New, enhanced PRO version of Post By Email Joomla component is released. Component is working with joomla 1.5, joomla 1.6, joomla 1.7, 2.5 and with Joomla 3.0.



The main features added in the Pro version are:

- Support for attached files (see below for more details);
- Support for base64 encoded e-mails and ssl encryption. If received email is encoded, is automatically decoded.
- Subscribing email address - for kunena forum.
- Itegration with Kunena, K2, Jomsocial and Ignite Gallery (Ignite Gallery support is for Joomla 2.5 only).
- Optimized threading algorithm for Kunena - all emails with same subject (include Re:, Fw:, Re, Fwd, etc.) are going automatically to the same thread in kunena. You have option in admin ("Reply tag" function) to configure these strings.
- Improved update - New versions are installed without uninstalling old version.

How to update to next version?
Just install over. Configured emails will stay untouched.



Version history:
19.06.2013: V.1.8.9 released. Version for Joomla 3.0 updated to work with latest php versions.

12.06.2013: Added Kunena 3 support in Joomla! 2.5 and in Joomla 3 versions.
07.06.2013: Added Italian translation in Joomla 2.5 version. Paolo Giustiniani, Thank you!
15.04.2013: Updated Kunena parser (update of Auto-reply function for Kunena) in J! 2.5 and J!3.0 versions. Now PBE is able to parse "Re: [Forum] Topic (Category)" and "Re: Re : Re: Fwd : [Forum] Topic (Category)".
04.04.2013: v.1.7.8 for joomla 2.5 and v.1.8.7 for Joomla 3.0: added is Kunena parser. When you select to post as reply in kunena, "Forum" and "Thread ID" options don't work - parser post email in the right topic automatically based on email name (name of topic must be included in email title). Post by email for Joomla 3 does NOT support Kunena for Joomla3 for now!



25 March 2013: v.1.7.7 for joomla 2.5 and v.1.8.6 for Joomla 3.0: added option to allow posting from all registered users in addition to the "from" filters.
19 March 2013: v.1.7.6 for joomla 2.5 and v.1.8.5 for Joomla 3.0: small fixes to support latest kunena and new option in admin - Reply tag.
04 March 2013: v.1.7.5 for joomla 2.5 and v.1.8.4 for Joomla 3.0: added option to import items in content and K2 with the same titles many times.
12 February 2013: v.1.7.4 for joomla 2.5 and v.1.8.3 for Joomla 3.0: If the sender's e-mail address is recognised as a Joomla user's e-mail address, the relevant user gets set as content item author. Otherwise the default author is used.
07 February 2013: v.1.7.3 for joomla 2.5 and v.1.8.2 for Joomla 3.0: Timezones bug fix.
01 February 2013: v.1.7.2 for joomla 2.5: is added option to add included as attachment picture in K2 tab "picture".
16.01.2013: v.1.8.0 for Joomla 3.0. Joomla 3 version of Post By Email support only content and K2!
10.01.2013: v.1.7.1 for Joomla 2.5: Is added language option for content and K2.
07.12.2012: Fixes in cronjob in joomla 2.5 version to be more robust.
21.11.2012: Vesrion 1.7.0 for Joomla 2.5 is launched. It has xajax removed, code optimized and works with both Kunena 1.7 and 2.0.x. Kunena ver. 1.6 and below are no longer supported and may not work correctly.
14.11.2012: v.1.6.4 of Post By Email Pro - added is file extension type option and bug fix with imported from gmail images. The accepted attachment file types now might be set as file extension in addition to the MIME type, e.g. "xls;doc;pdf". Note that the extensions must be entered without the trailing dot! Are updated both versions - for Joomla 2.5 and for Joomla 1.5!
05.11.2012 - v.1.6.3 and two new options: "Notify subscribers" option for Kunena and storing of information from imported emails in database table. If option is switched on, sender's name and/or e-mail address are stored in joomla database. Is updated Joomla 2.5 version only!
18.09.2012 - v.1.6.2 - added is Iphone mode for posted from Iphone emails with images (Joomla 2.5 version only). There are two new settings: mode and concatenation html. Mode = Default means that the component will work as it worked by now: the last part of the message, which is not an attachment, will be set as a content of the resulting article; the rest will be ignored. E.g. if you have an e-mail with two variants of the message (plain text and HTML), the plain text variant will be ignored and the HTML variant will be set as the article's body. Mode = iPhone means that no part of the message will be ignored. All these parts will be concatenated using the HTML code, set in the concatenation html setting (e.g. <br />, <hr />, etc.).

