Posted by hubkei on October 3, 2009 at 12:13pm
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| Project: | Mailhandler |
| Version: | master |
| Component: | Miscellaneous |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed (works as designed) |
| Issue tags: | #D7 |
Issue Summary
I am trying to allow anonymous users sending an email to automatically post to my blog.
Reading on other issues that this is possible with mailhandler, if proper permissions are set.
However when i try to get this to work (giving anonymous users full create and edit permissions), it does not work.
Creating posts from authenticated/registered users works fine.
What do i have to do (setup) , in order to get anonymous users post to my blog via email?
Thanks for any help in advance.
Comments
#1
I would like to have this as an option as well.
Thanks
#2
subscribing, needing this also, greetings, Martijn
#3
Hi there,
I wanted the same thing. The solution was quite simple. You just have to allow anonymous user to create the content type the Mailhandler is creating.
I hope this will work for you.
Best regards,
Daniel
#4
Please try this on the dev version if it is not working in 6.1.8
#5
I am able to accept posts from anonymous users as long as anonymous users can post to the correct content type and can view "all content" in user permissions.
This leaves the author of the nodes created as anonymous. I may have dreamt it, but I'm sure in the past I have been able have a new user created with username being the email address created automatically if a user with that address does not already exist. Has anyone managed this before?
#6
I would like the feature at #5 also.
Allow a new user to send an email, automatically create an account, return email to user with link to account, password, or http authentication.
It seems it could make for an easy user registration experience.
#7
@ djmystic82 Have you ever used Email Registration module?
"A username is generated and assigned based on the user name part of the email address."
http://drupal.org/project/email_registration
Seems like there might be some way to integrate.
Also there is http://drupal.org/project/auto_username
And created new issue thread for Rules method. http://drupal.org/node/977714
#8
The email_registration and auto_username modules just address adopting the username as the email address.
It doesn't get round trying to create an account via the mailhandler module when a post is created and the email address is not already in the system.
#9
Yes, I was just guessing at what might have prompted your comment: "I may have dreamt it, but I'm sure in the past I have been able have a new user created with username being the email address created automatically if a user with that address does not already exist."
I still think Rules provides a reasonable chance of accomplishing this. http://drupal.org/node/977714
#10
Yes, Rules could be the way. It would be good to see the feature built into the mailhandler module too.
#11
+1
However..
Site 1, Accept nodes as submission by anonymous.
Site 2, Accept nodes as submission by anonymous, but creates the account (unattended).
Site 3, Accept nodes as submission by anonymous, but first the node is saved but not stored, then the email is verified (user completes registration by email) and then the node is created.
Site 4, wants the same as Site 3, but user must know a Site Password.. (or have a coupon, or whatever).
What of all these flows is handled by mailhandler exactly? because now we have the Site 1 working, and you are all asking for the feature of Site 2. Once we get this working, a Site 3 user will bump the issue queue :)
In fact, actually, there is no need to integrate mailhandler to get this functionality. If we manage to get a 'Create user from node info Action' (here or in any other module) that can be triggered (even without rules using core's trigger module) when a node is created, and we attach the email somewhere (as a cck field e.g.), that would do. What about using a webform content? or provide this functionality in lazy_reg (lazy registration module)? [#86245] and [#23399] are examples of previous literature about that.
I'd go for a mailhandler companion module, something that can address user creation and other ideas currently floating around the queue, as long as mailhandler's description sais: accepts content submission by email, but I'm totally in favor of this.
#12
Also, from #404734: Use Email Registration Module option, besides registering a new user when the account does not exist, schaub123 pointed an interesting feature about attribute all anonymous content to a single site user create for that purpose.
#13
Also tagging that I'd love to have something on this before working on the D7 upgrade.
#14
I haven't read through everything here in-depth, but are there really any actions items here for Mailhandler? I think most of this functionality can be accomplished using commands, appropriate permissions, ancillary modules, etc...
#15
Since nobody has said otherwise... going to assume this is already possible.