WMail - a POP3/SMTP Webmailer for vBulletin

What is this?
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WMail is a "webmail client" - a front end, like a mail tool installed locally on your PC, for using POP3/SMTP mailboxes.

In short:
WMail adds POP3/SMTP access to vBulletin.

A live demo can currentliy be found on my testing board here:
http://vbdev.area-42.net/wmail.php


Key features:

• 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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This vBulletin extension is FREE! Be welcome to download and use it.
However, if you feel like supporting further development any donation is appreciated :bunny:

[Hellcat]

Originally Posted by redlabour

Will it work in the Future with vBulletin 3.6 ?

Of course.

It already is working fine with 3.5 and 3.6 - and I do not intend to break that compatibility

[nymyth]

everything installed fine...however i cannot seem to see any emails...i know they are there cuz i see them in my regular webmail client........any ideas?

also when sending an email I see this:

There has been an error while talking to your SMTP server!
Sessionlog follows:

Connection to smtp.exographix.com:25....
Rcvd: 220 smtp-2.hrnoc.net ESMTP
Sent: ehlo localhost
Rcvd: 250-smtp-2.hrnoc.net
Rcvd: 250-AUTH LOGIN CRAM-MD5 PLAIN
Rcvd: 250-AUTH=LOGIN CRAM-MD5 PLAIN
Rcvd: 250-STARTTLS
Rcvd: 250-PIPELINING
Rcvd: 250 8BITMIME
Sent: auth login
Rcvd: 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
Sent: encoded login
Rcvd: 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
Sent: encoded password
Rcvd: 535 authorization failed (#5.7.0)
Sent: MAIL FROM:xx@xx.com
Rcvd: 250 ok
Sent: RCPT TO:xx@xx.com
Rcvd: 553 please check that the recipient domain is configured properly and that you have either checked your mail via POP3 recently or are using authenticated SMTP (#5.7.1)
Sent: DATA
Rcvd: 503 RCPT first (#5.5.1)
Sent: QUIT
Rcvd: 221 smtp-2.hrnoc.net
Rcvd:

THATS WIERD....all of a sudden it started to WORK......oh man its freaking awesome....


Peace

[+buG]

I'm having a few issues While I can configure my mail, send and recieve alot of features simply don't work which is preventing me from incorporating it into my forum.

Check screenshots.

[BlackxRam]

When Setting the login type in settings, the Drop Down Menu does not save the selected option. It defaults to NONE when displayed. So if you select PLAIN... it will use PLAIN but display NONE... kind of confusing when people are attempting different settings.

[rmxs]

i Upgade to new version and now i can sent a email byt i cannot receive...

I dont get any error

i get this in the main screen

You have a total of -4 mails in your inbox

-I have unread mail
-im sure the settings its OK

and i also get in get mail screen one line with blank line mail and i cannot delete it....see attachment

someone?

[Hellcat]

@BlackxRam:
Be sure to check "NO OVERRIDE" in the global settings in the AdminCP

@rmxs:
Did you re-enter your login details for the POP3/SMTP servers after upgrading?

[rmxs]

Originally Posted by Hellcat

@BlackxRam:
Be sure to check "NO OVERRIDE" in the global settings in the AdminCP

@rmxs:
Did you re-enter your login details for the POP3/SMTP servers after upgrading?

Yes i do it...i also unistall it and i install it again...same thing..
I CAN SENT Mails...byt no receive

[+buG]

Originally Posted by Hellcat

@BlackxRam:
Be sure to check "NO OVERRIDE" in the global settings in the AdminCP

@rmxs:
Did you re-enter your login details for the POP3/SMTP servers after upgrading?

no @+buG?

[Hellcat]

Originally Posted by +buG

no @+buG?

Huh?
What are you trying to tell me there???

[+buG]

I was hoping you could add your input on this post https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=283

I guess I could try and fix it if I knew where to start :|