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vBMS : vBulletin Mail System
Version: 3.0.0p, by Krofh Krofh is offline
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Category: Major Additions - Version: 3.6.5 Rating:
Released: 02-28-2007 Last Update: 03-14-2007 Installs: 243
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vBulletin Mail System

Finally, for vBulletin 3.6, there is a port from filburt1's original hack. For those of you who aren't aware, he essentially declared it open source, and it's been a bit of a wait for someone to fix it up... I've wanted it for my site, too, so I finally sat down and just did it.

What is this?
The vBulletin Mail System is a way to give your users webmail access from your site. They can have a name@yourwebsite.com address, send and receive emails and attachments, etc. Options such as mailbox quotas, limits on numbers/types of attachments, a message trailer ("Free mail at yourwebsite.com!") at the end of each message, etc. are all available as well.

Please note: this is a pre-final version. As far as I have seen, it is working so far for me, but I have not tested it completely and thoroughly and it's very likely there'll be a number of bugs popping up. However, I have successfully been able to install this on a clean board, exchange emails regularly (including attachments), go through all the basic options/etc. without any errors popping up, so it should be fine. Still, make sure you back up your database before installing this, just due to the nature of its "beta"-ness.

To install: upload all files from the "upload" directory to your server in the proper directories. Then, navigate to admincp/vbms_install.php on your server and run the installer. It will make several template additions. If your navbar or header templates hav been modified, it will not be able to do it automatically, and you'll have to add these edits yourself.

In template navbar, find:
Code:
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[user_cp]</a></td>
Add after:
Code:
			<if condition="$show['popups']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control" id="navbar_vbms">
					<a href="vbms.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[email]</a>
			
					<if condition="$vbms_newmessages['newcount'] > 0">
						<span style="font-weight: normal; padding: 1px 1px 1px 2px; margin: 0px 3px 0px 2px; border: 1px inset" class="alt1">
							<phrase 1="$vbms_newmessages[newcount]">$vbphrase[x_new]</phrase>
						</span>
					</if>
				
					<script type="text/javascript">
						<!--
							vbmenu_register("navbar_vbms");
						// -->
					</script>
				</td>
			<else />
				<td class="vbmenu_control" id="navbar_vbms">
					<a href="vbms.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[email]</a>
				
					<if condition="$vbms_newmessages['newcount'] > 0">
						<span style="font-weight: normal; padding: 1px 1px 1px 2px; margin: 0px 3px 0px 2px; border: 1px inset" class="alt1">
							<phrase 1="$vbms_newmessages[newcount]">$vbphrase[x_new]</phrase>
						</span>
					</if>
				</td>
			</if>
Find:
Code:
<!-- / header quick search form -->
	</if>

	<if condition="$show['member']">
Add after:
Code:
		<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_vbms_menu" style="display: none">
			<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
				<tr><td class="thead">vBulletin Mail System</td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_inbox]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms_new.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_write_message]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms_ab.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_address_book]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms_folders.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_folders]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms_filters.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_filters]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="vbms_options.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[navbar_options]</a></td></tr>
				<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="faq.php?$session[sessionurl]faq=faq_vbms">$vbphrase[navbar_help]</a></td></tr>
			</table>
		</div>
In your ACP, there should be a new set of options in a "vBulletin Mail System" category. That set of options is your main set of management stuff, and is pretty straightforward.

Feel free to post with any bugs or questions you find, etc. I'm trying to get this working again thoroughly, for all of us.

FAQ
  • Is POP support available for my users?
    No, this is similar to a webmail system.
  • What is a catch-all email address, and how do I set it up?
    A catch-all address is an email address that any mail sent to your server that isn't picked up by another account will go to. For example, if someone sends an email to randomgibberish@yoursite.com and you do not have a "randomgibberish" account defined, it would forward to your catch-all account that you have set up, such as all@yoursite.com.
  • Can I run this if my server doesn't let me have a catch-all mail account?
    Yes, but it's not recommended. As has been suggested by a few members, you can set up one mail account to the be "catch-all" and have vBMS connect to that, then set up mail accounts for each member who wants one and have it forward to the catch-all. All this has to be set up manually with your web host, and takes a great deal of willpower and availability from the website administrator, and is thus not recommended.
  • I'm receiving the following error:
    Code:
    Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imap_open()...
    If you're getting an error similar to this, you do not have IMAP functionality available in PHP. Find your php.ini file on your server (usually /usr/local/lib/php.ini on Linux, C:\Windows\php.ini on Windows), and find the extensions section. Uncomment the line ";extension=php_imap.dll" (that is, remove the semicolon at the beginning) and restart your web server. If you don't have access to your web server to do this, contact your web host about installing IMAP support for PHP. If they won't do it, then this hack is not for you.
  • I can't connect to the mail server, with this error:
    Code:
    Warning: imap_open() [function.imap-open]: Couldn't open stream {localhost:110/pop3}INBOX in /includes/vbms_class_installer.php on line 791
    First, make sure that your port number and server information are right. Some mail servers are on non-default ports (this is common), and some you may have to connect to a different host besides localhost (this is very rare). Also, try using the "Force no-TLS connection" option in the vBMS Options in the ACP.
  • I can connect to the server just fine, but it won't get any email!
    Check the "Mail checking logs" in your ACP (under the vBulletin Mail System area). If there are no logs, then the cronjob probably isn't running. If there are logs, see if there are any errors in there. If it's checking the mail account fine and simply says there are no messages, check with a webmail to see if the catch-all account is even receiving mails. If the webmail shows that the account has mail stuck in it and vBMS isn't picking them up, but vBMS is saying it's checking the account alright and finding 0 messages, then you're likely connecting to the wrong account. By doing these steps, you should at least be able to figure out where the problem is occurring.

