Admin Mass PM Members

[Zero Tolerance]

A port from http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70223.

Though this release is quiet different, as it's been completely re-written for performance and uses the data-manager, and includes a well requested feature from the last version of compatability with secondary usergroups.

Description:

Allows admins to send a pm to all members within x primary usergroups AND/OR x secondary usergroups. See preview for more information really, it speaks for itself.

Simple installation, phrased, nothing else needed right?

Oh, and just incase you decide to ask, "But didn't beebi already port this mod?", the answer is yes, however without my permission.

So uhm, enjoy :p

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Staff Note: For vbulletin 3.6, please see this post (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1057269#post1057269).
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[Boofo]

Does it use the standard bbuserinfo[username] variable for the pm test and title? ;)

[Cyricx]

Suggestion : a box to enter the userid that the PM is originating from



Going to use this to let usergroup leaders send PMs to members of their usergroup and would prefer it came from them instead of me :)

[oman]

thanx
Zero Tolerance

[eNforce]

Thank you, was looking for this yesterday for 3.5.0 :P

/me installs

[MentaL]

Fatal error: Unable to proceed with save while $errors array is not empty in class vb_datamanager_pm in /includes/class_dm.php on line 758


O_O!

[Snort_2005]

Fatal error: Unable to proceed with save while $errors array is not empty in class vb_datamanager_pm in /includes/class_dm.php on line 758


O_O!

Fatal error: Unable to proceed with save while $errors array is not empty in class vb_datamanager_pm in /includes/class_dm.php on line 758

O_O!!!!!

[Andreas]

This happens when one of the Recipients has PM disabled - or the Usergroup does not allow PMs.
Also, the cpnav is attached to vbulletin instead of mass_pm_members.

And using displayorder 10 isn't a good idea, as this is alread in use for vBulletin Options ;)

[Boofo]

This happens when one of the Recipients has PM disabled - or the Usergroup does not allow PMs.
Also, the cpnav is attached to vbulletin instead of mass_pm_members.

And using displayorder 10 isn't a good idea, as this is alread in use for vBulletin Options ;)

And the fix? ;)

[Andreas]

Well ... I expect ZT to fix it :)

[Boofo]

So do I, but that might not happen for a while. He's still in school, I think.

[Zero Tolerance]

School? I left school over a year ago :p

Updated the zip file, if you've installed just re-upload everything within the UPLOAD/ folder, should be fine then. I've added in a bit of code to override the datamanager, instead of using the default set_recipients() function, i've forced the data into the variables, so no matter the permissions the users will recieve the PM, however those with it disabled won't be able to see the private message until they re-enable it.

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[Andreas]

That's not nice, it should take care of the Users decision IMHO.

[Zero Tolerance]

That's not nice, it should take care of the Users decision IMHO.

Perhaps, but they won't be able to see the PM while they retain the decision to have private messaging turned off, so i doubt it makes much difference.

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[Boofo]

If they can't see the message til they re-enable it, the message would be better off not being there, right? It could be a few months before they re-enable it. I would think a setting to bypass their setting and send them the pm anyway, or not bypass it and not send it at all. That way you have it covered all the way around. ;)

And sorry about the school remark, I thought you were still in school with your age. ;)

[Zero Tolerance]

If they can't see the message til they re-enable it, the message would be better off not being there, right? It could be a few months before they re-enable it. I would think a setting to bypass their setting and send them the pm anyway, or not bypass it and not send it at all. That way you have it covered all the way around. ;)

And sorry about the school remark, I thought you were still in school with your age. ;)

Fair point, but in others prefered the old one where it forced the PM to be sent, so I thought it'd be best to keep it that way.

Oh, and here in england, we finish school when we're 16.

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[Andreas]

but in others prefered the old one where it forced the PM to be sent

That's on of the reasons why I had to code my own Version for 3.0 ;)

Btw:


Code:
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I'd change that to only userid and username - the 3.0 Version caused serious memory exhausted errors on my server because of this.

[Boofo]

But if it is a vital pm that you need the member to get, they would miss it by having pms turned off. An Admin settable option for that would solve it for both cases.

How many years of school do you guys go for over there? We have 13 here. Kindergarten (from which I will be graduating soon) and grades 1-12.

[nexialys]

How many years of school do you guys go for over there? We have 13 here. Kindergarten (from which I will be graduating soon) and grades 1-12.Hurry up Boofo, my daughter is hitting the school next year, she will be graduated before you !!!!!
and for your question, here in Québec, we have 4 levels...
pre-primary: 1 year (5 years old)
primary: 1-6
secondary: 1-5
cegep/college: 1-3
university (who goes there anyway!)...

[stinger2]

any idea why it would not worrk for Gold?

installed it..but NO option for PM in admincp

edit
its showing today..hehe...dont know why it did not yesterday...despite all the refresh i did
working fine thank you

[trackpads]

Holy cow, I had the old on that you did ZT with no problems, this one however rams my server load through the roof. My server went to a load of 76!!! I tried lowering the number of PMs all the way down to 10 but still no luck.

Any ideas?

Thanks again,

-Jason

[Boofo]

That's on of the reasons why I had to code my own Version for 3.0 ;)

Btw:


Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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I'd change that to only userid and username - the 3.0 Version caused serious memory exhausted errors on my server because of this.

You mean change this?

*

to this?

username, userid

[mtha]

That's on of the reasons why I had to code my own Version for 3.0 ;)
.

are you going to code one for 3.5?

[Flow Fusion]

Great hack. Thanks.

[Juzmi]

Very Nice..!

