I've been getting no emails after triggering the module. What does the script use to send out emails?

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greggles
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Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

Did you patch the comment.module file?

This module uses the standard drupal_mail to send emails. There is a chance that you are caught by a specific postfix configuration which doesn't send mails (see the patch in #211682: Patch: Emails not being sent for postfix ).

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J1mmy commented

I haven't patched it, no. How exactly am I supposed to implement the patch, should I copy and paste that new code and replace everything in the .PATCH file, or..?

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There are instructions on how to do this in the INSTALL.txt

If those are unclear, please respond back here with what you tried and what happened.

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Rhino commented

Same issue but I'm using sendmail, not postfix. Do I need to patch? Or is the latest module already patched?

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J1mmy commented

The file doesn't appear to give a detailed set of instructions for patching the file, is there any alternative to what's been given here?

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greggles
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It is in INSTALL.txt - it says:

1. Patch the comment.module at modules/comment/comment.module with the
file comment_notify_patch_to_comment.patch. If you are unsure how to
apply patch files please read http://drupal.org/patch/apply or simply
open the file and manually take the actions that it shows. For Drupal6.x
the patch was accepted and this is no longer necessary.

So...please, if you have followed those steps or are confused by them respond with the exact steps you took and I will try to help you.

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J1mmy commented

Right, I have opened comment_notify_patch_to_comment.patch and comment.module the files on Dreamweaver, but neither of them display any instructions. The install.txt says I should take the action is shows - but nothing seems to be there, just code.

By looking at the link, it appears that this needs to be done through some sort of command line application?

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greggles
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Yes, you should read/follow the documentation at http://drupal.org/patch/apply which explains, extensively, how these files are to be used.

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J1mmy commented

How long should something like this take? I'm not familiar with command line interfaces, so its probably going to take sometime learning it beforehand, for this task.

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J1mmy commented

It's a fairly urgent requirement, can I not get someone to do this at a sensible price?

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greggles
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Sure, you can find people to do this at http://drupal.org/paid-services

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J1mmy commented

Excellent, would you happen to know how long something like this would take and how much I can expect to be charged?

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jredding commented

@j1mmy This takes about 1 minute if you'd done it before and 30 minutes to an hour if you've never done it. I honestly think you should take a moment and read those pages before just throwing in the towel.

if you do hire someone I'd expect they'd charge you a minimum of 30 minutes work maybe a full hour due to having to figure out your server, login information, where files are stored, etc. etc. The patch takes less than a minute but the other work around it takes longer. My guess $50-$100 although maybe someone would do it for $25.

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J1mmy commented

Well, I would be happy to it myself, but that page isn't written from a beginner perspective. I might be able to do it if I had step by step instructions. I mean, I downloaded one of the software mentioned there, Eclipse, and I couldn't really make any sense out of it.

That page is thorough enough for someone who hasn't heard of this 'patching' until now.

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Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Fixed

This seems fixed to me since we identified the cause of the problem was not patching the file.

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J1mmy commented
Status: Fixed » Active

Just before this is closed, something happened.

I didn't make any modifications at all, but I found a notification email in my inbox, does this mean I don't need to patch it. Now the thing is, how do i know when the email are due to be sent out next. Do the emails go out in a batch at the certain time? Can this be modified if it does?

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J1mmy commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Nevermind...

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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.