Administrative and Maintenance Tools - EZ Bounced Email Management for Admins

DESCRIPTION:
This mod will insert a special EZbounce link into the header of all emails sent from your forums. In the event any email bounces back to you, you simply click the EZbounce link and the Ezbounce script launches, which will modify the bouncing members settings to prevent further bouncing emails. It will also send that member a PM asking them to update their email address.

This modification is known to work with versions as high as 3.8.x


FEATURES:

• Will not modify settings for Admins, Supermods, or Moderators if their email bounces
• (if turned on) Bouncing member is moved to whatever usergroup you set in AdminCP EZbounce Settings
• Updates bouncing member's "Receive Email from Administrators" setting to NO
• Updates bouncing member's "Receive Email Notification of New Private Messages" setting to NO
• Updates bouncing member's "Receive Email from Other Members" setting to NO
• Remove email notification for all of bouncing member's subscribed THREADS
• Remove email notification for all of bouncing member's subscribed FORUMS
• Turns on Popup Notification of new Private Messages for bouncing member
• PM is sent to Member notifying them of bounced email & asking them to update email address
• (if turned on) When member updates & confirms their new email, they are returned to original usergroup.

Now, the next time you send a newsletter from your AdminCP, (so long as you only send emails to members whom have "Receive Email From Administrators" set to "Yes") you will no longer receive a bounced email from this member (because they are no longer being sent).

And also, if you created a new usergroup such as "Bounced Members" and set this usergroupid in this hack's settings, now the members that have bounced can be pruned, sent reminder emails, whateveryou want to do with them!


WHAT IF A MEMBER DECIDED TO CLICK ON THE LINK IN THE EMAIL HEADER?
Most email clients don't show the email's headers by default, however in the event a member is slick enough to view their header and they click on this mysterious link, they will simply receive a no permission message since they're unallowed to log in to the AdminCP.


ZIP FILE CONTENTS:
1 Product (2 plugins, a couple phrases & installcode which adds 1 colum to user table)
1 File


HOW TO VIEW FULL EMAIL HEADERS:
You might need to configure your email client to view full email headers in order to see the EzBounce link. There's detailed instructions on how to do this for the most popular email clients here.


CHANGELOG:
#> 1.11 - released on 7/6/2008:
Fixed bug reported in post #583

#> 1.10 - released on 12/18/2007:
Added when bouncing member is managed for bouncing, their "Pop Up a Notification Box When New PM Is Received" setting is turned on before the notification PM is sent, to better ensure they are notified to update their email address.
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#> 1.9 - released on 9/22/2007:
Added when bouncing member is managed for bouncing, their "Pop Up a Notification Box When New PM Is Received" setting is turned on before the notification PM is sent, to better ensure they are notified to update their email address.
Modified the way old usergroupid is restored so methos is more compatible with other installed mods.
Optimized some queries in ezbounce.php and plugin codes.

#> 1.8 - released on 6/1/2007:
Bug fix - fixed array_merge error for those running php 5.

#> 1.7 - released on 5/8/2007:
Bug fix - fixed bug where old usergroup was incorrectly being restored.

#> 1.6 - released on 4/26/2007:
Added protective measure for Admins, Supermods, or Mods who's email may have bounced. this makes sure their usergroup and settings are not modified

even if their email bounces.
When bouncing member is managed for bouncing, their "Receive Email Notification of New Private Messages" is now set to NO.
When bouncing member is managed for bouncing, their "Receive Email from Other Members" is now set to NO.
When bouncing member is managed for bouncing, email notification is turned OFF for all of bouncing user's subscribed threads.
When bouncing member is managed for bouncing, email notification is turned OFF for all of bouncing user's subscribed forums.

