Originally posted by tribaliztic
Why don't you use the PM-mod? Is it supposed to be public messages?

Well no - not really. Though, thanks for the suggestion, I had not considered a private message system, I'll check it out.
What I'm really looking for is something that is part of the normal posting process. At the simplest level, I want something like this:

When a user clicks the "reply with quote" icon when replying to a post, I want the forum to generate an email and send it to the author of the original post, telling him/her that someone has replied to the original post.
Ideally, I want users to choose the name of another forum member from a dropdown list from within the posting window,so a post can be addressed to a particular user. Just like the way a user can choose the font, size or color of the message text. And, of course, I want the forum to generate an email to inform the addressee that someone has posted to him/her. <

It sounds more like subscriptions, but unless the user is subscribed to the topic in question I don't think there's much you can do about it as sending emails to those who have requested not to have them would be considered as spam<

No, it does not sound like subscriptions nor PM or nor Tell a Friend.
He just telling about subscription "to reply" function, actually which may not be super hard if it is modded.<

Originally posted by SiSL
No, it does not sound like subscriptions nor PM or nor Tell a Friend. He just telling about subscription "to reply" function, actually which may not be super hard if it is modded.

Hello SiSL,

Yes, that's exactly what I'm looking for.
I'd like the forum to automatically inform a user by email when a post is addressed to him/her. This does, of course, require a method to choose/select a particular username when posting. Like a dropdown list of all users that have access to that forum which is part of the posting window, just like the dropdown lists for choosing a font, size or colour.
Regards
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I agree with HuwR. Plus as mentioned before you would be sending unsolicited email which is spam. If they just subscribe to topic then it's not unsolicited.
Of course, you can do what you want, but I would never do this on my forum and risk getting put on blacklists.
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