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Privatemsg allows your site's visitors to send private messages to each other.
# Project URL
https://www.drupal.org/project/privatemsg
# Where is the code?
There is a patch posted to #2134735: Drupal 9 version of privatemsg but it's from 2013.
There's also a sandbox at https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/id.jk/2395689 but that's from 2014.
The latest movement seems to be porting Message Private module instead, which is based on Message module.
# Estimated completion date
Unknown
# Dependencies
N/A
# Who's doing the port?
The maintainer, @Berdir, has said he doesn't currently have time to port this module.
Several people have done some work or expressed interest: @taras.ua, @penyaskito, @james_kerrigan, others.
Most recently (Dec. 2015), mccrodp and @dpi seem to be leading the charge around Message Private / Courier as a possible replacement.
# What help do they need?
#744374: Introduce a pm_thread table (for D7) is brought up multiple times as something that'd be good to do first, but not a hard blocker.
Otherwise, unknown.
# D8 roadmap
#2134735: Drupal 9 version of privatemsg
# Background and reference information
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| #12 | thread_collection.png | 38.57 KB | kanroom |
| #12 | thread_canonical.png | 36.39 KB | kanroom |
| #12 | new_conversation.png | 28.68 KB | kanroom |
Comments
Comment #2
mrded CreditAttribution: mrded as a volunteer commentedComment #3
webchickHm. That thread is interesting, thanks. Updating a bunch of stuff in the issue summary based on it.
Comment #4
webchickAlso since there is at least some code, in various stages of completeness, marking "needs work."
Comment #5
webchickSorry, one more. :)
Comment #6
mccrodp CreditAttribution: mccrodp as a volunteer commentedChatroom module upgrade is also one to keep an eye on and could be a viable alternative to privatemsg in D8 in certain cases and for "Facebook-like" messages as discussed over at #2630490-10: Turn chatrooms and messages into entities
Comment #7
mccrodp CreditAttribution: mccrodp at X-Team commentedI released a dev release of Message Private, it's got some work left, but quite close for basic private messaging.
[Its contrib porting tracker issue has become disconnected from the project page.]
Seeking co-maintainer for anyone with experience as I have minimal time for Drupal contrib at the moment. Many thanks.
Comment #8
mccrodp CreditAttribution: mccrodp at X-Team commentedIt's also worth noting the FOSMessage Symfony library to integrate with, I made a start here Message FOS, but no longer have time for it.
I started on Message FOS integration with Message Private also.
Comment #9
svendecabooterNote that recently a new D8 module was released: https://www.drupal.org/project/private_message, which is currently in beta state and provides a decent set of features.
Comment #10
oadaeh CreditAttribution: oadaeh as a volunteer commentedFor anyone wondering, note that that new D8 module is not a Drupal 8 port of the Privatemsg module, but a totally different module, much like the Message Private module is.
Comment #11
zenimagine CreditAttribution: zenimagine commentedThere is a module to replace this one for Drupal 8 :
https://www.drupal.org/project/private_message
It is stable, version 2 integrate Node JS and PUSH notifications.
The "Message" module is supported as well as "Views" and "Rules".
Comment #12
kanroom CreditAttribution: kanroom as a volunteer commentedGood day! This module is strictly based on the Privatemsg module. Its supports full integration with views, filtering by fields sorting by fields, views bulk operations, ajax etc. The general functionality is fully worked, in plans porting a few submodules. Module is posted by kanroom.