Adds a feature to receive posts via an email.
Compatibility:
Notes:
- If you are using any other version of this extension then it must be Disabled /Delete data and the original files deleted before installing this version - you will loose all settings.
- See additional notes below.
- Controlled by a new user/group permission.
- Users can select which forum their mail messages will be posted in - this can be overridden in ACP.
- Mail messages can be retrieved either manually or via a Cron job.
- All actions are written to a log file.
- Messages can be moderated if required.
- Option to use a PIN when sending the mail message.
- Some basic checks for mail "spoofing"
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- 3.3.1
- Download the latest release and unzip it.
- Upload the unzipped files to [board root]/ext/devspace/mailtopost and enable it in the ACP
- ACP
- Extensions
- Mail to post
- Mail to post options
- Set required options
- ACP
- Permissions
- Group permissions
- Select group
- Advanced permissions
- Post
- Can send mail to post
- UCP
- Mail to post
- Set options
- An email address is required for sending the posts to - Gmail does work but can be awkward to set up.
- It is recommended that a new user group is created with the permission to use this feature into which you can put the users that you want to use it - this makes "troublemakers" easy to remove.