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:

[Turbosport]

my forum signature created an SQL error because it had an apostropie ' in it ????

[Chazz Layne]

Originally Posted by junaid

Hello Helcat,

Could u please help me what files I have to edit the following error

I too am getting this error from all but the Admin's WMail Options page, any updates?

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO wmail_settings (userid, data) VALUES (0, 'a:0:{}');;

MySQL Error  : Duplicate entry '0' for key 1
Error Number : 1062
Date         : Saturday, July 8th 2006 @ 03:54:17 PM
Script       : http://www.overtorqued.net/wmail.php
Referrer     : http://www.overtorqued.net/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=2
IP Address   : 70.183.60.234
Username     : Chazz Layne
Classname    : vB_Database_MySQLi

[LB1UE]

I installed it for testing, but I can't see any place where I can configure the main account. It seems individual users need an individual account in order to get this to work ?

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Nevermind, I read this thread.

I'm using a Norwegian ISP called domeneshop, and the SMTP authentication is working as expected.
Everything seems to be in shape. I will do a couple of more tests and when I'm done, approve it and increment your Installed counter.

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[beano33]

Has anyone tried using this with vB 3.6?

[robgeo]

THis will be the next mod I install on my board!!!

[dreck]

Hellcat,

Hows things going with this hack? Are you getting close to finishing any of the to "Planned features"?

I still have this installed but am not using it because I need support for more than one email account.

Keep up the great work.

Thanks, dreck

[utw-Mephisto]

Works great on vb 3.6 RC2

[egyptsons]

GREAT WORK !
but it took long time to open one mail
I wish you also put a size for message beside it on the main page

[utw-Mephisto]

I just realised, it does work perfect. BUT: When the mail has an attachment, it is simply not delivered. I tried attaching a simple text file with the word "test" in it and it was never delivered. When I removed the attachment and resend, all was fine .. is this just me ?!?

[utw-Mephisto]

Hellcat is either vanished or on vacation .. wasn't online for a month now