Write a hook_mailhandler so posts may be sent via email

I'm marking it duplicate ...

I'm unable to bind mailhandler to my OG forum. Since I'm using drupal 5, I assume
the best way to report the issue is by reactivating this issue. Please let me know
if there are other ways to do this.

For reference, I also reported this as an OG forum issue (though after some research
it looks as if it really belongs here):

http://drupal.org/node/164864

Thanks,

I changed the title to reflect the version this issue (now) occurs in, and to attract a bit
more attention. Sorry if I can't try to attempt to port the patch that went into the 4.7 version.
I'm not a php (or drupal) developer.

Any help on this would be highly appreciated, as I'd like to use drupal for a new community
website I want to build, but this issue is a real blocker right now.

Thanks

This will require someone to write some code to ttranslate the Command into a $node->og_groups array. Feature request.

Here is a function I threw together. It should do what you suggest. Still no joy.
(I checked and made sure the og_groups array is correctly set to the node.)
Any suggestion on how to debug this ? What og functions are supposed to be
called, and where is decided whether the node will end up in an og_forum ?

/**
 * Implementation of hook_mailhandler. Scan mailhandler commands for
 * og-specific commands (notably: og_groups).
 *
 * @return node
 */
function og_mailhandler($node, $result, $i, $header, $mailbox)
{
  $lines = explode("\n", $mailbox['commands']);
  for ($i = 0; $i < count($lines); $i++)
  {
    $line = trim($lines[$i]);
    $words = explode(' ', $line);
    if (substr($words[0], -1) == ':' && is_null($endcommands))
    {
      // Looks like a name: value pair
      $data = explode(': ', $line, 2);
      // look for og_groups here
      if ($data[0] == 'og_groups')
      {
        // create array
        if (substr($data[1], 0, 1) == '[' && substr($data[1], -1, 1) == ']')
        {
          $data[1] = rtrim(ltrim($data[1], '['), ']'); //strip brackets
          $data[1] = explode(",", $data[1]);
        }
        $node->og_groups = $data[1];
        break;
      }
    }
    else 
    {
      if (is_null($endcommands)) $endcommands = $i;
    }
  }
  return $node;
}

Ping ?

I'd really like to get this regression fixed, as my using drupal will depend on it. While I'd really like to
work on it, I feel I'm stubling in the dark right now. Could you please help me by outlining the typical
call graph / control flow for new nodes that are to be inserted somewhere into an organic group
(and in particular, into a og-specific forum) ?

Many thanks !

I believe I have 'solved' the issue:

It turns out the og_groups attribute is already set by the mailhandler module itself; there is no need
to provide an og_mailhandler hook to do it again. However, for some reason I also have to specify
a 'taxonomy' comment (an array containing the terms I want the to be created node to be associated
with). I had used 'tid' before (which I found in some online docs). It could be that 'tid' has been
obsoleted by 'taxonomy' in the transition from 4.x to 5.x ?

So, the remaining issue is: "this needs documentation !" :-)

Thanks,

Hi Stefan

I have tried to follow your solution and although it always publishes to the site it ignores the OG setting. as the og group is at /node/36/edit I have tried:
pass: xxxxx
promote: 0
status: 1
og_groups: 36
tid: 2
type: article
taxonomy: [Website]

but I have also tried og_groups: [36] og_groups: 0 og_groups: 1 all with no luck. I wondered what is working for you? and what I am missing

Regards

Joe

+1
I'm having the same issues and would love to know how to fix this,
Cheers, Chris

I articulated the mailhandler change i want which will make this possible: http://drupal.org/node/136606#comment-664183. lets discuss there.

Sounds good, I'm more than happy to help test it