RealMail
RealMail
What does it do?
Plain and simple, it replaces conventional chat-based mailing systems with something real, books and mailboxes.
I'm really glad to finally get this plugin updated and I hope everyone else will be just as excited as I am.
Features
- Physical mailboxes using Dinnerbone's playerhead snapshots
- 4 custom-made mailbox textures and more to come
- Attachments
- No need to ever run a single command (ignore command heading just a little below...)
How does it work?
- Craft a mailbox. The recipe is like an iron helmet in the lower-half with a chest in the center of the helmet and a piece of wool in the top-right.
- Craft some stationery. The recipe is shapless, just a feather and a piece of paper. If the server enables it, you can also use /mail new to spawn in some free stationery.
- Write a letter on the stationery. Stationery is just a cheap Book and Quill that cannot be traded with villagers. If the first line is in the format of [Subject:my subject] , the letter's name will include the subject after being signed.
- Attach an item to the stationery if you like. Just click the item you want to attach in your inventory and click the stationery with it. If you want to take it back off, click the stationery and right-click any empty slot.
- Sign the book with the recipient's name.
- Right-click any mailbox with that signed stationery (now a letter or package depending on if you attached items).
- The recipient will then receive the letter/package in his/her mailbox either immediately or at the time of day specified in the config. Please note that only the owner of a mailbox can open his/her own mailbox unless the other player is an op, has the correct permissions to bypass the lock, or the lock_mailboxes option in the config is changed to false. Also, breaking the mailbox will not drop the letters it holds; it acts like more of an enderchest for letters.
- The recipient can then read the letter and detach the contents if there are any.
*If the recipient's mailbox is full, the book won't be sent and the sender will be notified. *Attachments are pretty buggy in creative, so I recommend going survival when detaching items.
Videos
LtJim007
Wukkit
cobwebster
Commands
- /mail [page-number] - explains how to use RealMail
- /mail version - displays RealMail version
- /mail new - give the player one free stationery if enabled in config
- /mail send - (default:op) send a letter from anywhere without a mailbox
- /mail bulksend - (default:op) send a letter to everyone who has logged on since installing RealMail
- /mail spawn <mailbox|stationery> - (default:op) spawn in a mailbox or some stationery quickly
- /mail open [player] - (default:op) open your mailbox or another player's
To-Do
- Flags go up on mailboxes when unread*
- Economy support*
- More built-in mailbox textures*
- Bulk Mailing to specific groups
- Letter delivery queue to deliver mail every Minecraft morning or another configurable time
- Support for custom mailbox textures
- Blacklist for attaching items
- More letter tags and simpler subject tag
- Offline mode config option*
*Priority
Want to suggest some more features or submit some bugs? Here's a link to my issue tracker. While I'll try to respond to as many comments as I can, my issue tracker doesn't forget whereas I can.
Permissions
All permission nodes are listed on a separate page.
Configuration
Configuration options are listed on a separate page.
Language Support
All language files are listed on a separate page.
Downloads
v0.3.2 - 11/7/15
v0.3.1 - 11/5/15
v0.3.0 - 4/25/15
View Older Versions
RealMail on GitHub
Change-log
v0.3.2 - 11/7/15 *Fixed issue #5: now checks if recipient exists on signing *Fixed issue #6: mail.mailboxPlaced language node corrected *Fixed issue #2: can now send mail through any mailbox when universal v0.3.1 - 11/5/15 *Issue #3: Misspelling of stationery fixed *Issue #4: References to admin commands without perms fixed v0.3.0 - 4/25/15 *Fixed compatibility issue with CommandBook which broke exchanging recipes for mailboxes, found with the help of doitliketyler
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in the config.yml inside the PluginMetrics folder in your plugins folder.
Seems like were getting a message saying " That's not your mailbox. Use /mail to find out how to craft your own." But everyone getting it when the make there own mail box and place it. they can even still open it.
@CloudeLecaw
Everything is completely new so, yes, your players will need to renew their mailboxes by crafting new ones. I'd like to be able to make them upgradable, but I didn't think anyone had actually been using the plugin anymore. That's amazing. Hearing that you've been using this plugin's older versions and are still here and interested really makes my day.
In regards, to your suggestions to re-add the admin commands, consider it done. I'll try my best to have them up by tonight.
@Giga11
i have the same probelm
@RowanFN
Does anything work at all? /mail maybe? What other plugins do you have installed?
Hey,
Tried this, loaded well with no error but can't do anything, i have the permissions set as well but nothing is happening,
Using Spigot 1.8.3 server
@Giga11
Does the console log show anything? Also, what server version are you running?
Awesome plugin man, but you could do much better, for example give much more feature in the config file to modify, also letting us changing the language of the plugin :)
It works wonderfully, just some errors when right clicking the mail box with a quill book (the minecraft one), but beside that it seems to work nicely.
And i don't really understand how to change the time zone format in the config file, the good feature also, would be to only allow people to attach some items, because i do'nt want them to attach blocks into letters, but for example diamonds, which would represent some money, so maybe allowing them, in the config with some IDs.
For the moment it is all i have to say, but congratulation, really awesome plugin :)
Oh yeah, and maybe to put the realism at the top, can you just disable the auto give messages, into mail boxes, so players would have to put the letters into it, or maybe a mailman :)
Thank you.
Brilliant idea to use player heads to attach your own texure.
/impressed
When I do a right-click with a Mailbox Recipe, nothing happens :(
@ha1fBit
Can't wait! :D
I'm working on a 1.8.3 update right now with quite a few changes to make the plugin better. Expect it within a couple of weeks, maybe less depending on how much free time I have.
A 1.7.x update to this amazing plugin would be awesome!
Can you add sendcost ?
This idea is golden! Very well done on your first plugin
@qwertyjl
Sorry to not have updated sooner, I've been working on another plugin and put this one aside for a bit. Anyways, the file is uploading now.
Can you make it 1.4.6 Compatible?
I like this plugin, it is a very good plugin, it should be added instead of essentials mail :D
@michaeldriskell
Guess not...
@michaeldriskell
Not at the moment, because it checks to see if you have a written book in your hand and the console doesn't have hands. I'll probably add the feature soon, though.
Does this work from the console? As in can I send mail to players from console?