On 07/14/2011 03:08 AM, goldring, richard wrote:
> Thanks Sergiu - I didn't realise that the interval wasn't set by default -
> its not as clear as it could be in the documentation - perhaps users should
> be warned in a popup message when they set a watch on a page and the
> interval hasn't been set to remind them?

Yes, this is an annoying bug, it should be fixed by default. So, setting 
an interval did solve the problem, right?

> As for the other issue with sharing a page .... Then I'll just have to
> upgrade to the latest Xwiki.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Sergiu Dumitriu
> Sent: 13 July 2011 17:58
> To: XWiki Users
> Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] XWiki email not working
>
> On 07/13/2011 03:13 AM, goldring, richard wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm still not able to email using Email a wiki page or via the Watch
>> plugin.....
>>
>> I've set up my email server (sendmail) on my Solaris server and set
>> the appropriate setting in XWiki to talk to it and using the code
>> below (taken from the XWiki website) to successfully send an email
>> (presumably this uses the email plugin??) :
>>
>> {{velocity}}
>> #if($xwiki.hasAccessLevel('admin'))
>> #if("$!{request.action}" == 'send_mail'&&   "$!{request.lastname}" == '')
>>     ## Check submission and honey pot.
>>     #if("$!request.recipient" != ''&&   "$!request.subject" != '')
>>       #set($result =
>> $xwiki.mailsender.sendTextMessage("[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>   ", $request.recipient, $request.subject,
>> "$!request.message"))
>>       #if($result == -1)
>>       {{error}}A problem occurred while sending the mail.{{/error}}
>>       #else
>>       {{info}}Everything went OK.{{/info}}
>>       #end
>>     #else
>>       {{error}}Please specify at least a recipient and a subject{{/error}}
>>     #end
>> #end
>>
>> {{html wiki=true}}
>> <form action="" method="post">
>>    <input name="action" value="send_mail" type="hidden" />
>>     ## this is a honey-pot hidden text field hat hopefully robots will
>> not leave empty
>>    <div class="hidden">
>>    <input name="lastname" type="text" />
>>    </div>
>>    <fieldset>
>>       **TO:**<br />
>>      <input type="text" name="recipient" /><br />
>>       **SUBJECT:**<br />
>>      <input type="text" name="subject" /><br />
>>       **MESSAGE:**<br />
>>      <textarea name="message" style="width:99%;" rows=10>Your test
>> message here.</textarea>
>>    </fieldset>
>>    <div>
>>      <span class="buttonwrapper"><input type="submit" class="button"
>> value="Send" /></span>
>>    </div>
>> </form>
>> {{/html}}
>> #else
>> {{error}}Oops. Area restricted to Admins, sorry.{{/error}} #end
>> {{/velocity}}
>>
>>
>> BUT ..... in my XWiki wiki (I have the latest version) when I select
>> to email a wiki page and press the Send button nothing seems to happen
>> (I assume the email dialog should close when you press the Send button
>> and an email should be sent), also when adding a Watch on the wiki or
>> wiki page and the page is changed then no email is sent to the user
>> who has put the watch on the page .... does anyone know why the emails
> aren't getting sent????
>
> For the watch problem, check that the user has selected a valid watchlist
> interval, since by default all users have the watchlist emailer disabled.
> You can do that by going to your profile, and editing the preferences on the
> Watchlist tab.
>
>> Having the facility to email a wiki page and to watch wiki pages would
>> certainly help get more people to use our wiki.
>>
>> Any clues for fixing this would be most appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Richard
>


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Sergiu Dumitriu
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