*Juzmi Installs*

[ben_erhan]

Dear Boofo,

I dont want to every admin to see this title in the control panel.I want to add this selection to the options menu.

Vb Options
--Search Type
--Pm To the Members

How Can I do this?

[BANDiT600]

Thank you Zero, very usefull mod! Installed! ;)

[trainer]

does any BBcodes work? $username or does straight HTML work?

[mtrac]

Splendid hack. Just used it to send out notice of the site's 1st anniversary and will possibly prune some MIA members.

[JGNYC]

If I wanted to send out a PM to thousands of members, would I need to click next after each 100 is done or will it go automatically?

[Basit]

Hi a gr8 hack,

Only problem I am facing is when I am sending messages to more than 5000 users it hangs the server. Server load shoot up to 50+, any idea how to control this ?

Thanks

[COBRAws]

Hi a gr8 hack,

Only problem I am facing is when I am sending messages to more than 5000 users it hangs the server. Server load shoot up to 50+, any idea how to control this ?

Thanks

Server load over 50???? I think thats impossible.


Your problem (like mine) is for example if you have more users than 5000, and most of them have "notify me on new PM", the server will send emails all together. You need to go to your vBulletin admincp and switch to the batch email sending.

What this will do is simple, instead of sending thousands of emails at a time, it will divide them into a number you specify. So for example, you could be sending in groups of 50 emails or more, depending on how reliable your host is.


For example I own a board with around 7k users and dont use the batch system because my server hardware can handle it. And server load never goes higher than 3.5!

[nexus851]

Where are the MASS EMAIL MENUS located at? i cant seem to find it at all... Im using VB 3.50 final.

Please direct me to the MASS EMAIL menu, anyone =)

thanks!

[COBRAws]

mass pm or email? o_O

[nexus851]

mass pm

[Neutral Singh]

The plugin is reporting a fatal error in admin_masspmall.php and does not send PMs to all members. Is this extension working with vB3.5.0 ? Thanks

[Basit]

Server load over 50???? I think thats impossible.


Your problem (like mine) is for example if you have more users than 5000, and most of them have "notify me on new PM", the server will send emails all together. You need to go to your vBulletin admincp and switch to the batch email sending.

What this will do is simple, instead of sending thousands of emails at a time, it will divide them into a number you specify. So for example, you could be sending in groups of 50 emails or more, depending on how reliable your host is.


For example I own a board with around 7k users and dont use the batch system because my server hardware can handle it. And server load never goes higher than 3.5!


Well nothing is imposible, next time I will take a screen shot ;)

Back to the problem, I already have batch emailing option turned on, and set to a low value. Still unable to figure out what is problem. May be its a good idea for me to use batch emailing instead of using Mass PM feature for time being.

Infact I seen another Extension about sending Newsletter which pause for one min after sending every 300 (or what ever number you set) emails. This help to maintain server load. I think a similar feature within Mass PM will be very helpful.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

[Basit]

The plugin is reporting a fatal error in admin_masspmall.php and does not send PMs to all members. Is this extension working with vB3.5.0 ? Thanks
I am using it on 3.5.0 Gold and its working fine except the problem i reported above.

[nexus851]

then where is the mass mail menu located at? i cant seem to find it...


J.P

[COBRAws]

then where is the mass mail menu located at? i cant seem to find it...


J.P

admincp > Users > Send Email to users


/admincp/email.php?do=start

[nexus851]

There's no MASS EMAIL MENU like the one in the screenshot under -----admincp---Users---send email to users...

[ForYou]

Hello ,

When I sendPm to user , there is no message tell user there is inbox message , I mean the user can't know if there Pm from main page , but if he go to inbox PM , he will find the new messages ,

Regards

[hilfe-forum]

hi first Sorry for my bad english..

i test this hack and with smol usergrups no problem.
but i haf a Usergrup with 100.000 Member an it dosent work...

can you help?
THX!!!

[trainer]

hi first Sorry for my bad english..

i test this hack and with smol usergrups no problem.
but i haf a Usergrup with 100.000 Member an it dosent work...

can you help?
THX!!!


same problem - when i select usergroups with large numbers it doesn't seem to work. it just hangs

by large i mean 40-50k per usergroup

[TundraSoul]

So basically this product isn't safe. Any forum is going to come to a crawl if we use this product on a larger usergroup.



same problem - when i select usergroups with large numbers it doesn't seem to work. it just hangs

by large i mean 40-50k per usergroup

[Snoop-It]

can we as admins copy this hack and allow Super Mods to use this aswell in their ModCP??? if so how?

[Okie]

I use this hack my host company was going to banned me :(

i take the whole server down well they send me Email a Warning then i go change it to 20Pm per page .. and it take the whole Server down agian .. is there any other version or anther hack can do the same job .. ?

[mcyates]

When i send out a pm, it doesn't show the new pm popup window or at the top where it says:
Private Messages: 0 Unread, Total 61.

If i send one it would go to

Private Messages: 0 Unread, Total 62.

When it should really say:
Private Messages: 1 Unread, Total 62.

But thats the only bug i can find

[Valter]

with smol usergrups no problem.
but i haf a Usergrup with 100.000 Member an it dosent work...
Same problem.

[ChrisBaktis]

Can we get a code change to add this to the Modcp page?

[Daniel]

For some reason when I try to search "PM doesn't show up" it only searches "up" so anyway, when I send out mass PMs it doesn't show up in the user's new message, but it shows up in private.php.

