Moodle plugins directory: Quickmail: Versions: v1.2.8 | Moodle.org
Quickmail
Blocks ::: block_quickmail
Maintained by Robert Russo, David Lowe
A block that provides selective, bulk emailing within courses. Developed by LSU.
Quickmail v1.2.8
Moodle 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Released: Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 8:25 PM
# Quickmail
Quickmail is a Moodle block that provides selective, bulk emailing within courses.
## Features
* Multiple attachments
* Drafts
* Signatures
* Filter by Role
* Filter by Groups
* Optionally allow Students to email people within their group.
* Alternate sending email
* Embed images and other content in emails and signatures
## Multiple Attachments
Quickmail supports multiple attachments by zipping up a Moodle filearea, and
sending it along to `email_to_user`.
1. Quickmail assumes that `$CFG->tempdir` is in `$CFG->dataroot`. This
limitation exists because Quickmail uses `email_to_user`.
2. Make sure your email service supports zip's, otherwise they will be filtered.
__Note__: There are future plans to have Quickmail piggyback on 2.x internal
messaging, which will provide a lot of implicit benefits as well as the
negation of sending archives as attachments.
## Download
Visit [Quickmail's Github page][quickmail_github] to either download a package or clone the git repository.
## Installation
Quickmail should be installed like any other block. See [the Moodle Docs page on block installation][block_doc].
## Contributions
Contributions of any form are welcome. Github pull requests are preferred.
File any bugs, improvements, or feature requiests in our [issue tracker][issues].
## License
Quickmail adopts the same license that Moodle does.
## Screenshots
![Block][block]
---
![Email][email]
---
![Signatures][signature]
---
![Configuration][config]
[quickmail_github]: https://github.com/lsuits/quickmail
[block_doc]: http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Installing_contributed_modules_or_plugins#Block_installation
[block]:
[config]:
[signature]:
[email]:
[issues]: https://github.com/lsuits/quickmail/issues
Quickmail is a Moodle block that provides selective, bulk emailing within courses.
## Features
* Multiple attachments
* Drafts
* Signatures
* Filter by Role
* Filter by Groups
* Optionally allow Students to email people within their group.
* Alternate sending email
* Embed images and other content in emails and signatures
## Multiple Attachments
Quickmail supports multiple attachments by zipping up a Moodle filearea, and
sending it along to `email_to_user`.
1. Quickmail assumes that `$CFG->tempdir` is in `$CFG->dataroot`. This
limitation exists because Quickmail uses `email_to_user`.
2. Make sure your email service supports zip's, otherwise they will be filtered.
__Note__: There are future plans to have Quickmail piggyback on 2.x internal
messaging, which will provide a lot of implicit benefits as well as the
negation of sending archives as attachments.
## Download
Visit [Quickmail's Github page][quickmail_github] to either download a package or clone the git repository.
## Installation
Quickmail should be installed like any other block. See [the Moodle Docs page on block installation][block_doc].
## Contributions
Contributions of any form are welcome. Github pull requests are preferred.
File any bugs, improvements, or feature requiests in our [issue tracker][issues].
## License
Quickmail adopts the same license that Moodle does.
## Screenshots
![Block][block]
---
![Email][email]
---
![Signatures][signature]
---
![Configuration][config]
[quickmail_github]: https://github.com/lsuits/quickmail
[block_doc]: http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Installing_contributed_modules_or_plugins#Block_installation
[block]:
[config]:
[signature]:
[email]:
[issues]: https://github.com/lsuits/quickmail/issues
Version information
- Version build number
- 2012061112
- Version release name
- v1.2.8
- Can be updated to
- v1.4.1
- Maturity
- Stable version
- MD5 Sum
- 39ac75f03bfb3599f550830e1032796b
- Supported software
- Moodle 2.1, Moodle 2.2, Moodle 2.3
- Latest release for Moodle 2.1
- Latest release for Moodle 2.2
- Latest release for Moodle 2.3
Version control information
- Version control system (VCS)
- GIT
- VCS repository URL
- VCS tag
- v1.2.8
Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Blocks
- Make sure you have all the required versions.
- Download and unpack the block folder.
- Place the folder (eg "myblock") in the "blocks" subdirectory.
- Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to complete the installation
- Turn editing on in any home or course page.
- Add the block to the page
- Visit the config link in the block for more options.