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:

[dbarry]

I noticed that this doesn't increment the "last post" information, although it is posting up the messages. Am I missing something?

[rmd708]

I get this error:

Loading Directly.

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/XXXXX/XXXXX/XXXXXXX/vbox.php
Line: 14

Has anyone found a solution to this error yet?

[rmd708]

I got it to work by commenting out this line:

# echo 'Loading Directly.<P>';

[rmd708]

How to remove the double spacing at all paragraphs? It's putting two spaces for each <enter> instead of one.

[rmd708]

I will pay $10 if anyone can answer my question about the doube <enters> between each line.

I guess I have to go over to rent a code.

[ldove]

Im not getting anywhere. I tried changing the /pop3/tls/novalidate-cert to /pop3 as well, no results. It only gets to where it says 'Loading Directly' when I test it, and no further. I notice though that the path above is not on my win machine. Is this only valid for *nix machines?

Any advise?

win2k3 standard
1gb ram
IIS 6.x
PHP 4.3.10

System Windows NT LOSCBIT168 5.2 build 3790
Build Date Dec 14 2004 17:46:48
Server API CGI/FastCGI
Virtual Directory Support enabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS\php.ini
PHP API 20020918
PHP Extension 20020429
Zend Extension 20021010
Debug Build no
Thread Safety enabled
Registered PHP Streams php, http, ftp, compress.zlib

[dilbert]

Looks nice, I installed and got this error:


Loading Directly.

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in D:\inetpub\bloodbanktalk\forum\includes\class_core .php on line 2967

[ldove]

Originally Posted by junaid

Hello Jafo232

I have got this error


Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/xxxxxxx.com/httpdocs/vbox.php
Line: 14

I'm getting the same thing now also.

Loading Directly.

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: D:\websites\xxxxxxx.com\etd\vbox.php
Line: 14

Help?

[dilbert]

Bump

Originally Posted by dilbert

Looks nice, I installed and got this error:


Loading Directly.

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in D:\inetpub\bloodbanktalk\forum\includes\class_core .php on line 2967

[dilbert]

Jafo,
Any advice?