By KatherineK on

I am creating a Drupal forum using version 6.1. I need to be able to send out an email notification when there are new postings. I have successfully used the Triggers and Actions to send an email to the author of a post when there is a new comment, but as a newbie am clueless if it is possible to email the entire user email list?

I really like Drupal 6 and I have been scrounging the forums for information how to use the notify module or subscription module, but they are all for version 5. I am still in a testing state, but would love some help with a good solution to this. Or, should I just roll back to Drupal 5?

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gav240z’s picture

gav240z commented

Hi Katherine,
I'm new to Drupal too, although I will probably develop my first site using Drupal 5.x as most modules are compatible with this version at this time.

However I too am looking for the best way to manage user notification of new comments / forum posts. Is this a feature available in the standard core code or is it available through an addon module only?

I would very much like to be able to:

- Notify users of a new comment (with the ability to opt-in for users to be notified) - if a user comments on a blog, article or any content (node type). So passers by who add comments and are not registered can still be notified of a reply or comment.

- A way for users to manage forum alerts like in other forum software. Even on Drupal.org I must login and click the "track" tab just to see what replies have been made. I do not receive email updates. This for me is a huge negative for any user community.

I'm sure someone has written a module or knows the answer.

Thanks,
Gavin.

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DocMartin commented

For Gavin: Notify module should help, tho not sure if so comprehensive

D5, not 6
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gav240z’s picture

gav240z commented

Thank you I'll be sure to check it out.

Buchatech’s picture

Buchatech commented

Hello,

I am looking for the same thing. Does the notify module do the trick?

Thanks