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Auto Post Google Alerts · **Released**: 01-31-2006

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:

Quote:

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:

Jafo232 · #82 05-17-2006, 07:12 PM

Did you try localhost instead?

valentine · #83 05-17-2006, 07:18 PM

Yeah just tried that, same result.

Don't know if it makes a difference but when I run the script direct from the browser, I do get the 'Loading Directly' bit.

Code:

Loading Directly.


Warning: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream {pop3.netnuptials.net:110/pop3 in /vbox.php on line 24

Warning: imap_num_msg(): supplied argument is not a valid imap resource in /vbox.php on line 26
done processed 0 of mails

Jafo232 · #84 05-17-2006, 07:19 PM

Hmm, not sure why it cannot open your server. Are you sure it is running on port 110?

valentine · #85 05-17-2006, 07:21 PM

110% certain - I've checked and double checked the settings that I have on Outlook/Outlook Express, they both use 110 and will pick up the mail just fine, and they both use the same pop3/server/pass details as I've got setup in AdminCP.

Jafo232 · #86 05-17-2006, 07:58 PM

I have no clue then. For some reason, your server is not allowing it to connect. Rather at a loss.

H@K@N · #87 05-25-2006, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dilbert

OK, so I got it to work.

It's pretty cool.
My problem is I created a new forum just for these alerts. Then when you are at the forum homepage, it says that forum has 0 posts, so no one will know they are there.
Can it be changed to have these count?

Thanks,
Cliff

Jafo232,

any clou how to solve this, because if new alerts are posted into the Forum, nobody knows it because Forumhome says No Threads.

th@nks

Annapurna · #88 05-25-2006, 08:33 PM

just don't work

*uninstall*

MikeBlah · #89 05-26-2006, 04:47 PM

Any chance this will work on version 3.0?

Jafo232 · #90 05-30-2006, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeBlah

Any chance this will work on version 3.0?

Will not work for 3.0, only the 3.5 series.

hypnoticpimp · #91 05-31-2006, 04:40 AM

When i go to my vbox.php page i get this error

Loading Directly.

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/wshh/public_html/forums/vbox.php
Line: 14

How can i fix it

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Page Generation 0.05292 seconds Memory Usage 2,299KB Queries Executed 25 (?)
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