[Moosehunter]

Lmao. I have tried this 2 times and it freezes my server right up and i have to stop the mysql server and turn back on. I have 4000 members and after 1900 it freezes and server goes nuts. Dedicated 2.4 ghz 1 gig of ddr ram server. Uninstalled

[Connector]

Dose anyone try this already with 20000+ members ?

i try it and it freezes my server ..

[Valter]

This needs to be fixed. ZT?

[tuanluu]

Anyone try this hack on vb 3.5.2 yet? any improve or fix ?? :nervous:

[docvader]

Anyone try this hack on vb 3.5.2 yet? any improve or fix ?? :nervous:

Works very well for me. I send out 100 pm's at a time, and have no problems.

[Mokster]

thanks, installed!

[Nathan2006]

Thank you :)

Install

[Duncan]

Where is the option located at, I can't find it under USERS in admincp

[BeaLzeBuB]

thnx installed
it will be useful to pm mods or supermods, not registered users :)
maybe only "online" registered user? is it possible?

[Krose]

Thanx a lot! Zero Tolerance..*clicked install*

Works very well in my site...;)

[ryans]

where do i find it after it's installed?

[VTXCafe.com]

where do i find it after it's installed?

It's in your admin CP.

Mine works but it did not "notify" them they had a new PM. Any ideas?

[Coleccromos]

Good Hack.clik install

[blacklancer]

i installed this, and after i sent a messege, it said that i had 65335 unread messeges, and i have had some users tell me the same thing. any idea as to why this is happening??

[blacklancer]

anyone??

[rrr]

In the settings it says:
Number Of Users To PM At A Time

Does this mean that it will send the PM's in batches of whatever number we put here?

[blacklancer]

i installed this, and after i sent a messege, it said that i had 65335 unread messeges, and i have had some users tell me the same thing. any idea as to why this is happening??

bump

[criscokid]

The screenshot shows 'send to Primary usergroups' and 'send to Secondary usergroups'...

Is it possible then to only send PMs to people who happen to be a member of a specific primary group AND a specific secondary group?

I asume the PM get's sent by the admin that's logged in at the time of sending the PM?

[redlabour]

Will it work in the Future with vBulletin 3.6 (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=187654) ?

[criscokid]

Zero Tolerance was last online in January 2006 (see the postbit) so I suspect we're not going to get any support from him here at vb.org - has anyone sent him an email (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/sendmessage.php?do=mailmember&u=48782)?

I've installed this mod and I love it! I'd love to see it developed further to include more options of who to mass PM at any one time.

[barca4ever]

I have 1 tiny question ;)

My forum is huge (~18k) members

I'm planning to send a PM to all my members

Instead of sending 18k PMs, is there's a way to send PM when while first time user logged in after original PM has been sent by the admin?

Because most of the members didn't show off and maybe will not login again

Anoter tiny question :banana: can the PM got deleted automaticaly after been read?

Thanks in advance man :cool:

[criscokid]

Because most of the members didn't show off and maybe will not login again.
If your members receive an email telling them of new PMs your PM will serve to remind them that they're a member of your site.

[barca4ever]

If your members receive an email telling them of new PMs your PM will serve to remind them that they're a member of your site.
Sorry, but I didn't get your meaning :confused:

[criscokid]

If your members have forgotten about your site and that they are a member, when they receive your PM and the email that comes with it telling they have a new PM on your site they will be reminded of the fact that they are a user.

[Martin-TMGRS]

Nice one Zero Tolerance, installed and working fine on VB 3.5.4

[oberheimhaven]

Installed nicely, however I can't find it??? I will keep looking thxs mates for the awesome hack you guys are the best here
Ober:banana:

Man I looked everywhere 3.5.4 admncp where abouts I can not find it LOL shes in but cant find her any help would be greatly appreciated

[oberheimhaven]

where do i find it after it's installed?


Man I looked everywhere and still cant find Am I blind or what admncp> everywhere

[majorxp]

Anyone know what happened to ZT?

This is a great add-on!!

/installed

[EnIgMa1234]

thx ZT

[xlegends]

Very Nice!!!

[Hypocrisy]

Will this version work for 3.6.x? (anyone tried running it under 3.6.x?)

TIA

[jluerken]

Will this version work for 3.6.x? (anyone tried running it under 3.6.x?)

TIA

I tried it with 3.6 and it seems that it is NOT working.
Can we get an update for this great product?

[Cyruski]

it s n not working for 3.6.0 :(

[newbe_haselina]

A great Hack ... thx a lot! :-)

[redlabour]

Still hopping for a 3.6 Release. :(

[Eagle Creek]

Any idea when 3.6 will be released :)?

[redlabour]

Any idea when 3.6 will be released :)?

Or can anybody post a Fix for this Release to get it worked ?

[newbe_haselina]

Great Hack, thx a lot :) I just installed it.

But I would really appreciate if there would be an update to V3.6, becaus I NEED this hack after just a few hours. I get a lot of "lurkers" post and a lot of "sleepers" awake :-)... is there any chance to get this hack for V3.6?

[redlabour]

Is Zero Tolerance no longer active ?

[dacho]

Still hopping for a 3.6 Release.
Any idea when 3.6 will be released ?

[jdebler]

Is Zero Tolerance no longer active ?

Gosh, that would kinda stink. If he is no longer active and it is proper, can someone please port this to 3.6? We have a hard time delivering e-mail newsletters since our member base is so big and we were ready to start using this.

[Eagle Creek]

He isn't dead (:p):

http://infernotechnologies.net/?act=idx

Yesterday, 11:45 am

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Last Updated: Yesterday, 11:45 am

[xlegends]

The funny thing is, this worked fine with 3.6 until I reverted some of the reecommended templates.

