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f0zzyNUE
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YAF Commander Topic Starter

13 years ago

within the host feature settings there is one entry

Allow Email Topic:

If checked, users will be allowed to email topics.

can anyone explain what this chexbox is all about ? should i be able to send an email to the forum and it creates a topic?

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tha_watcha
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13 years ago

This is a Sharing Feature you can send a topic link to any user you want.

Edited by moderator 13 years ago | Reason: Not specified

f0zzyNUE
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YAF Commander Topic Starter

13 years ago

thanks for the clarification.

but it would be cool to be able to interact with the forum via email - e.g. create new topics including attachments via email, reply to posts via email, ...

maybe there could be one configurable email-inbox which is polled by the forum software. it should receive mails for all configured email-addresses. every forum could have a email-address configured.

e.g. forum 1 - forum1@myforum.com - whenever someone sends an email to this address - a new topic is created in the forum. when a user receives a mail notification about a new post in a topic the user should be able to reply to this post by email and the answer should be inserted into the corresponding thread.

Edited by user 13 years ago | Reason: Not specified

tha_watcha
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13 years ago

thanks for the clarification.

but it would be cool to be able to interact with the forum via email - e.g. create new topics including attachments via email, reply to posts via email, ...

maybe there could be one configurable email-inbox which is polled by the forum software. it should receive mails for all configured email-addresses. every forum could have a email-address configured.

Originally Posted by: f0zzyNUE

An email system wouldnt work, because there is no possiblity to correctly check if the user is valid. And it would be an easy target for spammers.

f0zzyNUE
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YAF Commander Topic Starter

13 years ago

thanks for the clarification.

but it would be cool to be able to interact with the forum via email - e.g. create new topics including attachments via email, reply to posts via email, ...

maybe there could be one configurable email-inbox which is polled by the forum software. it should receive mails for all configured email-addresses. every forum could have a email-address configured.

Originally Posted by: tha_watcha

An email system wouldnt work, because there is no possiblity to correctly check if the user is valid. And it would be an easy target for spammers.

Originally Posted by: f0zzyNUE

o.k. got the point.

Jaben
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YAF Developer

13 years ago

It's a spammers paradise... hence it's disabled by default. But if you have a closed YAF.NET forum -- it can be safely enabled.

Rob26
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YAF Forumling

12 years ago

i don't understand why this is not possible. This is exactly what the mail connector for the active forum achieves.

It is also how yahoo groups and google groups work. People expect email interaction with forums these days. I would love to see this feature.

chromebuster
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YAF Lover

12 years ago

I agree; I don't see why it won't work if the right security measures are put in place; think SPF, DMARC, and such.

Katherine Moss,

Technologist and lover of Boston

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