#> 1.5 - released on 2/17/2007:
Added option in Settings which allows admin to insert the EZbounce link into outgoing email's message body (for email clients which make it difficult to show

email headers or don't properly parse html links when displaying email headers.
Fixed bug where original usergroupid was being erased in the event admin processed bounced more than once for same member

#> 1.4 - released on 2/17/2007:
Fixed bug - PM is now sent regardless of whether or not bouncing member had "Enable Private Messaging" turned off in UserCP.
Fixed bug - Usergroup is now properly reset to what it was before member was managed for bouncing

#> 1.3 - released on 2/15/2007:
New setting in AdminCP which gives option to move bouncing members into any usergroup of Admin's choice
If member had previously bounced, and they update their email, they are moved back to their original usergroup

#> 1.2 - released on 2/10/2007:
Bouncing members are now handled by setting their preference to receive admin emails to "no"
Sends PM to member notifying them email bounced
If / when member updates his/her email their preference to receive admin emails is reset to "yes"

#> 1.0 - released on 2/8/2007
Original release


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[Antivirus]

Version 1.6.1 released. No significant changes, just cleaned up some plugin code and added some comments explaining some things.

[Mrdby]

updated!!

Is it wise to Show EZ Bounce link in email message body? Some members might try and guess at your log in.

[Crazy Serb]

yea, that "Show EZ Bounce link in email message body" on/off switch doesn't work properly... I had it off and it still included the message at the end of the email.

might wanna look into that...

[Antivirus]

Originally Posted by Mrdby

Is it wise to Show EZ Bounce link in email message body? Some members might try and guess at your log in.

The option to turn it on/off is for admins who have difficulty viewing full email headers in their email client. The script has the same "safety check" as most other files in your admincp which only allows a logged-in admin with "can_admin_settings" permissions, usually this is only primary admin (i.e. you).

Originally Posted by Crazy Serb

That "Show EZ Bounce link in email message body" on/off switch doesn't work properly... I had it off and it still included the message at the end of the email. Might wanna look into that...

Which version are you using? I'm testing it right now and it's working just fine. If the option is set to yes, the EZbounce link shows in the email message body (and not in header) and if it's set to no, the Ezbounce link shows in email header (and not message body).

[MissKalunji]

perfect addon works perfectly

[Antivirus]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

perfect addon works perfectly

Thankyou, glad you like

[Crazy Serb]

Originally Posted by Antivirus

Which version are you using? I'm testing it right now and it's working just fine. If the option is set to yes, the EZbounce link shows in the email message body (and not in header) and if it's set to no, the Ezbounce link shows in email header (and not message body).

well, that's the thing... I've got it set to No, and emails still have it included in the message body AND the header.

and I'm using that latest version...

[echamberlain]

Originally Posted by Antivirus

Version 1.6 just released.

This mod is great and has saved me a lot of time.

The new disable features are great. Any chance the next version could track those settings too and re-enable them? My users aren't the most vB savvy and typically run our notification defaults. Most don't know how to manually re-enable the notifications.

[Antivirus]

Originally Posted by Crazy Serb

well, that's the thing... I've got it set to No, and emails still have it included in the message body AND the header. and I'm using that latest version..

Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, it's quite impossible for the link to be included in both header & body in the latest version... UNLESS that is, if you're looking at emails that bounced BEFORE you upgraded the modification to the latest version. In other words, the Ezbounce links are added to the outgoing email when it's composed & sent. When that email bounces back it will obviously include the EZbounce link in either the header or body (depending on what your settings were at the time that email was originally sent). Does this clear up any confusion for you?

Originally Posted by echamberlain

This mod is great and has saved me a lot of time. The new disable features are great. Any chance the next version could track those settings too and re-enable them? My users aren't the most vB savvy and typically run our notification defaults. Most don't know how to manually re-enable the notifications.

I suppose it could be done in same manner as the primary usergroup is restored, I wasn't planning on it though it is a good suggestion, I'll consider it for future updates.

[Black Tiger]

Added protective measure for Admins, Supermods, or Mods who's email may have bounced. this makes sure their usergroup and settings are not modified

I just upgraded, but could not find these settings.

Are the new options all automatic settings or can I adjust them?
If they are automatic, could the next version be made so the admin can decide for himself if he want's admins, supermods and mods protected?

If it's not an automatic setting, what did I do wrong then because I only see the settings which where already there in the 1.5.x version (in the ACP).

(if turned on) When member updates & confirms their new email, they are returned to original usergroup.

Can't find this setting either.
Running vbulletin 3.6.5.