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:

[Annapurna]

I've got exactly the same error as TTG, but my infos are correct.

Okay, what is the correct servername?
"localhost"
or "Twister" (my Mailserver)
or "pop3.domain.tld" which is necessary for setting up POP3 accounts at OutlookExpress

how do I find out, which port is the correct one?

Andreas

[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

[Jafo232]

When do you get this error?

[Schahab]

Hello,

i now got the same error:

In Germany:

Loading Directly.

Die Cookies konnten nicht gesetzt werden, da der Header schon an den Browser geschickt wurde.
Datei: /www/htdocs/hegbtnfd/community/vbox.php
Zeile: 14

[bada_bing]

This looks cool I am going to test first and if I like I will click install

[Annapurna]

First I've got the same error like TTG
Now I get the same error like Junaid and Schahab resp.

There must be somthing very strange as we all get the same errors!
I've deleted the cache, but still the same!

Andreas

[Schahab]

Some help please...

[Tralala]

Forgetting about Google or other alerts for a moment, could this be used as a simple way for me to start new threads on the road, directly off my Treo 650?

(Just set up a special email addy, and email to it?) Or would there be special customization needed to make it work in that capacity?

[Annapurna]

Originally Posted by Tralala

Forgetting about Google or other alerts for a moment, could this be used as a simple way for me to start new threads on the road, directly off my Treo 650?

(Just set up a special email addy, and email to it?) Or would there be special customization needed to make it work in that capacity?

Errors have nothing to do with Google. And it is already what you wanted. Sending eMail to an eddy which posts into the threads. No matter whether the mail comes from your Laptop or from Google Alert.

So problems have to be solved before!

Andreas

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by Jafo232

Either the popserver, username, port or password are wrong or, on some servers, you may be required to edit vbox.php where it says:

/pop3/tls/novalidate-cert

To:

/pop3

I too get an error when trying to invoke this manually
(by going to http://www.myforumname.com/forums/vbox.php)

Here is the error I get:

Loading Directly.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imap_open() in /home/.odell/mydir/myforumname.com/forums/vbox.php on line 24

I tried changing /pop3/tls/novalidate-cert to /pop3 in the vbox.php file... same error. Changed it back again, same error.

I know my popserver, username, port and password are correct, since I am able to log into it using the exact same information at mail2web.com's "Advanced" login page. But vbox.php doesn't succeed for some reason.

Any help would be appreciated.