Index: simplenews.admin.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/simplenews/simplenews.admin.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.5.2.51
diff -u -p -r1.5.2.51 simplenews.admin.inc
--- simplenews.admin.inc	8 May 2009 07:56:43 -0000	1.5.2.51
+++ simplenews.admin.inc	23 Sep 2009 11:52:16 -0000
@@ -906,6 +906,15 @@ function simplenews_admin_settings_mail(
   else {
     $description_extra = '<br />'. t('Cron execution must not exceed the PHP maximum execution time of %max seconds.', array('%max' => ini_get('max_execution_time')));
   }
+  $cron_user = array('default' => t('Default user'), 'author' => t('Newsletter author'));
+  $form['simplenews_mail_backend']['simplenews_cron_user'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'select',
+    '#title' => t('Cron user'),
+    '#options' => $cron_user,
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('simplenews_cron_user', 'default'),
+    '#description' => t("The user who's permission is used to send the newsletters. The content of the newsletter is determined by the permission of the selected user.") .'<br />'.
+    t('The <em>default</em> user is anonymous when sent by cron and the current user (the one who saved the node) when not using cron. Use <em>node author</em> only when the newsletter is (party) not accessible to anonymous user.'),
+  );
   $form['simplenews_mail_backend']['simplenews_throttle'] = array(
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Cron throttle'),
Index: simplenews.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/simplenews/simplenews.module,v
retrieving revision 1.76.2.136
diff -u -p -r1.76.2.136 simplenews.module
--- simplenews.module	9 Sep 2009 13:32:06 -0000	1.76.2.136
+++ simplenews.module	23 Sep 2009 11:52:17 -0000
@@ -1391,8 +1391,10 @@ function simplenews_send_node($node, $ac
 
     // To send the newsletter, the node id and target email addresses
     // are stored in the spool.
+    // To send the newsletter, the node id and target email addresses
+    // are stored in the spool.
     // When cron is not used the newsletter is send immediately to the emails
-    // in the spool. When cron is used newsletters are send to addresses in the
+    // in the spool. When cron is used newsletters are send to addresses in the 
     // spool during the next (and following) cron run.
     foreach ($mails as $mail) {
       $data = array_merge($node_data, $mail);
@@ -1638,13 +1640,23 @@ function simplenews_mail_mail($nid, $vid
   $account->mail = $mail;
   $subscription = simplenews_get_subscription($account);
   $params['context']['account'] = $subscription;
-
+  if (variable_get('simplenews_cron_user', 'default') != 'default') {
+    // We send the newsletter the using permissions of an other user.
+    // Store the current user to be able to switch back later.
+    simplenews_switch_user();
+  }
+  
   // Get node data for the mail
   $node = node_load($nid, $vid);
   if (is_object($node)) {
     $params['from'] = _simplenews_set_from($node);
     $params['context']['newsletter'] = taxonomy_get_term($node->simplenews['tid']);
     $params['context']['node'] = $node;
+    if (variable_get('simplenews_cron_user', 'default') != 'default') {
+      // Switch user to the node author to use the correct permissions.
+      // After building the newsletter we switch back to the original user.
+      simplenews_switch_user($node->uid);
+    }
 
     // Send mail
     if (module_exists('mimemail')) {
@@ -1667,7 +1679,12 @@ function simplenews_mail_mail($nid, $vid
     else {
       $message = drupal_mail('simplenews', $key, $subscription->mail, $subscription->language, $params, $params['from']['address'], TRUE);
     }
-
+	
+    if (variable_get('simplenews_cron_user', 'default') != 'default') {
+      // Switch back to the original user.
+      simplenews_switch_user();
+    }
+    
     // Log sent message.
     if (variable_get('simplenews_debug', FALSE)) {
       if (module_exists('mimemail')) {
@@ -2213,6 +2230,37 @@ function simplenews_help($path, $arg) {
       return $help;
   }
 }
+/*
+ * Switch from original user to mail submision user and back.
+ *
+ * Note: taken from mailhandler.module.
+ *
+ * Note: You first need to run simplenews_switch_user without
+ * argument to store the current user. Call simplenews_switch_user
+ * without argument to set the user back to the original user.
+ *
+ * @param $uid The user ID to switch to
+ *
+ */
+function simplenews_switch_user($uid = NULL) {
+  global $user;
+  static $orig_user = array();
+
+  if (isset($uid)) {
+    session_save_session(FALSE);
+    $user = user_load(array('uid' => $uid));
+  }
+  // retrieve the initial user, can be called multiple times
+  else if (count($orig_user)) {
+    $user = array_shift($orig_user);
+    session_save_session(TRUE);
+    array_unshift($orig_user, $user);
+  }
+  // store the initial user
+  else {
+    $orig_user[] = $user;
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * Flatten a nested array