[redlabour]

The funny thing is, this worked fine with 3.6 until I reverted some of the reecommended templates.

Can you explain this please ? What exactly has to be done ?

[redlabour]

The funny thing is, this worked fine with 3.6 until I reverted some of the reecommended templates.

Can you explain this please ? What exactly has to be done ?

Thx ....... :tired:

[redlabour]

Sorry to ask again - but is there nobody out there who can fix this ?

[redlabour]

Admin Mass PM Members Version for 3.6.x (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=124225)

[xlegends]

Can you explain this please ? What exactly has to be done ?


sorry for the delay. After I upgraded to 3.6 this hack worked fine. As soon as I reverted all the templates that vb admin cp recommended, it stopped working.

[T2DMan]

I have now got the program working for vbulletin 3.6. One file needs overwriting - attached.

I have tested it for sending to 5 people, but have not tested the functionality for sending to large numbers. I assume that the "sending many PM" section of the code works.

Can someone test and report back.

Thanks.

[redlabour]

I have now got the program working for vbulletin 3.6. One file needs overwriting - attached.

I have tested it for sending to 5 people, but have not tested the functionality for sending to large numbers. I assume that the "sending many PM" section of the code works.

Can someone test and report back.

Thanks.

Test with 1000 User sucessfull !!! :D

THX !!!!

[Prince]

thanks!

[Prince]

it is not working, it seems like it does, but no PM's get sent???

[T2DMan]

it is not working, it seems like it does, but no PM's get sent???

Not sure what the story is. It works for me, and a report that it works for 1000pm's. So not sure what the story is. It uses the standard engine for sending the pm's.

[Prince]

Not sure what the story is. It works for me, and a report that it works for 1000pm's. So not sure what the story is. It uses the standard engine for sending the pm's.

I guess it is the way you select a usergroup(s)...are you supposed to hold down the "Ctrl key"?

Why can't you make it nice little check boxes and have a confirmation page that they were sent?

[GalaxyNET]

I have now got the program working for vbulletin 3.6. One file needs overwriting - attached.

I have tested it for sending to 5 people, but have not tested the functionality for sending to large numbers. I assume that the "sending many PM" section of the code works.

Can someone test and report back.

Thanks.

Thanks now works great with 3.6.0 !

[Ncturnal]

I have one oddity that I experienced with mine on vB 3.6.0. It sent the PM fine to all users. I got an email notification on the accounts set to recieve one. The odd thing was on the home page welcome block, it would never show that I had a PM, but when you click the link for Private Messages, you'd see the unread PM in your Inbox. This was the case with 4 test accounts that I had. Not a huge deal, but it is a little odd.

[T2DMan]

I guess it is the way you select a usergroup(s)...are you supposed to hold down the "Ctrl key"?

Why can't you make it nice little check boxes and have a confirmation page that they were sent?

Yes, to select multiple user groups, you have to select using the ctrl.

What I did was to get it working for vbulletin 3.6, not do a major revision.

Yes, many things that could be improved, like putting a wysiwig editor in there as well.

But how it is, works. And that is where I stop.

[jdebler]

But how it is, works. And that is where I stop.

Can't ask for more than that. Thanks for the help!

[Prince]

But how it is, works. And that is where I stop.

:cry:

[jluerken]

I used the new file but its still not working for me for vB 3.6

Can someone please update this?

[Ncturnal]

I used the new file but its still not working for me for vB 3.6

Can someone please update this?

Works fine for me in 3.6.0.

[Prince]

I liked this one better: www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=70223

[Prince]

ok, new problem, it maxes out my server...can you add a delay feature in between the batches that where can input, i.e. 1 minute?

[hendri]

cannot work with 3.6.1 , i'm waiting the new version

thanks

[redlabour]

Watch this Suggestion :

German (http://www.vbulletin-germany.com/forum/showthread.php?p=159492#post159492)

English (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1214697#post1214697)

[hendri]

I have now got the program working for vbulletin 3.6. One file needs overwriting - attached.

I have tested it for sending to 5 people, but have not tested the functionality for sending to large numbers. I assume that the "sending many PM" section of the code works.

Can someone test and report back.

Thanks.

thanks,,,, it works..

[PassLab.net]

installed, but changed the admin_pmall.php with the one T2DMan gave (right here http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=1057269&postcount=100 ), it does work for sure, but it doesnt warn that there is a new Pm :D

thanks Zero Tolerance & T2DMan

[theChronic]

has anyone else had success with this on 3.6.1?

[redlabour]

has anyone else had success with this on 3.6.1?

Sure it works : http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=1057269&postcount=100

[Prince]

has anyone else had success with this on 3.6.1?

no, I just reinstalled it with the latest files and it does not work correctly.

[redlabour]

no, I just reinstalled it with the latest files and it does not work correctly.

Works like a charm - you did definitely something wrong. ;)

[Mazoo]

has anyone else had success with this on 3.6.1?


I'm working with the 3.6
and it's apear to work OK , but nothing sent : (

[criscokid]

Sure it works : http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=1057269&postcount=100
But PassLab.net reported "it doesnt warn that there is a new PM".... is this still the case?

[tazB.ca]

is there a way to use html in the emails please

[redlabour]

But PassLab.net reported "it doesnt warn that there is a new PM".... is this still the case?

Yes but this was a Problem since 3.5

[criscokid]

Yes but this was a Problem since 3.5
Not for my users - they were informed they had a new PM.

[GalaxyNET]

3.6.0 works with all groups, but i noticed in 3.6.1 only some groups arrives like Administrators.

