[Release vb2.0] Receive copy of e-mail you send via the BB

Hi All,

This is a very small hack, but one that my users requested:

When you send a fellow member an e-mail via the BB mailform, you can select to also receive a copy of this e-mail to your address.

The "installation" (for lack of better word) includes inserting a small piece of code into member.php, adding a small piece of HTML into one template, and creating a simple text-only new template.

Enjoy!

Installation Instructions:

1. Open member.php. Almost completely at the end of the script, find:

PHP Code:

mail($destuserinfo[email],$subject,$sendmessage,"From: \"$bbuserinfo[username]\" <$bbuserinfo[email]>"); 

BELOW it add:

PHP Code:

  if ($getcopy) {
    $subject = "FW: ".$subject;
    eval("\$sendmessage = \"".gettemplate("email_copymessage",1,0)."\";");
    mail($bbuserinfo[email],$subject,$sendmessage,"From: \"$bbtitle Mailer\" <$webmasteremail>");
  } 

Save file and upload.

2. Edit template mailform.

Find, almost at the bottom:

<input type="hidden" name="action" value="emailmessage">
	<input type="hidden" name="userid" value="$userid">
	<input type="submit" class="bginput" name="submit" value="Send email">
	<input type="reset" class="bginput" name="reset" value="Clear Fields">

And ABOVE it add:

	<input type="checkbox" name="getcopy" value="1"> <smallfont><b>Check this box if you want to receive a copy of this message to your e-mail</b></smallfont>
	<br><br>

3. Create new template, called email_copymessage with the following content:

This is a copy of an e-mail message you sent to $destuserinfo[username] at $bbtitle ( $bburl/index.php ):
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

$message

(change the text to whatever you like really)


THAT'S IT!

The mailform will now look like this:



If you check this box, a copy of the e-mail you just sent will also be sent to you.

Cheers,

Bira

[bokhalifa]

good work

bira

workin good


thank


I waet for you now hack

[bira]

just to confirm, this hack works with all vB 2.x.x versions up to and including the latest 2.2.1

[eva2000]

hey bira .. missed you over at vbulletin.com forums

how ya doin ?

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[Admin]

Thanks for confirming bira... installed here of course.

[mem]

nice hack!!!
I like it.

[bira]

Originally posted by eva2000
hey bira .. missed you over at vbulletin.com forums

how ya doin ?

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hi eva2000 - good to see you

I usually surf up around this time of year, because we have the winter break in Formula One, which means I go knee-deep in website development

Since I postponed upgrading vB for ages (I ran 2.0.1 until last week), there was not much I could do on vB, so there.

But now I'm back, heh.

[eva2000]

Originally posted by bira


hi eva2000 - good to see you

I usually surf up around this time of year, because we have the winter break in Formula One, which means I go knee-deep in website development

Since I postponed upgrading vB for ages (I ran 2.0.1 until last week), there was not much I could do on vB, so there.

But now I'm back, heh.

well welcome back then

now i'll have to follow you around this forum seeing what goodies you produce for us

[Kathy]

Okay, I would love to use this hack...but when I add the code on the member.php page...where indicated I end up with "parse error on line 1533 of member.php" ...whether I have the templates up and running or not.

ANy ideas what I'm messing uP?

PS....please remember I'm PHP challenged.

[Erwin]

Welcome back, bira. Your hacks have always been excellent.