Juan,

I was very happy to see that you have realeased this email system for testing. I realy missed having an internal email system for the second semester last school year when I switched to Moodle 2. I have just downloaded it and placed it in my Moodle 2.3.1+ site and I am fixing to add it to my Moodle 2.2.4+ site.

I will be happy to let you know about any problems I have. Unfortunately, I do not have any students for another month so my testing for now will be limited. Even worse, I do not have any funds to help with. I teach at a small rural middle school and money is in extremely short supply. So short that most of my equipment is over 8 years old!

Anyway...first note...you need some instructions in the README.txt file on where to place this module in Moodle and what the folder should be named. Took me a while to figure out that it belongs in  mymoodlefolder/blocks/jmail.

More later after I've played for a while,

AL

HI Juan,
what a nice feature! Unfortunately I've no real place where testing it with real data but I'll try to find out spare time to look at the code.

Right now, reading the README.txt (tip: rename it as README.md) I was curious the way you're sending copies to the external user's email - see http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=207034 for the reason of such a insane curiosity - : a quick look at the code (just browsing it with GitHub: I'll install it some time in the next days) helps me in finding block_jmail_mailbox::send_copy() where I've found a really small issue in returning $mailresult because of it will always report possibile issues about the delivery to the last recipient... IMHO better to return true, dropping any possible info about the overall delivery successfulness.

Someone could also argue that user mail should be delivered through the Moodle messaging system... but your README is clear enough here: "Receive copy of your messages to your profile external email account".

HTH,
Matteo

Just a quick note about the status of the plugin:

I've fixed a lot of small bugs that prevents the plugin works correctly in IE 7
I've translated the plugin to spanish

The plugin is now beta and has been submited to the Moodle plugins database

Regards

Love the Block.  I am testing in 2.3.1.  I turned on the Global Inbox option but do not see all the users listed on the right.  (I do see participants and Teacher options)  What am I missing?

Hi Juan,

I appreciate this plugin is at alpha stage, that's ok. Unfortunately, I have a fatal error with it. Here's what happened:

I uploaded the jmail folder to 'blocks' in my Moodle 2.2.1 test site, when to 'Notifications', ran the upgrade. Then I added the block to the page I was on, so far so good.

Then I went to the  home page and added the block here (an existing 1.9 site I look after likes the old email block to be on it's home page). Unfortunately, at this point the entire site broke down, the only thing that would render on any logged in page (logged out pages were unaffected) was this warning:

"You are trying to use an invalid course ID: ({$a})"

The only way to fix this error was to delete the 'jmail' folder from 'blocks'.

I've just uninstalled the jmail block, then re-installed and repeated the steps. The block gets added to course pages correctly. But if I add it to the home page I get the same error. Do you know why this is happening?

It would be great to use your plugin, and I have sites that definitely would love to make use of it. I appreciate this is an alpha release, so hopefully you can fix this issue.

Kind regards

Barry

I have just uploaded jmail. I have a couple of issues. I have a student enrolled in two different courses and is teaching assistant for a third. She is only showing up as a student in one of the courses. Second I have several roles and teaching assistant role and visiting faculty role is not showing up.  Short version, not everyone associated with a class is showing up in the jmail list for the class. 

Juan - I am curious if we might do a quick comparison between jmail and quickmail - http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_quickmail - which is maintained by the good folks at LSU. Whenever there are two blocks that provide somewhat similar functionality, I like to encourage that we compare and contrast them so that users can determine which solution may be best for them. Such discussions help make clear the advantages of disadvantages of both solutions. Peace - Anthony 

I am testing this for use next semester and the problem is that I cannot  tell who I sent an email to -- the boxes only have "From". I need both "FROM" and "TO". Is this a change that can be implemented in the next couple of weeks.

Can you provide more detailed instruction on how to apply labels to messaGES?

Hello!

First of all, this is a very nice and usefull tool.

I would like implement it as a tool that will enable students contact the site manager for all sorts of logistic issues.

As I was testing it I found out the following bugs:

1. if you put the block on global mail box mode and define it to appear in all the moodle site screens (go to: configuring jmail block -> page context -> display throughout the entire site), afterward, when moving to one of the courses screens, wer'e getting an error message (see images below...)

2. the "move" feature (for instance, if you want to move an object back from the trash folder to the inbox folder) won't work!

Tested on Google Chrome and FF.

Please help.

Thanks in advnce,

Dave

This is a very cool plugin, but I've found a bug I think.

I'm getting SQL errors on MSSQL Server 2008 while loading the block on the course pages.  It's trying to ORDER BY a field not in a GROUP BY statement on the COUNT query.  I'm guessing this is legal in MySQL - not sure about Postgres/Oracle/etc.

