Hi,

Would you mind adding some points about how this module differs from the other forum / email integration solutions, to help folks know which is better for their needs?

Thanks!

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sdrycroft commented
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Please can you point out which other ones exist.

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sdrycroft commented
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Well, I guess I'll answer the question myself. For those interested, the main differences between this and other modules are:

  • This module integrates directly with an MTA which will deliver mail directly to Drush. This means that messages are posted to the website the second they are received, rather than waiting for the message to be pulled from a POP3 mail account on Cron (or each page load). This is a much more efficient way of handling mail, the downside is it is much more difficult for users to setup (probably impossible on shared hosting).
  • The module only integrates with the Forum module, and doesn't try to post messages to any other content type.

The module is far from feature complete (it still needs to handle attachments and some message encodings seem to need additional parsing), but it does work and has been thoroughly tested on a number of sites I maintain.

For those having difficulty setting up this module, I'd recommend taking a look at Mailhandler which is much more feature rich than Femail