On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:37:57 +0200, Dries Buytaert <dries@buytaert.net> wrote :

On 17 Aug 2005, at 10:46, Dries Buytaert wrote:

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Anyone with a mail background that would like to investigate http:// drupal.org/node/28604 ?

The idea is to create a mail.inc for core that implements a mail queue, as well as provides common functionality such as converting HTML to text.

It would be a centralized building block for modules like notify.module, project.module, subscription.module, simplenews.module, etc.

Lots of people showed interest in working on this, though as far as I know no one stepped forward to take a lead. I suggest someone creates a _minimal_ mail.inc first. As soon that is in place, everyone can submit patches to extend the mail queue functionality.

I've built a working mail.inc. Mail can be queued or processed currently. Mail can be of the variable type (user.module) or can be a node. Mail can be throttled per module or globally (still working out details).

A minimal mail.inc implements a mail queue, an mail-function, a cron- function, and a setting to throttle the rate of outgoing mails. The mail-function' should have two modes: 'send mail later', 'send mail now'. Regardless of this mode, the accounting should be correct. We can worry about HTML-mail, embedding images, bounces in subsequent rounds.

The only feature from the above I haven't built is the cron-function. My coding time is limited until this weekend (job/wife/kids) so will send some code for review by Monday. Pat