I modified the code to create a separate sql statement for counting in block_jmail_mailbox.class.php and dropped the ORDER BY clause entirely because it's does nothing for the count query anyways.  There might be some other issues with the Ajax pages that might be trickier to diagnose.

If it's possible to include testing on MSSQL Server for any future releases that would be much appreciated.

Is this still in alpha? The only version I can find is 2011122502. Is there one more recent? My teachers would be SO excited to have an internal email system!

So far, it seems to work in Firefox, but not in IE7. When a student attempts to reply to or compose a new e-mail, the new e-mail opens but stops loading at some point before the TinyMCE editor loads. The spinning wheel just keeps spinning. Is there any way to fix this? Unfortunately, our school district is stuck with IE7, because most of the computers are old.

Buenas,

A mi me pasa lo mismo que al usuario anterior Kimber Warden, me carga bien el jmail, pero a la hora de enviar un correo se me queda el circulo dando vueltas...y no me deja enviar nada. 

He probado la versión Alpha que tienes colgada pero sigue igual.

Tengo un Moodle 2.1, y necesito arreglar este fallo.

¿Que puedo hacer?

Hi, Juan

I heving problems with jmail in moodle2.3.2

I recive de message "Data error" where the list of mail may apear.

thanks,

Edgardo

Hi,

I just uploaded a new version that fixes some problems detected in ie7, thanks to Kimber for reporting it

Here you have the download link:

https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversion.php?id=1502

Regards

Hello,
I'm installing jmail on my moodle test and it seemed everything ok. But, when I chose include in a course, this was open blank page. What is wrong?
Thank You

Mila

First off, thanks so much for this!  Our faculty have been begging for a course-based email system for Moodle, and this seems to fit the bill perfectly.

One issue I've encountered in testing relates to Labels.  We can create a label no problem, and then we can move a message to the label.  The problem is when we click on the label name, nothing happens, we stay on the message list for the inbox.   If I click on draft, sent mail, or Bin, it's the same thing, the messages in those "folders" don't display.   If I search for the messages individually, I can find them, but if I click on Inbox again, it does not update the display.  I have to click "Check" to display the inbox again.

I've tried this with IE, FF and Chrome and get the same behaviour with all browsers. 

Any ideas?

Tom Esson
LMS Administrator
Okanagan College

Hola Juan, ante todo agradecerte este bloque de moodle que nos salva la vida a los que necesitamos una aplicación de correo avanzada en moodle.

El problema es que he estado intentando utilizar jmail en moodle 2.3.3 pero no sé si no lo estoy haciendo bien o que algo falla, pero sólo puedo entrar en el buzón de correo si activo la "bandeja de correo global".

Cuando entro en la configuración de jmail solo me sale la opción de activar o desactivar la bandeja de correo global:

Si no activo esta opción, al crear el bloque, me sale unicamente "No hay mensajes nuevos" y no puedo entrar al interfaz de jmail:

Cuando la activo, ya me aparece "Ver bandeja de correo global" que al pinchar en ella me permite acceder a jmail:

Y el interfaz que me aparece sale sin el botón de seleccionar "mailboxes". No sé si hay que crearlos en otro sitio o qué puedo hacer.

Un saludo y de nuevo muchas gracias.

Hi

I just uploaded a new version of the plugin that fixes a couple of bugs: https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_jmail

Notice that jmail doesn't work in Moodle 2.0, I updated all the references in the plugin's download page

I'm not going to spent time working in a version for Moodle 2.0 (an unsupported Moodle version) , if you are interested in a Moodle 2.0 compatible version and you have funding, please contact me using the Moodle internal messaging system

Regards

Just a quick comment:

This plugin is not going to work in Moodle 2.4 due to technical changes in the main Moodle's javascript library:

See http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-34741 for more technical information

If you are interested in having the plugin available for 2.4 and you have funding, please contact me using the forum or a private message.

If you have programming skills and you want to contribute, please fork the github repository and make the plugin working in 2.4

Is the latest release 1.4 (2011122505) compatible with moodle 2.3.3+.  If not, I won't bother listing my issues, but if it is compatible, I have some major questions.

For a couple reasons I wish to change the message sent to users (who have chosen the subscription option) when jmails are sent to them.  First, the messages include "<br/>" and missing links to the moddle site.  I need to fix these as well as conceal the actual message summary.  I have searched through the entire jmail folder searching for code to be changed, but I cannot see it.  Let me know if there is a way to access the code or if there could be some built in options for admins to dictate what the messages to subscribed user will say. Thanks in advance.  