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Old 04-02-2007, 03:51 PM
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^ Ohhh, got it... thought you were referring to the ACP, couldn't find any such problem there. I see what you're talking about though, I guess I thought I had fixed that sort of thing :-/ meh. Will try and get that into the next update.


Yeah, that's right... I might try and work in an update for that, we'll see. This product doesn't exactly work off of the conventional product system and I'm not sure if it could or not... it might be able to though, I'll have to look into doing that sometime. I'd love to get it working with the product system, but the original version had the installer and I figured I'd just leave it at that for now.


Honestly, I have no idea... I'd like to say within a month, but it depends mostly on other factors in my life which determine how much time I actually have to work on this.
Go back to original post. I had fixed that problem
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Here is my options which works. Template needs to be replaced too
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I dunno why it's still referring to phrasetypeid anywhere at all; can you describe what you were trying to do? The error by itself doesn't help me much.
Am trying to install it, am using the advanced warning system as well in the past this has caused me problems with other mods so will try and disable that see if it works dont think it will tho

~Rick~
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I got the attachments working correctly from a post made here.

2 things that I would like to modify:

1. I would like to send email from my site (vbms) as html so I can add my site's banner, background color and links. I set the option "Keep HTML message as-is?" to "yes" and it still shows html as text. I tried the modifications posted here and changed "htmlaction" to "allowhtml" and still the same results.

2. When sending from my site (vbms) it shows my signature as links. I know there's an option not to send signatures, but it's set to "yes" by default. Either I would like to set it to "no" by default or have it display the signatures correctly. The signatures are in bbcode format.

I would like to add that I tested this mod on my test forums for the past 2 weeks and now I'm going live with it for only my VIP members.

Great mod, keep it up!
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Works like a charm!!!!

Thanks for the great hack.

Edited and added in:

Are we all going to jail now? I read this below:

Quote:
<!--
Provides most of the resources necessary to both install and upgrade vBMS.
If you modify this file, you could break a new installation or upgrade.

This code and all versions and releases of the vBulletin Mail System are
protected by United States and international copyright and intellectual
property protection laws. Distributing or otherwise manipulating this code
not explicitly allowed as approved by written consent of the original author
is a felony under United States law and illegal under international law and
can result in jailtime and criminal prosecution.

Anyone found to be violating this agreement will face criminal charges,
regardless of age or nationality.

Copyright ? 2003 - 2006 Arien Talabac.

VBMS IS NOT A FREE PRODUCT. If you downloaded it without paying, you
committed a felony. Plus you could become the victim of an interesting
revenge.
-->
I thought this was funny /includes/vbms_installation_resources.xml
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Does this work with usergroup permissions? I only want my premium members and staff to have the ability to have an email account?
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Okay it sends and e-mails fine, now getting the 500 ERROR below when trying to respond to this e-mail address...


Quote:
Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.

Subject: FW:
Sent: 4/4/2007 2:23 PM

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

'Doctor' on 4/4/2007 2:23 PM
500 unrecognized command

Any idea what is happening here?
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Does this work with usergroup permissions? I only want my premium members and staff to have the ability to have an email account?
Yes this hack can work Per User group and the settings are inside your admincp area...

Edited and added screen shot.
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Well I have not installed this yet but I must say GREAT JOB. and THANK YOU for stepping up and attacking what could be one of the all time greatest traffic building mods ever for vbulletin software.

I will install it, and if I can get it to work, you can expect a nice donation from me.
Also, do you offer install services for a fee ?
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Originally Posted by bluechris
Is there a reason why sometimes a mail is coming 1000 times? i mean i have noticed it once when i 1st installed the mod and 1 test mail that i had sent it with attachment came to VBMS 1000 times and eventually hunged the forum..
There's a "Delete messages after downloading?" option in the ACP, if that's not set to "Yes" then obviously it won't clear the server. Is this happenening with all mails to you with attachments or just this specific one?

Quote:
Originally Posted by T_Richardson
1. I would like to send email from my site (vbms) as html so I can add my site's banner, background color and links. I set the option "Keep HTML message as-is?" to "yes" and it still shows html as text. I tried the modifications posted here and changed "htmlaction" to "allowhtml" and still the same results.
The HTML it sends is generally just bbCode, try using that. It should convert the bbCode to HTML before it sends it. This is to prevent your users from mailing others malicious scripts.

Quote:
Originally Posted by blogtorank
Okay it sends and e-mails fine, now getting the 500 ERROR below when trying to respond to this e-mail address...
That is very strange... who is this "Doctor"? It looks like it's trying to send an email to that specific address, and "Doctor" obviously is not an address :-/

Quote:
Originally Posted by T_Richardson
2. When sending from my site (vbms) it shows my signature as links. I know there's an option not to send signatures, but it's set to "yes" by default. Either I would like to set it to "no" by default or have it display the signatures correctly. The signatures are in bbcode format.
Sounds like a great idea, will put on the list of features to add.

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Are we all going to jail now? I read this below:
Hah, I guess I missed the notice in that file. The original author of this hack used to sell it, but he stopped developing it after vB3 and released it as open-source, saying that anyone could port it to 3.5. He never changed the copyright notices on the files though

Quote:
Originally Posted by wrmoss
I will install it, and if I can get it to work, you can expect a nice donation from me.
Also, do you offer install services for a fee ?
I'd be willing to do that, feel free to contact me by email or PM.
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