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Mail mod for Minetest (ingame mod)

ContentDB

This is a fork of @cheapie's mail mod.

It adds a mail-system that allows players to send each other messages in-game and via webmail (optional).

Screenshot

Installation

In-game mail mod

Install it like any other mod: copy the directory mail_mod to your "worldmods" folder or use the ContentDB

Webmail

To provide a web-based interface to receive/send mails you can use the mtui project.

Commands/Howto

To access your mail type /mail command or click on the mail button in your inventory (unified_inventory).

Mails can be deleted, marked as read or unread, replied to and forwarded to another player. You can also manage your contacts and your mailing lists.

Features

  • Inbox page
  • Outbox page
  • Saved drafts
  • Read/unread marks
  • To/Cc/Bcc system
  • Intuitive UI
  • Contacts book
  • Mailing lists
  • Sorters/filters (new in 1.1.0)
  • Multiple selection (new in 1.1.0)
  • Settings
  • Chat, on join, HUD and sound notifications
  • Translated in : English, French, German, Chinese (both traditional and simplified), Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese.

Compatibility / Migration

Overview:

  • v1 all the data is in the <worldfolder>/mails.db file
  • v2 every player has its own (in-) mailbox in the <worldfolder>/mails/<playername>.json file
  • v3 every player has an entry in the <playername> mod_storage/ (inbox, outbox, drafts, contacts, mailing lists, settings)

Dependencies

  • None

License

See the "LICENSE" file

Textures

Contributors / Credits

  • Cheapie (Initial idea/project)
  • Rubenwardy (Lua/UI improvements)
  • BuckarooBanzay (Clean-ups, Refactoring)
  • Athozus (Outbox, Maillists, UI, Drafts)
  • SX (Various fixes, UI)
  • fluxionary (Minor fixups)
  • Toby1710 (UX fixes)
  • Peter Nerlich (CC, BCC)
  • Emojigit (Traditional Chinese translation)
  • Niklp09 (German translation)
  • Dennis Jenkins (UX fixes)
  • Thomas Rudin (Maintenance)
  • imre84 (UI fixes)
  • Chache (Spanish translation)
  • APercy (Brazilian Portuguese translation)
  • Nuno Filipe Povoa (mail_notif.ogg - https://invent.kde.org/plasma/oxygen-sounds/-/blob/master/sounds/Oxygen-Im-Nudge.ogg)
  • TheTrueBeginner (Simplified Chinese translation)

Contribute

You can contribute by :

  • Reporting an issue : Go to the Issues tab, click on the button New issue and type a short title then give many informations (Minetest version, tab where the bug occured, steps to reproduce the crash, etc.)
  • Give a review on ContentDB : Just write ;)
  • Requesting new features : Open an issue and indicate what you need more in details.
  • Adding those new features : Open a pull request, and if issue(s) are linked, ping them (#number).
  • Fixing an issue : Same as before, open a pull request.
  • Translate into a new language : copy locale/template.txt into locale/mail.<codelang>.tr, and add translated strings (syntax : not translated=translated). Then, open a pull request. We're also working on opening a Weblate (free web interface) to translate strings easier.
  • Add documentation : adds .md (markdown) or .txt files and open a pull request.
  • ...

You're encouraged to create a fork of this repo, then make your changes and create a pull request when it's done. If you do so, please also check "Git branches" section. (obsolete). Request for merging into master, if needed we will push into another branch.

If you don't have a GitHub account, you can also contact maintainers to add manually your contributions.

Git branches

Caution : might be obsolete

  • master : main branch, where are pushed releases and tags
  • dev : for new release works, A.B.C release to A.B+1.0
  • A.B.X : for fix releases (no new features), A.B.C release to A.B.C+1

For a new fix release (A.B.C) : merge A.B.X branch to master For a new release (A.B+1.0) : merge dev to master, with previous A.B.C merges (include fixes in master, prioritize dev branch in case of conflicts)

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