my 3.6.8 board.

[Derekclarke]

Just Installing this, it's been on the

Step 1 of 13: Testing Settings… page for about 20 Mins.... is that right.....

Now 40 Mins

well over an hour now, so have just canceled and started again.

[RYoBiOS]

I have this message:

PHP imap extension Failed (not loaded)
Suggestion action: Ask your host to recompile PHP with the imap extension, or if your host uses Windows, to enable the imap extension in php.ini.

But I have imap,it is with Cyrus-Imap.

There is a way to work this with Cyrus ?

[basketmen]

I use this version VBMS almost with no problem for 1 month

i just want to ask


How to set no notify email by default for all user



where file need to edit

[yahoooh]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

Excellent - I am looking forward to this. I bought a commercial version of the VBMS awhile ago, and have been wanting to reinstall it on my 3.6.8 board.

from where u bought commercial version?