The sender must be able to select recipients while composing the message without relying on categories. E.g., the sender must be able to choose the recipient roles from a list, via checkboxes, on the same screen where the message is being composed.

Categories are nice but too rigid. Should have been implemented as a version 2.0 type of thing. Free-form recipient lists (freely selecting recipient roles from a list while the message is being written) should have been the first selection method implemented.

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oadaeh commented

If you really feel this is a must have feature, you are welcome to submit a patch for it's inclusion.

Related issues:
send mass contact mails to users in a view: http://drupal.org/node/136208
Alternate user grouping methods: http://drupal.org/node/144343
Creation of mass contact categories based on CCK fields: http://drupal.org/node/184289
Categorties based on profile field(s): http://drupal.org/node/211277

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Version: 5.x-2.x-dev » 7.x-1.x-dev
Component: Miscellaneous » Code

Thanks to ygerasimov, the 7.x-1.x version of Mass Contact now utilizes the Chaos tools suite (ctools) plugin system. I will reexamine this and realted issues with that plugin system in mind to determine whether to create a plugin for this request or not.

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Component: Code » Categories