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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Now I added a foxaction 'mail'
and markup (:foxmail ..:) which<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>similar to fox markup
(:foxreplace ...:) (:foxadd ...:) (:foxptv ...:)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>can take a template and target
parameter. The template in this case<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>is used to format the email, and
the target is used to specify a<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>notify list page.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>This is a welcome change! Being
able to specify the template will surely make the recipe much more flexible.
Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>This new markup makes it
possible to use Fox for mailing an email to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>a specified group of recipients,
and it is not necessary that Fox has<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>to do a successful posting for
this email to be sent. Thereby one can<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>built Mail Forms (Contact Forms)
or use it to issue newsletters to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>a group of subscribers (as long
as there are not too many, since the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>mailing is done by the php mail
function).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Today I widened the
possibilities by making it possible to issue HTML<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>formatted emails. The email
template accepts wiki markup, the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>body of the email will be marked
up to HTML, and the email header<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>will get appropriate code to
mark the email message as HTML formatted.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>A variable has to be set in
config.php to enable this behavior.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'>I am eager to try out the
HTML format.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>I also integrated FoxNotify and
Fox code further, so that it is no<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>longer necessary to set a
foxfilter FoxNotify. It is sufficient to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>set a notify list page with a
foxnotify input control.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>These changes of today have not
yet been released.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>I am wondering if it is a good
idea to keep a FoxNotifyLists group,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>and if the (:foxmail ..:)
markup should be restricted to use only<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>email target lists from that
group, or if target lists could be<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>anywhere (like other target pages).
'mail' has to be enabled as<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>foxaction for such pages (like
'add' or 'replace' for other target<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>pages, as specified with
$FoxPagePermissions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>In the way that I am using
Pmwiki, having a dedicated group with target lists is not a problem. However,
managing these various lists is a more significant problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>I would like to vote for a more
enhanced version of the already existing “AddEmail” function within
Fox which allows users to add/remove themselves from multiple lists. So, while the
administrator decides how many lists there would be, each user can ‘subscribe’
to any number of these lists, and thereby control what they receive. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>My original idea about the
FoxNotifyLists group was that it is easier<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>to protect pages with email
addresses if they are in one specific<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>group. Also FoxNotify worked
without any extra FoxPagePermission setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Have you got any comments on
such security questions?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>In my opinion, the security
issues related with controlling the editing these lists should be tackled by
not allowing the users to see the lists themselves. Instead, they should be
presented a form (like AddEmail currently) where they can modify only their own
email settings. They would never know who else has opted for what mailings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>And are there specific security
concerns to be addressed by allowing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>HTML formatted email messages?
Note the formatting is done via wiki<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>markup in the template page, not
by inserting HTML tags into the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>template. At the same time it
will be possible to use wiki markup for<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>instance in a text box of a Mail
Form, if HTML emails are enabled.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Quite good looking formatted
newsletters, including images and links<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>etc., can be mailed this way as
well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Please give me you ideas on
these issues, so I can finalise the next<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>release of fox and FoxNotify.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>I have one more feature
request:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>I use FoxNotify along with
FoxForum where the users can choose to send an email to an existing list
announcing the post. However, if the post is in response to an existing topic,
I would like the user to send the email to only those people who are
participating in the discussion. Can the FoxNotify be made to harvest emails
from the previous posters and send emails to a ‘dynamic’ list? I
will understand if you tell me that this is too ambitious!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>I would like to end by saying
that we are extremely grateful for your immense contribution and generous help!
Fox is a fantastic phenomenon. Thank you very much!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Sameer <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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