Yes setting an interval did solve the problem - thanks! Richard
-----Original Message----- From: users-boun...@xwiki.org [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Sergiu Dumitriu Sent: 14 July 2011 14:19 To: XWiki Users Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] XWiki email not working 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: users-boun...@xwiki.org [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] 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("no-re...@xwiki.com >> <mailto:no-re...@xwiki.com> ", $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 > -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users Thales UK Ltd (Wells) DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this e-mail is confidential. 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