<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 1, 2006, at 8:21 AM, Trevor Mckeown wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I have also made a few modifations to the listserve module to work </FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">with postgreSQL.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I managed to set up another example of ezmlm, qmail, </FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">mailhandler, listhandler forum to listserve set up.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>In our administration survey of 900 Drupal administrators one of the most important tasks for Drupal administrators was integration of Drupal and mail.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There is a wide array of different solutions each meeting the various subtle but important details related to mail integration. I would suggest that you attempt to get some mail changes into Drupal core. A good place to start would be getting mail.inc, <A href="http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/modules/mimemail/">http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/modules/mimemail/</A> into Drupal core. I have discussed this with Neil, the current core maintainer and he is interested in seeing all Drupal mail functions use a standard mail API.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If you would like to help write a chart showing all the various mail integration options I'd be happy to work with you to show them all.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Mass Mailers: Mass mailer and PHPList, Simple News, and eNewsletter</DIV><DIV>Mailing list integration: Mailing List manager, OG_Simpa, OG2List(an Drupal based mailing list manager)</DIV><DIV>Mail helper modules: Listserve, mail handler, notify, Mime Mail</DIV><DIV>Modules that use mail: contact, invite, cart, and dozens of others.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I read someone where that there was a desire for a howto to be written on this. It that still the case?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><A href="http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/listhandler">http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/listhandler</A><DIV>HOWTO: Integrate mailing lists with forums using listhandler and mailhandler: http://drupal.org/node/40777</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Yes, these modules need updating for Drupal 4.7 as do the docs. If you have time to contribute, CivicSpace can provide mentorship.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Kieran<BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>