Screenshot from New functions in v.1.6.2:


03.09.2012 - v.1.6.1 for Joomla 2.5 - Integration with Ignite Gallery. Only Ignite Gallery v.2.xx is supported. Component is not tested with Ignite Gallery v.3.xx. You can configure category in gallery where image and description will be posted and what user is owner of this picture. (Joomla 2.5 version only)

Screenshot from New functions in v.1.6.1:


20.08.2012 - v.1.6.0 for Joomla 2.5 - added is "Use publish up date" option. Both versions for Joomla 2.5 are updated. (for Kunena 2.0 and over and for old Kunena)
v.1.5.9 for Joomla 2.5 - added is support for non-standart charsets. Only version for Joomla 2.5 is updated. (27.07.2012)
v.1.5.8 for Joomla 2.5 and v.1.5.4 for Joomla 1.5 - addes is function to remove html entities if strip "html tags" function is switched on. Changes in this version
v.1.5.7 for Joomla 2.5 - bug fix for Kunena (12.07.2012). Only version for Joomla 2.5 support Kunena 2.0 and over!
v.1.5.6 for Joomla 2.5 - Sender Filter (Allowed and forbidden emails option) and update to work with Kunena 2.0 and over. Joomla 2.5 version only! (09.07.2012)
v.1.5.3 for Joomla 1.5 - option for posting in k2 is added to joomla 1.5 version (04.06.2012)
v.1.5.5 - Support for Apple Message framework messages is added (Joomla 2.5 version only). If the message contains HTML header part, it is stripped out and the body tag is replaced by a div tag.
v.1.5.4 - Subject of email going automatically to alt of imported images and to meta description in K2 and com_content (16.05.2012)

New functions in v.1.5.4:
Subject of email going automatically to alt of imported in content images and to meta description in K2 and com_content.
Meta desc add words - this option add selected number of first words from email body in meta description.



v.1.5.3 - K2 support - released on 15.05.2012.
v.1.5.2 - Bug fixes for Joomla 2.5 version (08 May 2012)
v.1.5.1 - Bug fixes for Joomla 2.5 and joomla 1.5 version (23 April 2012)
v.1.5.0 for Joomla 1.5 is released. Now both versions of component (j15 and j17) have the same functions (14 February 2012)
v.1.5.0 - stability fixes and code improvements for version for Joomla 1.7 (23 December 2011)
v.1.4.6 - four new options ( two for attached images, two for readmore separator). Only Joomla 1.7 version is updated! (22 December 2011)
v.1.4.5 - stability fixes. Both versions are updated - for joomla 1.7 and for joomla 1.5 (15 November 2011)
v.1.4.4 - bug fixes. Both versions are updated - for joomla 1.7 and for joomla 1.5 (31 October 2011)
v.1.4.3.2 - only joomla 1.5 version is updated to work with new version of jomsocial (27 October 2011)
v.1.4.3.1 - More error messages added in component for diagnostic of possible problems with mail server (24 October 2011)
v.1.4.3 - Post By Email Pro For Joomla 1.7 And Joomla 1.6 (7 October 2011)


Other features added:

- Strip HTML Tags setting (for outlook express and other email clients). Instructs the component whether to strip the HTML tags from the e-mail message or not. This setting should be set to YES if you are posting into a forum thread and it should be set to NO if the content is published as an article;

- Allowed Tags setting. If the Strip HTML Tags setting is set to YES, the tags listed here will NOT be stripped from the message (e.g. <img><br><p>, etc). There must be no characters between the listed HTML tags (coma, space or whatever);

- Insert Before Content setting. A text block which will be prepended to every message processed. Can contain HTML markup. If Strip HTML Tags is set to YES the Insert Before Content HTML markup will be stripped as well;

- Insert After Content setting. Similar to the above setting, this text will be appended to every message processed. Can contain HTML markup. If Strip HTML Tags is set to YES the Insert After Content HTML markup will be stripped as well;

- Default Title setting. If an e-mail is sent without a subject, this string will be set as a title of the post/article. Prior to the current component version the e-mail message would have been ignored under certain conditions;

- Attachments Directory setting. The directory in which the attached files will be saved to;

- Accepted MIME Types setting. A complete list of the MIME types accepted. By default these are images exclusively (jpg, gif or png) (see below for more details).