[redlabour]

New PMs are not shown as Unread at the Navbar.

[Ziki]

Nominated for HOTM!

[Serkan Yılmaz]

3,6,2 ??

[Serkan Yılmaz]

No mass pm members 3.6 2

[redlabour]

No mass pm members 3.6 2

What did you want to tell us ?

[WritersBeat]

3.6.1?

[theChronic]

I just reenabled mine for 3.6.2 and did a test PM, attempting to send a little message to all administrators. It did not work. no PM delivered.

[3dsoft]

Will there be an update for 3.6.2?

[redlabour]

It is working for any Version since 3.6x - http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=1057269&postcount=100

Please read and search the Thread!

Holy Shit - my Fault - it is not longer working with 3.6.2 if you use more than 1 Usergroup!!! :(

[theChronic]

It didn't work for me when I only sent it to the Administrators. Definitely hoping for a port.

[T2DMan]

Please be aware which usergroups people are in. It is a strange setup that vBulletin has, where as standard, you select people that have primary or secondary for various usergroups. Selection of a usergroup in one does not include the other.

I still can't see any problem with the code, it works for my tests...

However, I have written some code that you make selection from one list, and it sends to people that are in any of the usergroups I need to integrate this into the pm code.

Yes, would be great to have some confirmation of the number of pm's sent.

Will be several weeks. Got a few things on.

[redlabour]

Please be aware which usergroups people are in. It is a strange setup that vBulletin has, where as standard, you select people that have primary or secondary for various usergroups. Selection of a usergroup in one does not include the other.

Hi,

i can confirm that it is not working. One Test is working with my Admingroup. But if i send to Admins, Mods, SMods and registered Users there is the same Effect before your 3.6 Patch.

[Shazz]

Sent to all my members, But none of them received it.. Lol

[theChronic]

my bad, i didnt upload the update file. i just uploaded it and it sent a PM to my admins just fine.

on the navbar, it does say that there is a new PM.

thnx

[hendri]

3.6.2 cannot run

[redlabour]

Any Update ?

[redlabour]

3.6.2 Fix is here :

Admin Mass PM Members 3.6.2 Fix (http://www.vbhackers.com/f76/admin-mass-pm-4555/index3.html#post42899)

[redlabour]

This is still not working - anyone here who can fix this ?

[redlabour]

So this seems the last Way to get this fixed :

Admin Mass PM Members for 3.6.x (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=131209)

[chris1979]

I have this installed on 3.6.2 and it works perfectly for sending pms to the administrator group (2 people) and moderator group (4 people). For larger groups, it says it's working but it doesn't send the messages -- and for groups above about 100 people, it just goes to a white screen and says/does nothing.

Anyone found a way to make it work better?

[redlabour]

I have this installed on 3.6.2 and it works perfectly for sending pms to the administrator group (2 people) and moderator group (4 people). For larger groups, it says it's working but it doesn't send the messages -- and for groups above about 100 people, it just goes to a white screen and says/does nothing.

Anyone found a way to make it work better?

Ask this here : http://www.vbhackers.com/f76/admin-mass-pm-4555/index3.html#post42899

[chris1979]

Does somebody there have the answer?

[Prince]

nope, no one seems to want to fix it.

[redlabour]

As you can see here :

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=131212

and here :

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=131209

[Shazz]

^And? what about it...

[Themepark]

Nice One ZT :)

[redlabour]

Nice One ZT :)

Themepark read the last 10 Postings. This Hack is not working for Month now.

[Al-Fateh]

nothing happened after the PM's went out

no one recieved any

is all ok?

[Al-Fateh]

tried again

no one is recieving anything....

please help

[Al-Fateh]

no wonder....just read all of the posts

3.6.2 here

[Al-Fateh]

waiting for the update i guess

[manutdvn]

There are about 6000 users on my forum registered users are about 5800. Is there any problem if send to 6000 members at the same time? If not, how can I send to the all members? (if I send to 1000 members, so, just 1000 members receive the message, doesnot it?

Thanks in advance.

[redlabour]

Uninstalled after waiting for a Patch for 3.6.x since Month.

[hendri]

I'm waiting for 3.6.4 version

[designerstoast]

How do I access the MASS PM panel or anything to send them? Help :D

[designerstoast]

Lol NVM found it, <--- stupid FF didnt update. Thanks to the modder :D

[TheWhite]

Great

[MrD]

Hi,
are there news about vb 3.6.4

Have anyone a working HAck?

[Shazz]

Hi,
are there news about vb 3.6.4

Have anyone a working HAck?

If you read back a few pages, people will state them

[stinger2]

shazz means NO

[Snake]

It works fine for me. :)

[MrD]

Hi,
i Read the post, but one say´s it works fine, and another say,s it doesn´t work.
PN´s are Send, but no one become a pn.

[criscokid]

It works for me for all usergroups now. The things I've changed recently are a) upgrading from 3.6.2 to 3.6.4 and b) increasing PHP memory.
Just installed this mod on a vB3.6.4 site and tried it out (I set 'Number Of Users To PM At A Time' to 25 in case it is a PHP memory issue) and I'm happy to say that all my members have received the PM that I sent.

[redlabour]

Hi,
i Read the post, but one say´s it works fine, and another say,s it doesn´t work.
PN´s are Send, but no one become a pn.

Just installed this mod on a vB3.6.4 site and tried it out (I set 'Number Of Users To PM At A Time' to 25 in case it is a PHP memory issue) and I'm happy to say that all my members have received the PM that I sent.

It works fine for me. :)

Just use the "Read PMs" Hack - you will see that no User has the PM. Only the Admins.

