Version: , by fastforward
Developer Last Online: Nov 2011
Version: 2.2.x
Rating:
Released: 07-11-2001
Last Update: Never
Installs: 25
No support by the author.
Description:
This hack provides a gateway to selected usenet groups. The entire usenet group is mirrored locally. Posts submitted locally to mirrored newsgroups will also be sent out to usenet. A single perl script is executed via cron that collects news and posts any outgoing articles. Incoming messages are parsed against customizable spam filters and threaded correctly before being placed in your forums. By default, no personal information is sent to usenet other than the posters username and whatever you have globally configured as a footer and organization. The option does exist for a user to include a custom email to use for usenet posts. After initial installation (which involves creating some new tables, adding a few columns to existing vB tables, and entering the database connection information to the news script) configuration is completed via the vB control panel.
See it in action at dBforums.com(usenet forums are at the bottom)
The latest version of this hack will always be in this first post of the thread.
Before asking questions in this thread, please read all the posts in this thread. If your question goes unanswered, it will probably be because the question has already been answered countless times in this thread.
This hack was created for use on my forums and will only be supported as time permits.
Originally posted by WildWayz Also,
when I hit on quote then reply, the newsgroup reads my posts as a single line paragraph ie no line breaks.
Any way we can get linebreaks to work?
Line breaks work for me. I have also been unable to reproduce your other error. What platform are you on?
To verify that the script is sending things to usenet, run this query immediately after you post a thread. Substitute '$$newsgroup->{forumid}' with the forumid in which the thread was posted.
Code:
SELECT e.csig,
b.email,
b.showemail,
b.signature,
a.threadid,
a.postusername,
a.title,
d.newsgroup
FROM thread AS a,
user AS b,
usergroup AS c,
usenet_group AS d,
userfield AS e
WHERE a.visible=1
AND forumid=$$newsgroup->{forumid}
AND a.postuserid=b.userid
AND b.usergroupid=c.usergroupid
AND b.userid=e.userid
AND a.isusenetpost=0
AND a.forumid=d.forum;
Originally posted by fastforward
Line breaks work for me. I have also been unable to reproduce your other error. What platform are you on?
To verify that the script is sending things to usenet, run this query immediately after you post a thread. Substitute '$$newsgroup->{forumid}' with the forumid in which the thread was posted.
Code:
SELECT e.csig,
b.email,
b.showemail,
b.signature,
a.threadid,
a.postusername,
a.title,
d.newsgroup
FROM thread AS a,
user AS b,
usergroup AS c,
usenet_group AS d,
userfield AS e
WHERE a.visible=1
AND forumid=$$newsgroup->{forumid}
AND a.postuserid=b.userid
AND b.usergroupid=c.usergroupid
AND b.userid=e.userid
AND a.isusenetpost=0
AND a.forumid=d.forum;
Hi ya
I am on RedHat 7.0, PHP4.1.0, MySQL 3.23.45
When I run the query, it doesn't like e.csig so I removed it and it outputted this....
Code:
email showemail signature threadid postusername title newsgroup
james@dvd-critic.net 1 <center><table width="95%" height="10" bgcolor="#3... 353 James@DVD-Critic OT: Test post uk.media.dvd
Developing my 2.2.1 upgrade now, so, I await your new release in awe with the others!! :up:
This is/has been a great addition to my board, and has helped draw new members, as well as providing fresh material daily for the membership to post on! :supwink:
Details »»
About Developer
Visit Web Site
No support by the author.
01-16-2002, 07:59 AM
