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The mailposts.php script allows a site administrator to configure Pm Wiki to send email messages whenever pages are changed on the wiki site. Mail Posts can be configured so that multiple page changes over a short period of time are combined into a single email message (to avoid flooding a mailbox). The Mail Posts feature is especially useful for sites that have infrequent updates, eliminating the need to frequently check Recent Changes pages just to see if anything has changed. Full configuration details are available in scripts/mailposts.php, but here's the brief synopsis of what needs to go in local.php or a per-group customization script for Mail Posts:
$EnableMailPosts=1; # to enable mailposts $MailPostsTo="somebody@example.com"; # where to send mail notifications $MailPostsDelay=1800; # wait for initial post to age 30 minutes $MailPostsSquelch=7200; # require at least two hours between mailsNote that $MailPostsTo may be a comma-separated list of addresses if multiple recipients are desired. Since an initial post is often followed by several posts containing minor edits, it's useful to wait a short period of time before sending an email. $MailPostsDelay is the minimum amount of time that must elapse from an initial post before a message is sent. Any additional posts occuring during the delay period are included in the message when it is sent. The message is sent on the first execution of pmwiki.php after the delay period has expired (which for inactive sites could be much longer than the delay period). A delay of zero means to immediately send a message whenever an update is received. $MailPostsSquelch specifies the minimum amount of time that must elapse before sending another notification message. This is useful to prevent large number of rapid-succession messages if $MailPostsDelay is set to a small value. The defaults for $MailPostsDelay and $MailPostsSquelch are 0 and 7200. With these values, an email is sent as soon as a page is changed, and subsequent changes are "held" for at least two hours before being sent in another message. There are other configuration variables to control the return email address, the text of the message being sent, etc. For details on these, see scripts/mailposts.php. << Uploads Admin | Documentation Index | Wiki Styles Admin? >>
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