On Jun 1, 2006, at 8:21 AM, Trevor Mckeown wrote:
I have also made a few modifations to the listserve module to work with postgreSQL. I managed to set up another example of ezmlm, qmail, mailhandler, listhandler forum to listserve set up.
In our administration survey of 900 Drupal administrators one of the most important tasks for Drupal administrators was integration of Drupal and mail.
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,
http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/modules/mimemail/ 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.
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.
Mass Mailers: Mass mailer and PHPList, Simple News, and eNewsletter
Mailing list integration: Mailing List manager, OG_Simpa, OG2List(an Drupal based mailing list manager)
Mail helper modules: Listserve, mail handler, notify, Mime Mail
Modules that use mail: contact, invite, cart, and dozens of others.
I read someone where that there was a desire for a howto to be written on this. It that still the case?
http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/listhandlerHOWTO: Integrate mailing lists with forums using listhandler and mailhandler: http://drupal.org/node/40777
Yes, these modules need updating for Drupal 4.7 as do the docs. If you have time to contribute, CivicSpace can provide mentorship.