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Mailing List - Reward players for subscribing to your mailing list

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Norn updated Mailing List with a new update entry:

0.1

 

I really like the idea of this plugin, but of course I'd like some tweaks. Probably ones you're already planning on doing anyway. (or not)

Requests:

• either a reward after the admin does whatever validation on the email address, OR a partial reward on entering an email and the rest rewarded after email validation.

Or maybe rework like this:

1. The player enters an email address ingame (linking the steamID with an email ) - The plugin then sends the steamID and email address to a webservice to upload ingame data
   
2. The player sends an email to a designated email address with a certain subject line
   
3. PHP web service parses plugin data and email inbox, validates that an email has come from an email address in the ingame data
4. Mark the steamID with a thumbs up
5. Plugin, at timed intervals, checks with the PHP web service and collects the steamIDs marked with a thumbs up
6. Plugin awards ingame rewards and sends notification for player to run the cmd to collect rewards. ( cuz they may need to empty some inventory before receiving the items )

All automatic. Plus since there was and email asking to join the newsletter that we have on record we can prove we're not spamming, and the user only gets rewarded for a validated email address ( one under his/her control )

If you decide to do it this way I might be able to provide from web resources and/or PHP help.

 

I'm planning on making it send data to a php script, and I'll give instructions on how to read it in php but after that people are on their own. This is just to record data.

As for the admin approved emails, that I can do.

 

Great mod, I use it in my server now.
I would however recommend that it needs t setting in config as to set the notification time, that way I can only have it type every hours or something.
Cant wait to see any other features that will be added later

 

I'll add a timer

 

Awesome look forward to it

 

Norn updated Mailing List with a new update entry:

0.2

 

Hi there.
I have another recommendation, This mod doesnt seem to check if entry is null, reason being is a less experienced player typed /mail set. and it accepted it.
Please have a look at possibly a check if the value is NULL/NUN.

Cheers