[criscokid]

Just use the "Read PMs" Hack - you will see that no User has the PM. Only the Admins.
I have used this hack and all of the 'registered users' have received the PM. I also have a few dummy 'registered user' accounts - they all received the PM.

[redlabour]

I have used this hack and all of the 'registered users' have received the PM. I also have a few dummy 'registered user' accounts - they all received the PM.

Ok - sounds nice. So someone wants to release this Hack new for 3.6 with optimized Defaultconfiguration?

[Black Widow]

i installed it on 3.6.4 and it sends PM to all groups.

[redlabour]

i installed it on 3.6.4 and it sends PM to all groups.

You are our Hero. :rolleyes: Read the last postings.

Seems to does not mean it does.

[stinger2]

why every one is insisting that it works???

it does NOT.....

[mawby]

I installed this and tried it on vb 3.6.4 using the altered admin_pmall.php, sent a PM to 3 users groups (total of 1300 members) and it ~appeared~ to work. However many people (including myself) did not get the PM.

So I altered the code to write out the list of names who it was PMing and also the state of the PM error variable, then ran it again. It would appear that three of the batchs were never sent out because of errors. The errors returned for me were;


PM error: The following users were not found:

1. Soonto&quot
2. HAS&quot
3. soop

This users name is actually 'Soonto"HAS"soop'.


PM error: The following users were not found:

1. SC &amp
2. RX

This users name is 'SC & RX'


PM error: The following users were not found:

1. Matt &quot
2. Aero top&quot

This user being 'Matt "Aero top"'


So it would appear usernames containing " or & can stop an entire batch of PMs being sent, the bigger the batch the more users who don't receive the PM.


Does anyone know a solution to this as (for me at least) if I can fix this I should be able to mass PM everyone successfully.

[redlabour]

the bigger the batch the more users who don't receive the PM.


Does anyone know a solution to this as (for me at least) if I can fix this I should be able to mass PM everyone successfully.


The only Solution for this is to send only 20 PMs at one Time. Set it down from 100 at MassPM at AdminCP.

[Prince]

why every one is insisting that it works???

it does NOT.....

I think that they are not sending to multiple usergroups, but I agree it does not work.

[mawby]

Well I just hacked the code further so that it sends each PM individually and in one loop, whilst echoing to the screen the usernames as it goes and any error messages. I was a bit worried it might make take too long and the server wouldn't cope but it just sent 1500 PMs in a couple of seconds. :)

[stinger2]

if you have corrected it.......why dont you share it with us.....??

[mawby]

if you have corrected it.......why dont you share it with us.....??It may work on my system, but as I'm not a PHP coder I have my doubts as to whether it can be classed as 'correct' or not.

However, I will upload it tonight if you want but I don't want any flaming if it doesn't work as I'm not sure you are all having the same problem as I did.

[criscokid]

However, I will upload it tonight if you want but I don't want any flaming if it doesn't work as I'm not sure you are all having the same problem as I did.
By the sounds of things your modified version makes it a little easier to spot where the problems are being caused - in your case it was a few dodgy usernames that vB didn't like.

[mawby]

Attached is the hacked version that works on my 3.6.4 site. It will send each PM one at a time and will print out the names of the users it is sending a PM to, plus any error message returned if the PM fails. I hope this proves useful to others.

[mawby]

I'm interested to know if my hacked version worked for anyone else?

[redlabour]

I'm interested to know if my hacked version worked for anyone else?

Release it as a 3.6.x Hack. I dont like to spam this Thread here any more.

[Darat]

I'm interested to know if my hacked version worked for anyone else?


I've just tried it on my 3.6.4 board and it seems to have worked sending to two different groups, one with over 4000 members in it and the other with over 6000 members in it.

The usernames that caused problems were listed as:



"V"
The following users were not found:

1. &quot
2. V&quot



Thanks!

[Darat]

Just to add still got the problem that it doesn't show up as a new PM in the welcome box.

[stinger2]

sorry does not work for me.........got internal server error

[DannyITR]

I installed it and sent some PMs. It told me they were sent succesfully but nothing was sent to anyone. Does this hack work in 3.6.4?

[Shazz]

I installed it and sent some PMs. It told me they were sent succesfully but nothing was sent to anyone. Does this hack work in 3.6.4?

If you look back 1-2 pages and review it yourself you can have a feel for it

[mtha]

Username need to be html_entity_decode

Code:
---------------
Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
---------------


and overridequota option need to be enable when sending PMs


Code:
---------------
Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
---------------

$]


I installed this and tried it on vb 3.6.4 using the altered admin_pmall.php, sent a PM to 3 users groups (total of 1300 members) and it ~appeared~ to work. However many people (including myself) did not get the PM.

So I altered the code to write out the list of names who it was PMing and also the state of the PM error variable, then ran it again. It would appear that three of the batchs were never sent out because of errors. The errors returned for me were;


PM error: The following users were not found:

1. Soonto&quot
2. HAS&quot
3. soop

This users name is actually 'Soonto"HAS"soop'.


PM error: The following users were not found:

1. SC &amp
2. RX

This users name is 'SC & RX'


PM error: The following users were not found:

1. Matt &quot
2. Aero top&quot

This user being 'Matt "Aero top"'


So it would appear usernames containing " or & can stop an entire batch of PMs being sent, the bigger the batch the more users who don't receive the PM.


Does anyone know a solution to this as (for me at least) if I can fix this I should be able to mass PM everyone successfully.

[mtha]

I guess it wouldnt hurt when I release a good version for vb 3.6

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=141459

Have fun.

