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#391 2007-10-30 22:18:28
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
mrdale,
have you played around with removing the “end” mime tag (or adding it, if it’s not there)?
- Ben
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#392 2007-10-31 06:57:36
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
Actually, I did remove the end tag and it solved one problem. Having moved all my sites to a PHP5 server I did have to set up a dummy site on an old server to get the newsletters to display properly. PHP 5 on solaris, seems to split up the header with blank lines, which breaks in most mail apps.
Any ideas? Oh, and I tried editing the plugin as per earlier instructions….
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#393 2007-11-05 03:47:10
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
Running into a problem I can’t find in the forums.
I’m trying to test Postmaster and have followed all the instructions to a T — popups off, messy unsubscribe URL., article set up with txp:bab_pm_unsubscribe, etc. — but when I click “save” to send the article, the popup says “BULK EMAIL / Nice try” and nothing gets emailed.
What does this mean, and how do I fix it?
Thanks much.
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#394 2007-11-05 15:39:27
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
Wild guess: Sounds like your host or service provider is blocking the mail function?
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#395 2007-11-05 22:02:20
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
Ah, I hadn’t thought of that. I’ll check it out, thanks.
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#396 2007-11-05 22:11:22
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
Locutionist,
Try setting your batch to a smaller number — you may be able to get around the blocking issue.
- Ben
PS. mrdale, sorry I’m no help.
Last edited by benbruce (2007-11-05 22:12:09)
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#397 2007-11-06 01:55:30
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
Followup to mrdale’s suggestion: tech support says its definitely not on their end.
benbruce> set it down to 10, still no go. FWIW there is only one test subscriber in there right now, to one of my non-admin email addresses.
-paula
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#398 2007-11-06 05:40:16
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
Paula,
- What does the pop-up that says “Nice try” look like? Is it a browser page, with the rest of the the Textpattern admin interface, or is it a warning with an “OK” button?
- Are you using Postmaster 0.3?
- What happens if you select “Test” on the Write tab? Is an email sent to your admin email?
- Ben
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#399 2007-11-06 15:30:18
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
ben>
- It’s the Postmaster pop-up. Here’s a picture: http://www.rabbit-mountain.com/nice-try.png (does linking not work on this board anymore?)
- Postmaster v. 0.3, library v. 0.1
- Test generates the same error
Last edited by Locutionist (2007-11-06 15:32:04)
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#400 2007-11-06 17:03:16
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
Locutionist,
What is the full url of the page that displays that “Nice try” message? I’m still trying to track down where that is in the code. When I search both of those plugins (0.3 and the Library) I don’t find the text (of the message
) anywhere in either of them. It’s a mystery.
My advice is to download Postmaster 0.3 again from the site and try installing it to your Textpattern installation again (You can leave all your forms, entries and everything alone — just the plugin).
- Ben
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#401 2007-11-06 17:16:45
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
Is there a way to use this plugin to actually send the content of the <txp:body /> and not the url of the article? I am thinking of using this for a “newsletter” and “not a site updated” announcement.
I have this in an article form
Dear <txp:bab_pm_data display="name" />,
<txp:bab_pm_data display="body_html" strip_html="yes" />
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<txp:bab_pm_unsubscribeLink type="text" />I also created a draft article where I test the plugin but all it sends now is the url where the text is located.
Last edited by colak (2007-11-06 19:14:22)
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#402 2007-11-06 19:04:44
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
Doesn’t “nice try” happen if the URL is longer than 200 characters. Without looking at TXP core code, I vaguely remember that that is such a limit set somewhere in (I think) publish.php.
[Ruud should read more carefully before responding]
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#403 2007-11-06 19:14:01
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
hi ruud
No nothing like that:) At the moment there’s just one email in the ‘newsletter’… mine. All I get is the page, loading non stop, and actually sending the email which contains just the address.
I guess what you are actually saying -correct me if I am wrong here – is that this is a bad idea as it will cause a lot of load in the db and the server and i should stick to pop mail regarding our planed service.
Last edited by colak (2007-11-06 19:15:23)
Yiannis
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#404 2007-11-06 20:57:28
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
benbruce wrote:
Locutionist,
What is the full url of the page that displays that “Nice try” message? I’m still trying to track down where that is in the code. When I search both of those plugins (0.3 and the Library) I don’t find the text (of the message
) anywhere in either of them. It’s a mystery.
My advice is to download Postmaster 0.3 again from the site and try installing it to your Textpattern installation again (You can leave all your forms, entries and everything alone — just the plugin).
- Ben
Hi Ben, here’s the URL: http://localpreference.rabbit-mountain.com/textpattern/index.php?event=postmaster&step=bulkmail&radio=1&list=Local%20Preference%20/%20Rabbit%20Mountain&artID=6
I’ll try reinstalling it again as you suggested. I much appreciate your help on this.
-paula
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#405 2007-11-07 06:03:38
Re: [archived] Postmaster -- A simple email-on-post / newsletter manager
Paula,
I’m noticing your list name — I’m still not sure where that error message is in the plugin, but try giving your list a name without spaces or special characters (no slashes, underscores, etc). See if that helps.
Colak,
You certainly can send the body of the article. I’m not sure why you’re having an issue. I want to clarify though: are you saying that this form …
Dear <txp:bab_pm_data display="name" />,
<txp:bab_pm_data display="body_html" strip_html="yes" />
===========
<txp:bab_pm_unsubscribeLink type="text" />… results in an email with a body like this …
Dear Testname,
http://www.colakswebsite.com/etc
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http://www.colakswebsite.com/unsubscribeOR, are you seeing an email like this …
Dear , =======
http://www.colakswebsite.com/unsubscribe
?
Also, would you mind trying it with a simpler form. How about:
Dear <txp:bab_pm_data display="name" />,
<txp:bab_pm_data display="body" />
===========
<txp:bab_pm_unsubscribeLink type="text" />If that works, then you should be OK once you figure out where the error is (could be your set up, could be a bug — but I’ve never heard of Postmaster substituting the url for the body before).
Last edited by benbruce (2007-11-07 06:04:55)
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