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Hi all, I'm working on an bulk mailing permalink (So that visitors can visit a page and view a bulk mailing). It also create some opportunity for social media integration (like, share, etc).

So I'm working with

CRM/Mailing/Page/View.php which corresponds to the url of http://www.example.com/civicrm/mailing/view?id=xx

I don't know what the original intention of the creator of the file is but I'd like to have the ability for anonymous visitors to view mailings that has been sent via just a permission (perhaps "access CiviMail subscribe/unsubscribe pages" or new permission).

To do so pretty much have to strip most of checkPermission(); out.



I'd like to seek comments/feedbacks (especially from the creator of the file) before I proceed.


Thanks,


Cheers!

I would probably propose something easier and simpler:

* Introduce a new permission called : "view civimail content" (or something like that)
* if a "user" has the above permission AND the mailing has visibility public then show the mailing
* if a "user" has the above permission AND the mailing has visibily user and admin, AND the user received the mailing then show the mailing. In this case xavier's checksum idea should be implemented to avoid the user logging in
* if a "user" is an admin then the user can view all content

i think most installs will be in item 2 and hence a lot easier and avoids dealing with checksum for them

lobo

Alright I have the following done:


added visibility settings in the bulk mailing process in step 1
added the new permission "view CiviMail content"

edited mailing/view so that right now

1. if mailing visibility is Public Pages and user has permission "view CiviMail content" then TRUE
2. if user has permission of "administer CiviCRM" or "access CiviMail" then TRUE


The difference is that if the user is anon (no contact record), the mailing content will not be personalized (with token stuff).

I have yet implemented the checksum stuff.


Cheers!

Maybe tweak the new permission title to: "view public CiviMail content"
(Since my understanding is that this permission only provides access to mailings with public visibility AND is not needed if the user is a recipient.)

Given the potentially large amount of content on page 1 (w/ include and exclude groups and prior mailings etc.) - I'd go with Xavier's suggestion for a 3rd fieldset "Online Publication" - on page 2. Field label could be:

"Mailing can be viewed online by": [ - select - ]

We might want to use more explicit option labels in the dropdown as well. Something like this:
<option value="Public">Anyone with "view public CiviMail content permission"</option>
<option value="User and Admin">Recipients and users with "access CiviMail" permission</option>


(Above seems clear but maybe to wordy? thoughts?)

This is an exciting and much needed new feature!!!