| Newsletter-type feature [message #10860] |
Thu, 12 June 2003 00:21  |
djmm
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I'm hoping this is a feature I just wasn't able to find, but if not, it's a suggestion.
My moderators want to occassionally send out an e-mail to the subscribers of a particular list. This is a regular e-mail, not a link back to the forum. Is there anyway to blast an email from a moderator to members of a list regardless of their 'subscription' status (and also have that appear as a post in the forum)?
On a related note, is there anyway for users to subscribe to getting the full text in the email from a subscription rather than just a link to the post in the forum?
Thanks,
David
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| Re: Newsletter-type feature [message #10871 is a reply to message #10860] |
Thu, 12 June 2003 16:49  |
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The admin has the ability to send an e-mail to all of the forum users via the mass mail control panel.
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| Re: Newsletter-type feature [message #10878 is a reply to message #10876] |
Thu, 12 June 2003 16:58 |
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There is no association between a user & a forum so that part at least based on your request is impossible.
You can already make the forum send the full message body instead of just a URL notification. Go through the options in the e-mail section carefuly.
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| Re: Newsletter-type feature [message #10883 is a reply to message #10881] |
Thu, 12 June 2003 17:16 |
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Your confusing groups & forums, there are users who are members of a particular group, but this group may control access rights to >1 forum. In fact it future releases it may even control rights to things that are not forum related like the ability to send private messages etc...
That said, would I be wrong in saying that you want to have the ability to send an e-mail to all members of a particular group?
Allowing moderator to send a mass e-mail even to members of particular group is rather dangerous since they may affect large number of users and put a heavy load on the mail server. Therefor the decision was made to restrict this ability to (usually) more competent and careful administrators.
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| Re: Newsletter-type feature [message #11129 is a reply to message #11114] |
Wed, 18 June 2003 12:19 |
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Each e-mail notification already contains a URL to the unsubscribe link. Unsubcribing/subscribing is nearly impossible via e-mail because the e-mail won't get to the forum & secondly to subscribe a user would need an a valid account to subscribe. Therefor subscribing/unsubscribing can only be done via the forum's web interface.
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| Re: Newsletter-type feature [message #11438 is a reply to message #11395] |
Sun, 29 June 2003 14:37 |
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Mailman has a 'synchlist' script that can be used to compare the subscriber list with a text file containing a list of email addresses.
If this is the type of functionality you need, then you could write a script to get the email addresses for each forum from the fud database.
Personally, I like the idea of separating the list subscribe/unsubscribe actions from the forum altogether. Not all email subscribers want to be in the forum and vice versa.
Cheers,
Tobias
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Tobias
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| Re: Newsletter-type feature [message #11443 is a reply to message #11395] |
Sun, 29 June 2003 17:04 |
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| davew wrote on Thu, 26 June 2003 20:52 |
I think this would be a very useful feature also!
How about a compromise? Would it be possible to output a text file containing the names & email addresses of people in any given group?
Then simply use the list in a mail-merge...
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Simple query:
SELECT u.name, u.email FROM group_members gm INNER JOIN users u ON gm.user_id=u.id WHERE gm.id={group_id}.
You'll need to prefix table names with your sql table prefix and replace the group_id with the actual group id.
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| Re: Newsletter-type feature [message #11755 is a reply to message #11743] |
Wed, 16 July 2003 15:27 |
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Adding the ability to send an e-mail to all members of a particular group is indeed an interesting one and I will take a look at adding such a feature to an existing mass-mailer.
As for allowing people to ask to join a group, that's something I am not certain about. Originally when group system was developed this is something I kept in mind and the database structure technically supports such capabilities although it is not reflected in the actual source code.
My hesitation and ultimate decision not to implement such a feature stems for security concernes. In phpBB by allowing people to see groups as well as members of those groups and resources this group controls first of all it takes away a little bit of security from 'blocked' resources. it also opens a door to people who will nag and annoy group managers & administrators to gain access to various resources (forums) they have no access to and probably for a good reason.
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| Odp: Re: Newsletter-type feature [message #13529 is a reply to message #11755] |
Thu, 16 October 2003 12:56 |
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| Ilia napisał(a) dnia śro, 16 lipiec 2003 05:27 |
Adding the ability to send an e-mail to all members of a particular group is indeed an interesting one and I will take a look at adding such a feature to an existing mass-mailer.
My hesitation and ultimate decision not to implement such a feature stems for security concernes. In phpBB by allowing people to see groups as well as members of those groups and resources this group controls first of all it takes away a little bit of security from 'blocked' resources. it also opens a door to people who will nag and annoy group managers & administrators to gain access to various resources (forums) they have no access to and probably for a good reason.
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A mass mailer to specific group is a very useful feature, my forum also has a need for this.
As for "asking for joining a group" it's also very desirable to have this feature around. Those not wanting to have this "security flaw" should have the ability to retain current FUD behavior by turning that feature off... I've forums for different projects and people do not like the idea of PM'ing a moderator for joining...
Whoops sorry, came here from search and didn't notice the date...
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