My Jmail is ok. Congratulations of this plugin, Juan.

At the end, the message says: mail sent!... but my recipients dont receive nothing. Any help? my moodle is 2.2.6 and my PHP 5.3 and MySQL 5.0.
I dont understand very well moodle...so....is something I made wrong?

Thank you.

Mila

Hi,

We are having problems deleting emails from inbox. Sometimes email is not deleted after confirming the operation. Cannot evan mark that email as read. Any ideas ?

Using moodle 2.3.3

Thanks,

Andres

Buenos dias Juan,

Estamos migrando a moodle 2.4 y nos da este error jmail,

"Detectado un error de codificación, debe ser corregido por un programador: PAGE->yui2_lib() is not available any more, use YUI 2in3 instead, see MDL-34741 for more information."

No consigo depurarlo, no se´si tú podrías indicarme como podría hacerlo.

Muchas gracias y un saludo.

Juan, 

Thank you for working on this. Our faculty have pressured us to stay on 1.9 because this functionality was not available in 2, so if this works you will be my personal hero and a hero to SCC.

Does jmail allow for a backup of the email sent and recieved?   Is it part of the course backup process?

Hi, Juan

We have installed jmail in Moodle 2.4. It seems to work fine.

We only have one issue. When an email is sent to a user in his/her jmail block it continues to display "There are no new messages" instead the number of new emails.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards,

Erifili

I've installed the latest version for Moodle 2.2 and love this block! It works great when it's in a course, but when I add it to my front page and then click "View global inbox" I get this error:

Can not find data record in database table block_instances.

We're using Moodle 2.3.2 and version 1.0 of JMail (though I've also tried with 1.5).

We seem to be unable to attach files to messages. When we create a new message, the attachment area stays blank and the circle continues to spin as though it is waiting for something to load.

We are expecting JMail to be an integral part of our courses, so it is important that we get this fixed.

Has anybody installed this plug-in in the last couple of weeks? I notice that git hub was updated 16 days ago, and I've installed it in a new 2.5 installation. When I tried to add the block to a course, I got an Error Reading From Database. 

With debugging turned on, I get:

Error reading from database
Debug info: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '*' at line 1
SELECT 2 FROM mdl_block_instances WHERE blockname = ? AND parentcontextid = ? ORDER BY *
[array (
0 => 'jmail',
1 => '701',
)]
Error code: dmlreadexception
Stack trace:
line 423 of /lib/dml/moodle_database.php: dml_read_exception thrown
line 1005 of /lib/dml/mysqli_native_moodle_database.php: call to moodle_database->query_end()
line 1226 of /lib/dml/moodle_database.php: call to mysqli_native_moodle_database->get_records_sql()
line 1177 of /lib/dml/moodle_database.php: call to moodle_database->get_records_select()
line 89 of /blocks/jmail/block_jmail_mailbox.class.php: call to moodle_database->get_records()
line 98 of /blocks/jmail/block_jmail.php: call to block_jmail_mailbox->__construct()
line 764 of /blocks/moodleblock.class.php: call to block_jmail->get_content()
line 238 of /blocks/moodleblock.class.php: call to block_list->formatted_contents()
line 951 of /lib/blocklib.php: call to block_base->get_content_for_output()
line 1003 of /lib/blocklib.php: call to block_manager->create_block_contents()
line 353 of /lib/blocklib.php: call to block_manager->ensure_content_created()
line 7 of /theme/intro_to_business/layout/general.php: call to block_manager->region_has_content()
line 847 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to include()
line 777 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to core_renderer->render_page_layout()
line 243 of /course/view.php: call to core_renderer->header()

Anyone else experiencing this?

Hola Juan

He instalado JMail (v1.5) en una instancia Moodle (2.2.5). No he tenido ningún problema, pero los usuarios me indican que ocasionalmente los botones de acción se quedan inoperativos. He vuelto a instalar jmail en una instancia local de moodle (también 2.2.5) y efectivamente de forma ocasional los botones pierden funcionalidad. En concreto, voy a leer el correo, pulso responder, preparo el texto y al pulsar ‘enviar’ se queda sin hacer nada.

He utilizado FireFox (17.0), pero entre los usuarios estarán accediendo con otros navegadores.

Muchas gracias por tu dedicación.

How to you move sent mail to the bin?

