[Extension Release] Newsletter for 1.3

I've got portal extension installed but it shows me notice about not installed portal extension.

        if (!$db->table_exists('panels') || !$db->table_exists('pages'))

It should be:

        if (!$db->table_exists($db->prefix.'panels') || !$db->table_exists($db->prefix.'pages'))

You're using $db_prefix but it should be $db->prefix

Yes, but you're supposed to use $db->prefix because that's the prefix associated with the database object. It means you only have to globalize one variable ($db).

also can you update newsletter panel for work with 2.1 version of portal extension (i removed classes from it)?

Just remove from newsletter panel file this:

class panel_newsletter {
function display() {
global ...;

at start and this:

}
};

at end

Use it a lot
It's better than doing BCC, to be honest. Just try to offer some rate-limiting options (eg: x second(s) between emails (allow decimals), x emails max, what user ID to start from, etc).

I haven't ever looked at the code, I was going based on my understanding from the topic, which was that you were sending out emails to every member of the site. If that's not what's going on here, feel free to ignore me.

I mean what I said
If you're sending out large numbers of emails to various domains outside of your control, putting a couple seconds between each email helps to keep you from being deemed spammy (I mean, who else would send hundreds of emails over the course of 10 seconds?): plus, it's just nicer to the SMTP servers.

sleep?

yes the gap of seconds will be great if there is an option in the admin area for how much seconds gap ...

and here are some suggestions for the next release

mall newslatter style issue ...

it currently like this

subscribe o
unsubscribe o

could you move the button to the left to make it more like this:

o subscribe
o unsubscribe

and could you make an option in the admin area to write small description so it says to what you are subscribing for ...

i mean look at punbb.org home page newslatter:

Newsletter
Subscribe to the PunBB Newsletter to receive notification of updates and other important events regarding PunBB. Your e-mail address will be kept private and will not be shared with any third party.

--------Subscribe / unsubscribe------

E-mail address

o  Subscribe
o  Unsubscribe

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THanks for the great extension

There's the broadcast e-mail plugin for 1.2*. Same as.

Thanks, guys. I will look at all of that...
I am also planning on making this extension independent from the portal extension...

lie2815, you still didn't fix the bug daris had reported http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p … 78#p112378

I think that your mailing algoritm contains mistakes. Mail headers are:

To: Webmaster My PunBB forum<aa@aa.aa>
Subject: My PunBB forum NEWSLETTER:
From: Webmaster My PunBB forum<aa@aa.aa>
Bcc: a1@aa.aa
,Bcc: a2@aa.aa
,Bcc: a3@aa.aa

Bcc should be used like this:
Bcc: a1@aa.aa,a2@aa.aa,a3@aa.aa
I think you should look at send_subscriptions() punbb function.

I already fixed it in the new version which will be released next (whenever that may be...)