- Charset: The message's charset and author detection are now much more robust. All Bugs are already fixed also.

- TimeZones: Are used global Joomla TimeZone setting. The following Joomla global setting must be set correctly:


Requirements of Post by email
PHP 5.2+ and MBString PHP extension: must be installed, enabled and properly configured.


There are some requirements which must be met for an attached file to appear into the post or article's content:

1. The MIME type of the attached file must be listed in the Accepted MIME Types setting. If so it will be saved into the Attachments Directory and its URL or tag will be placed on the relevant place in the message (see 2.). If the MIME type of the attached file is not among the accepted types it will be discarded. A list of the files' MIME types by their extensions may be found here: http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/mime-types.shtml.

2. Edited by Ivan Stamenov on 14.12.2011 - the use of lowercase names is not a must anymore: The attached file's name enclosed in square brackets must be placed somewhere in the message's body. If you want to put the image FLowERs.JPG somewhere in your article, attach it to the e-mail message and put the text [FLowERs.JPG] where you want the image to appear in your message's body. If the attached file's tag is not found within the message's body it WILL NOT be added at the end automatically.


You can attach as many files as you wish to your e-mail messages. They all will be processed if the following conditions are met:

- the attached file is an image;
- the e-mail message is going to be posted as an Joomla article;
- the Strip HTML Tags setting is set to NO.

then the attached file's tag [lower_case_name_of_the_file] in the message will be replaced with an <img> tag pointing to the locally saved file. Otherwise the attached file's tag will be replaced with the absolute URL pointing to the locally saved file.

- "Notify subscribers" option for Kunena. When importing into Kunena (ver. 1.7 or 2.0+), the component is now capable of sending e-mails to the subscribed users, if the "Notify subscribers" setting is switched on.
- Storing of information from imported messages in database table - if option is switched on, sender's name and/or e-mail address are stored in database. When importing into com_content or K2, the component is now capable of storing information about the message sender's name (if present) and/or e-mail address. To do so, the relevant table field names must be set in the "Additional info" section of the PBM settings. The component checks if these fields exist in the relevant table. If not - it creates them.



How to make automatically working? How to setup Cron?

By default cron function work only over php. Here are two ways to schedule your mailboxes: Open cron jobs page in cpanel and set up cron:


for Windows 8 or Server 2012:


Way 2:
1. Create file with name mycron.php. Code for this php file:


2. Upload file mycron.php in your public_html. Create cronjob in your cpanel with command:


3. Set cron to run in your control panel (cpanel or other) every 15 or 30 minutes (recommended). In Unix Style view this should be:



If you want to use cron from browser or from curl function make this simple change:
1. Open file "\administrator\components\com_post_by_email\cron.post_by_email.php" and replace


with:



2. Open file "\administrator\components\com_post_by_email\controller.php" and replace (it is located around line 80 in body of the function named "cron" )


with



Where to see email preferences?
Email settings for your server ar known from yur host support and are visible in your hosting control panel. This info is visible at this page (cpanel):


If there are no incoming server port - test first with standart port 110, if not working - with port 25.
For SSL - port 995 is the standart port.


How to test?
Read this topic: How to test Post By Email Pro

Configuration of Gmail Accounts
- Be sure that pop3 protocol is switched ON for account before test!
- Mail Server: ssl://pop.gmail.com
- port: 995
- ssl must be switched ON in your email settings
- Read this for configuration: Gmail Accounts Setup

Price of Post by Email is 29 USD. Download and online Purchase: Post By Email Pro

Just tried to forward our Constant Contact email ( a lot of embedded images
using URL links, not in email message)
into Post by EMail and it loaded all the images and layout correctly.

Only problem was with the width of the email newsletter.

Great extension! Continue developing this great product!

New features are added and Post by Email Pro is ready and available for purchase.

In latest version for Joomla 1.5 (Post by Email Pro 1.4.3) are added:

1. Now you can have single email parsed into multiple articles. A suitable PHP parser file must be present in the administrator/components/com_post_by_email/parsers/ directory and the email's "Parser" setting must point to the corresponding parser file. A working example for LinkedIn is available. It retrieves the articles' author, title and intro for each article in the LinkedIn email and passes the information back to the controller so that each article is published separately.

2. If you are publishing in the com_content, now you can turn ON the new duplicate content check filter. If the new article's title already exists in the database, the article will be ignored and it will not be imported again.


In version for Joomla 1.7 are more two extras, you can read here about post by email for Joomla 1.7.