This was working for me, and now suddenly it doesn't. As far as I know, neither my Moodle nor the jmail versions have changed recently. I'm now getting the following error. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Warning: array_shift() expects parameter 1 to be array, object given in /var/www/skol/moodle25-skol/skonline.orvsd.org/moodle/blocks/jmail/block_jmail_mailbox.class.php on line 1211

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/skol/moodle25-skol/skonline.orvsd.org/moodle/blocks/jmail/block_jmail_mailbox.class.php on line 1214

Notice: Undefined index: in /var/www/skol/moodle25-skol/skonline.orvsd.org/moodle/lib/accesslib.php on line 7221

Does anyone know how I can change the date format of the "Sent" field? Currently, the format for September 12, 2013 is 12/09/13, but in the U.S. that date means December 9, 2013.

I'm thinking there must be a change in the code somewhere that I can make, but I don't where to begin to look. Any ideas?

Kimber

Hi Juan,

We heavily use this plugin as part of our VLE - but on upgrade to 2.7 it has stopped working!

Are you planning a release for 2.7 anytime soon?

James

Hello Juan,

We are piloting Moodle 2.6.4 with your jmail block for email.

There is a Subscription option in the "Preferences" that suggests a user can receive copies of the jmail messages in an external email specified in the profile.

This seems not to be working. Is this feature functional?

Is there something I need to configure for the emails to go outside Moodle?

Thanks!

Sarah Ashley.

Moodle 2.7

After I installed the latest version of jmail when a student tries to go to any course it errors out and says invalid couse ID.

Hello,

if you are interested in the future of Configurable Reports, jmail and LTI Provider plugins, please, take this survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gPfnM9-m_35VeDCoCAg3jA1yHhGuLuI2w7bCSJLfQwU/viewform

Cheers, Juan

Was wondering if we could get some help with this jmail conundrum. 

Problem

we need a messaging system to allow our finance people/admin staff to send private messages directly to students with attachments (sending a letter or invoice).  we would like the finance people to do this at a global level (see all students within moodle) and not have to be enrolled in a class or many/all classes.  most other plug-ins allow us to communicate directly to students but not with attachments.  quickmail works but you have to upload files ahead of time if you are not a student and then embed them in the message (adds a layer of confusion for finance/admin staff).  jmail seems to be the best option to do this so far as the interface is fairly natural/similar to a standard email client.

we are still fairly new to moodle so if there are other options that will help us besides jmail please let us know.

Solution (kinda)

So here is where we are

1) jmail is installed and operational

2) we have enabled global inbox

3) We placed jmail in all courses as well as on the Front Page

4) we have limited the block on the front page (via Roles) to a select few individuals so they can only send messages to all from this location.  this allows students to see the block on the front page and restricts them from seeing any contacts here.  when students are in one of their courses the can also see the block along with only that course's contacts.

When a message is sent from within a course the message notification icon shows in the block fine (both in a course and on the front page), but when a message is sent from the Front Page no notification shows.  Any idea on how we can have that appear so we can have the student realize they have a message waiting if a finance/admin staff sends from the front page?  Or should we go about this in another manner all together?

Thanks in advance

PS This is a freaking great plug-in!  thanks to those that put in the hard work developing this

CP

Hello,
Many thanks for the plugin.
I use Moodle 2.7.

I see that the mailbox can be in filtered users mode. But I don't know where we can do that...

Mailbox in filtered users mode

The block supports groups for filtering users but additionally in the block settings you can select a profile field of the user for creating groups fitered.

So if you select "Country" and user from Spain will be available to view and send messages only users from Spain

Same for institutions, department, and language

Thanks :D
Hanh

I don't know if this thread is being monitored anymore, but I'm crossing my fingers. We use jmail in our Moodle 2.5 installation, and students have always been able to send an e-mail to anyone.

The other day, I made some modifications to the permissions, and I can't seem to change them back to the way they were. Now students don't have ANYONE listed in their contacts list, not even their teachers. No matter how I reset the permissions, I can't get anyone to appear in the students' contacts lists. This is true for every instance of the block...there's one in every course. Teachers continue to have everyone listed in their contacts list, as always. 

I have all jmail permissions for the student role and for the teacher roles set to Allow, and the course group settings are "No groups," so I know it's not a problem with groups. Does anyone have any other ideas about what else I can check?

Hello,

Will you be upgrading jmail for 3.0 soon?  We are launching in May and the plugin hasn't been upgraded yet.

Best,

Barbara

Hi, Juan, thank you for developing this plugin and for mantaining it.

I have found a problem with certain users that can not see the button new mail in front page and within the courses. I have enter as these users and I can not see it, but if I enter with the role of that particular user I can find it there. The user is been given the role in a category level, just in the case it helps, although I have tried giving that role in the course locally too, with the same success.

The role has all the Jmail permissions ok.

We have just upgrade to moodle 3.1.5

I attached a .zip with screen captures of both cases.

Is there anything that I am missing?

Thanks again, Juan