(ZT, I sent you an PM, but didnt get your respond, so I go ahead and release the new version, for members. Hope you dont mind, otherwise, let me know :) )
---------------------------------------


Never mind on the above release, I release a new one here:
Yet Another Private Message System 1.0.1 (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=141622)

[redlabour]

I think he is not interesting in this. I have send him PMs for Months now. :)

So anybody - go ahead and Update : Admin Mass Private Message System for vB 3.6 (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=141459)

[banuchi2]

Where did the link go?

[stinger2]

i think ZT asked to be removed

@ZT...would you please either update your hack or let others do it...they asked you nicely.....and gave you credit when you even did not answer them..i dont get it.........do you want to punish everyone who used your hack??

@mtha...you are a real gentelman...thank you

[Shazz]

i think ZT asked to be removed

@ZT...would you please either update your hack or let others do it...they asked you nicely.....and gave you credit when you even did not answer them..i dont get it.........do you want to punish everyone who used your hack??

@mtha...you are a real gentelman...thank you

No he didn't
He hasen't even been online
Calm Down.

The person that released it had no permission

[Reg Car]

No he didn't
He hasen't even been online
Calm Down.

The person that released it had no permission

Hi Shazz,

Honestly though, we're allowed to discuss the changes and explain how to do them, but not allowed to post them? That's not a very logical or practical approach. It's like ridiculous government red tape everywhere, it just hampers everyone.

Everyone comes here for support, and there is red tape everywhere and obviously no support on some threads. I have seen this situation on numerous threads in here over the last few weeks.

VB.org needs to bring in a policy, where if hack authors disappear for a prolonged period, then in the interests of VBulletin hacks and the support level on this great website, other coders should be allowed to offer support and update those hacks, period.

That is a totally workable and acceptable solution in my opinion. And solutions, not rules, are what we need.

What hack author would not want members here to get support from other great coders if they can't be here? If they did have a problem, they could always mention it in the top of the hack thread "no other coders to touch my work", etc. I doubt people would be voting for their hacks though if they did do this.

My submission to VB.org is to update your policy guidelines so that this great site can function in the flawless way it was designed (to give great hacks and great support for those hacks).

Regards

Reggie

[stinger2]

No he didn't
He hasen't even been online
Calm Down.

The person that released it had no permission

lol...i am calm shaz....see......:D

i was just making a point......correct me if i am wrong


if some one makes a chat system for ex. or an arcade system.....and he uses vbulletin members info jut to integrate his chat or arcade system......this person is entitled to say dont use my code


but when you use mebers info (built in vbulletin) to connect to PM system (again built in vbulletin) just to be send in groups....i dont think personally that you can say dont use my code........because the original code is already there

otherwise lets say there are 3 or 4 hacks for 2 Navbar system...3 or 4 paypal donate systems...these all should fight for that connection system too...but they dont...because those (same as this hack) are just modification for the original hack.....

this hack is a modification for the already built in feature in vbulletin........so why do we argue about it...

saying this i am still grateful for ZT for enjoying his hack for so long.....but also to mtha for updating it

i am still calm...:) see

[mtha]

calm down guys, the rules is the rules, and we should respect that.

I did not have permission from ZT, so I shouldnt make it a seperate hack that based on his hack (and that credit goes to him) in a different place. I violate the rule, and the hack was moved to a moderated area, that's how the game goes.


Anyway, I wrote my own hack and release under my name here, if any of you interested in.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=141622

Sorry ZT for doing this, but the function is badly needed by members here, so I release one.

[Shazz]

Whoa...
Sorry for posting :|
/me leaves

[KEKforce]

KEKforce goes MTHA :up:

[SEYTAN_NL]

Thıs doesnt work after i click "Send PM to Users" i get a blank page and nothing is send

[masterross]

how to protect only Admin with u=1 to have access to this option?

[masterross]

also after installed all usergroups with Super Mod options lost their rights!

[steve71]

Everything seems to be in order...except no PM get's sent. It said they were sent successsfully though.

VBulletin 3.6.7

Also, when you choose 100 to be sent at once, but the receiving group has say 500 members..what happens..do you have to do it 5 times?

[John Diver]

Im getting this error everytime I try to send:

Fatal error: Unable to proceed with save while $errors array is not empty in class vB_DataManager_PM in /includes/class_dm.php on line 763

This happens when one of the Recipients has PM disabled - or the Usergroup does not allow PMs.
Also, the cpnav is attached to vbulletin instead of mass_pm_members.

Updated the zip file, if you've installed just re-upload everything within the UPLOAD/ folder, should be fine then. I've added in a bit of code to override the datamanager, instead of using the default set_recipients() function, i've forced the data into the variables, so no matter the permissions the users will recieve the PM, however those with it disabled won't be able to see the private message until they re-enable it.

This was in 2005 - I just installed about a month ago.

Anyone know whats wrong?

Thanks

[John Diver]

Can anyone help with this?

Really need to get PMs sent out to all members :)

Thanks

[thenewuser]

Er, I installed this...

I set it to 100

I pressed submit and it just took me to a blank blue admin screen w/ no info.....

[thenewuser]

nvm

[John Diver]

Anyone able to help with this?

I have a poker tournament running this weekend with no entry cost and $250 prize so I really want to get PMs sent to all members :)

[SAT2M]

Hi
I have a forum with about 18.000 Register Users
How can I send to all of them pm at same time?

By this hack I cant do this
Must I change some thing or else?

[TonyComix]

Were exactly do I go to make the PMs?

[Shazz]

Were exactly do I go to make the PMs?