Today version for joomla 1.5 of Post by Email Pro is updated also - v.1.4.3.2 is latest. Component is updated to work with latest jomsocial.

Oct 31 2011: New version is released - Post by Email Pro v.1.4.4 - with two bug fixes. Both versions are updated - for joomla 1.7 and for joomla 1.5.

Questions are moved in support topic.

Today new version of post by email pro is released. Only Joomla 1.7 version is updated! Screen from updated version:



New options in v.1.4.6 and over (Joomla 1.7 and 1.6 only):
- Introtext separator
- Introtext size [words]
- HTML container and Default position for attached images.

Version of Post by email Pro for Joomla 1.5 is updated today. All functions from Joomla 2.5/1.7 version are now included in version for Joomla 1.5 also.

On 23 April 2012 is released v.1.5.1 - This version is bug fix for bot Joomla 2.5 and joomla 1.5 versions. Problem is described in this topic.

HINT:
(so no-one else spends as long as I did trying to re-configure mailservers!)
For Gmail accounts (or any other that require SSL encryption for POP3), use:
Mail Server: ssl://pop.gmail.com
Port: 995

This tells the fsockopen function to open an SSL connection when it is called in the pop3.class.php procedures

Extension is updated again today. Latest version is 1.5.2, updated on 08 May 2012.

Changes in this version are only Bug Fixes from this topic:
http://3dwebdesign.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=1010

Optional: If you have problems with posting in latest Kunena, try this:
http://3dwebdesign.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=1013

Post by Email Pro v. 1.5.3 is released. Now Post by Email Pro support import to K2 component.

Only version for joomla 2.5/1.7 support k2!

Updated version is already uploaded in our file directory.

Thank you very much!!!

Today Post by Email Pro v. 1.5.4 was released.

Changelog:

Bug is fixed: when a file is attached and a tag is present within the message body, the tag will be ignored if a file with the same name has been uploaded previously. The bug was caused by the fact that the file is renamed when uploaded thus the original tag in the message body was not recognised.

If a html container is set for the uploaded files, the second string %s in it will be replaced with the message's subject, e. g.

will become something like



The subject of the message is set automatically as Meta description of the content item and as title of the inline images if using K2 or com_content.

Today Post by Email Pro v. 1.5.5 was released. Is updated Joomla 2.5 version only!

Changelog:
Support for Apple Message framework messages is added (not tested extensively);

If the message contains HTML, HEADER and BODY tags:
- the HTML tags are replaced with an empty string;
- the HEADER part gets stripped, its contents are ignored;
- the BODY tag is replaced with a DIV tag, its styling and attributes are preserved.

Note: please be careful when setting the Introtext settings in the PBM. You are strongly advised to use the Introtext separator setting and do not rely on the Introtext size [words] setting as the latter merely counts the spaces from the beginning of the message and the Read More tag may end up within a HTML tag...

New version is already updated in our file directory.

v.1.5.3 for Joomla 1.5 is released - now option for posting to k2 is added to joomla 1.5 version. Latest version screenshot:

A new setting has been added to the J2.5 version: Sender Filter. A list of e-mail addresses may be specified and the component may be told what to do with these addresses:
- Accept e-mails only from these addresses;
- Ignore the e-mails from these addresses (ban).




Is updated only version for Joomla 2.5!

On 09.07.2012 is released v.1.5.6 of Post by Email Pro for Joomla 2.5. No new functions, component is updated to work with Kunena 2.0 and over.

This update is for joomla 2.5 version only! Only version for Joomla 2.5 support Kunena 2.0 and over!

v.1.5.8 for Joomla 2.5 and v.1.5.4 for Joomla 1.5 - addes is function to remove html entities if strip "html tags" function is switched on.

Read more about changes in this function

Check encoding of imported emails first. You can send two exact looking emails from every email client to one email box but email message one can be in utf-8, other in cyrillic for example.

Post by Email Pro v.1.6.0 is here. Is added option to clear field Publish Up date when (only for content and K2). Option is named "Use publish up date".



Is updated only Joomla 2.5 version.

Detailed info about this update.

Hi, mitirino.

I remember a few months ago we had such a request and I think the component supports such a format now (but I am not entirely sure - only 99% ). We may do the following: please send us such an email through your iPhone (with an image attached) to the following e-mail: test_test[at]3dwebdesign.org ; I will parse it with the PBM and will inform you about the results...