The obvious: Getting mailbox content, reading mails from every POP3 mailbox and sending mails through any SMTP server (configurable in the user options)
written from scratch, spezificially to be used with vBulletin 3.5.x - not a port of something
fully phrased and templated down to the last bit
Full multipart support for downloading (and sending) attachments
When reading mail the mail text is parsed for BB-Codes, so you get the graphical smillies from the forum, text formatting and URLs automatically become clickable links
When replying to, or forwarding, mail the text of the original mail is quoted, propper quotemarks are added and a quote-header is added (customizable via template)
various options for admin and users to customize the webmail client
Does NOT require any special modules to be compiled into your PHP installation (like the IMAP libraries)
(for techies: this uses basic socket connections instead of special PHP function calls)
Admin can override certain aspects of the user config (forcing to use a given mailserver, force using forum email address and such)
Write your mails using vB's WYSIWYG editor
buildin (yet simple) addressbook for your E-Mail contacts
Read/Unread markings - unread mails are highlighted, options for "mark selected read", "mark all read" and "mark selected unread"
custom hooks to make it easy to develop addons for it
automatically adds links to the webmailer in "Quick Links" menu, navbar and UserCP. Usualy no template edits needed when using default ones (can be disabled for each link in admin options)
Planned features:
Support for multiple config sets per user
(and so multiple mailbox accounts that can be querried)
Sort mails into folders
User configurable filters (for automatically sorting mails into folders)
Preview of mailtext in inbox view (bellow subject)
Forward mails as PM / Forward PMs as mail
Reply to threads and PMs by mail
Give/Provide your members an own eMail adress and inbox on your forums!
Members can recieve and send mails as "username@forumdomain.tld" without the need for an own POP3 account anywhere
Admin only needs ONE "real" POP3 box as "catch all".
Installation
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Level : EASY
Duration : a minute or so
Files to upload : yes (11)
Products to import : yes (1)
Templates to edit : usually none
ChangeLog
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1.00 - first final release
Fixed some minor bugs
Login details are no longer stored as plain text in the database (*see note bellow!)
Added option to save login details in a cookie on the users local computer instead of storing them in the forum's database
* Note on storing the login details in the database:
The login details are only base64 encoded when stored in the database.
A more secure encryption would make no sense anyway, the login details must be decrypted to be passed to the POP3/SMTP server - one well placed line of additional code in the POP3 or SMTP class could save the decrypted info anywhere the admin likes.
This "encoding" is only meant to prevent login details to be read (in plaintext) when doing maintanance to the database and stepping over it.
For fully securing the login details the "Save in cookie" option has been added.
Known Issues:
On some installations mass deletion of mails (via "Delete Selected" from the inbox view) does not delete all mails
Sometimes you get "-4 mails in inbox" - reloading the page then shows the correct inbox again
Besides of those two issues, that do not really break the function of the webmailer, it seemed to run pretty stable so far - that's why I decided to release 1.00 without having them resolved.
(more changelog entries in the readme)
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Do you plan to support IMAP4 (much preferred to POP3) and secure SMTP authentication/TLS encryption in the near future (hopefully)?
I suggest including an "INSTALL.TXT" readme/installation instructions file in subsequent releases; thank you.
Although I can set my Webmail settings in the (vB3.6.0) User CP (as a Wmail permitted usergroup member), I get the following garbage text
output (filling the entire screen) when I attempt to access Webmail via the navbar link and/or when I attempt to acces Wmail via the
"Access Webmail" link from the User CP:
In addition, I get the following (garbage text output) error (filling the upper half of the screen, above my forum home header & menus)
when I attempt to acces Wmail via the "Webmail Settings / New Mail" link from the User CP:
Any ideas/fixes... or shall I simply await a vB3.6.0 sanctioned release? I look forward to your reply (HellCat).
I just loaded this on my 3.6 forums
Works well with pop3. I did have to use the global.php edit so I could set Wmail global functions but after that it seams to work fine.
I got in touch with my host about this problem as I thought it could be something to do with there side of things they have been looking at it for 3 days and they say that all tests have been run and it looks like its something todo with the script.
I have to say i would really love for this mod to work, and would love for the help to sort this problem, also it looks like others would as well, I can pervide access to my site so testing can be done if needed
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