The admincp

[gotlinks]

When I try to send a test email to me the site admin it doesnt actually come to me. How do I know if its working or not?

[nyunyu]

may I know where is the admin menu for sending pm? i tried to find the option just like the example but cant seems to find it. can anyone point me to it?

[nyunyu]

after some refreshing, i found the menu....
case closed...thanks zero for this useful hack~!

[killerkraft]

Fresh install in 3.6.8 and .... :D

All OK. :)

Great and simple hack. :p

KK

[unps]

I have now got the program working for vbulletin 3.6. One file needs overwriting - attached.

I have tested it for sending to 5 people, but have not tested the functionality for sending to large numbers. I assume that the "sending many PM" section of the code works.

Can someone test and report back.

Thanks.

Okay, I downloaded the information from this link...
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=96190&highlight=Mass+Private+Message
and then went to the link that it told me to go to for the 3.6 version and installed that as well but when I try to send a Mass PM to the Admins, Global Mods, Mods and Registered Members, it only goes to the Admins and Mods but not the Registered Members. Was I supposed to install both? What did I do wrong? Why isn't it working?

I have 3.6.8 Patch Level 2, by the way.

[blind-eddie]

I have now got the program working for vbulletin 3.6. One file needs overwriting - attached.

I have tested it for sending to 5 people, but have not tested the functionality for sending to large numbers. I assume that the "sending many PM" section of the code works.

Can someone test and report back.

Thanks.

Excellent!!!!Works flawlessly....Thanks

[Pamela]

I love this mod! (Not sure why it's not a standard feature on vBulletin actually!)

Anyway, will a fresh install of this for 3.7.0 (Beta 5) work...or does this need to be rewritten for 3.7?

Thanks! :)

[sp0okz]

Hei i need that mod, it work with 3.7 ???

[GetGamer.com]

I'm unable to get this to work with my largest usergroup (about 38,000 people). It works with smaller groups. I've tried tweaking the number of PMs to send at once, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. When I click "send" I get a white screen with no refresh (as it normally does with smaller usergroups).

Any suggestions?

[DJ Matt4684]

I added this to 3.7 and nada. Nothing worked. The PM's didn't send. I really needed this too!

Edit: I took the 3.6 update php file and this seems to work now with 3.7. I just used this and sent a PM to a Test usergroup that I made up and only included 2 people. When trying to send this to all members, it didn't work at all. Like the person above me said, the page just hangs after clicking to send the PM.

[baymortgage99]

Admin Mass PM Members - good hack

[taheri6]

it doesnt work for me on 3.7 - just tested it to send a PM to all user groups for a forum wide announcement - had to send email instead :( Would have rather used PM :(

Anyone want to port this to 3.7?

[Deyth]

it doesnt work for me on 3.7 - just tested it to send a PM to all user groups for a forum wide announcement - had to send email instead :( Would have rather used PM :(

Anyone want to port this to 3.7?
I just discovered the same thing. Might there be some similar hacks already working for 3.7?

[NAZIA]

it is not working with VB 3.7 any one please decode this for VB 3.7..
Thanks

[blind-eddie]

I re-installed this on my board. It works for me, if I only pick 2 usergroups at once.
I have sent 5 test pm's to members. I added the new admin_pmall.php that T2DMan (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1057269#post1057269) added.
Anyone having any luck at this point?

[Ov3rrun]

Working on 3.7

[gle041]

I'm using 3.7 and have this hack installed. I have about 3,000 members and it seems to be timing out. Is there a maximum number of users it can message?

[Raptor]

works fine on vb 3.7.2 PL1

[RedeemedWarrior]

I use this one (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=141622) and it Works great on Vb 3.7

[Pamela]

I use this one (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=141622) and it Works great on Vb 3.7


Thank you!!! :D

[MikesSite]

Not working on 3.8

[cionfs]

It works on vBulletin 3.8.1 :)

[MjrNuT]

It works on vBulletin 3.8.1 :)

Hi, you installed as-is and it works?

Anyone know why this might not have been ported or done for later versions of vB? Just seems like the best use for it is for Admins only.

[eastsidetuners]

QUICK QUESTION.... - Upload the "contents" of the folder "UPLOAD" into
your forums "root" directory. <-------- how do i do that?

[Raptor]

works on 3.8.1 PL1 just fine :)

But you MUST use this php file: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1057269#post1057269 or it wont work

[ETDC]

Is there any way to mass-PM from the usual PM dialogue box?

[mrtroybaker]

works on 3.8.1 PL1 just fine :)

But you MUST use this php file: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1057269#post1057269 or it wont work

*INSTALLED!!*
Thank you sir! Working great on 3.8.2

[ETDC]

Is there any way to mass-PM from the usual PM dialogue box?I lieu of the above, does this work on 3.7?

[gnatster]

Installed

Thanks..works well on 3.8.2

[mike2902]

Installed on 3.8.2, replaced PHP file with the one from post #69. Works great

[snowlion]

Did you mean this post ?
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=1057269&postcount=100
nothing found on post #69

[Basit]

is there an updated version of this Addon available for 3.8x??

[ETDC]

n/t

[testbot]

i tried this on 3.8.4. i sent a test message to the admin group and it said it sent but there was nothing in the admin's pm box. too bad.

[Laredo]

I have now got the program working for vbulletin 3.6. One file needs overwriting - attached.

I have tested it for sending to 5 people, but have not tested the functionality for sending to large numbers. I assume that the "sending many PM" section of the code works.

Can someone test and report back.

Thanks.

Version 3.8.4, Working 100%

Thanks!!!