Extension:Inbox

Inbox allows a user to see all emails that MediaWiki has sent to them on a single page, Special:Inbox.

• Download and move the extracted Inbox folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:

  cdextensions/
  gitclonehttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Inbox
  

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'Inbox' );
  $wgInboxEnabled = true;
  

• Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
• Yes Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

The Inbox extension can be used to test email-related features. It captures emails sent by MediaWiki and displays them on Special:Inbox. If $wgInboxSkipRegularEmail is set to true, it also prevents MediaWiki from trying to actually send emails, which is helpful if you don't have email sending set up locally.

To test an email-related feature:

• Go to Special:ChangeEmail and set an email address on your account.
  • This doesn't have to be a real email address, you can use something like yourname@example.org.
• You will see a message saying you have to confirm your email address.
• Go to Special:Inbox. You should see the confirmation email there.
• Open the confirmation email and follow the confirmation link.
• All emails MediaWiki sends to your email address will now appear at Special:Inbox.

Note that Special:Inbox only displays emails sent to the current user's email address, it doesn't show all emails. If you're expecting an email to show up on Special:Inbox but you're not seeing it, check that your user account's email address is the same as the address the email was sent to.

• Experimental extensions
• Extensions with invalid or missing type
• AlternateUserMailer extensions
• BeforePageDisplay extensions
• LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates extensions
• OutputPageCheckLastModified extensions
• SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal extensions
• GPL licensed extensions
• Extensions in Wikimedia version control
• All extensions

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• Extensions without a compatibility policy