Summary: Add link to Google Group Message for read-only mailing list of a Google Group
GitHub: GitHub - literatecomputing/discourse-google-group-link
Install: Follow the plugin installation guide.
Features
This plugin will search raw_email of the first post of new topics in categories with mailinglist_mirror set for a Google Group link and add it to a TopicCustomField that is added to the topic_view serializer. It adds a link to the topic-category plugin outlet like
See original message on <a href=google-group-url>Google Groups</a>
User preference for opening remote links in a new window is respected.
Configuration
No configuration is necessary. It is on by default and will watch only categories that have mailinglist_mirror enabled.
That text can be customized at https://your.forum/admin/customize/site_texts?q=google_groups_link
To process already existing topics, enter rails with
cd /var/discourse
./launcher enter app
rails c
Then
t=Topic.last;
t.google_group_link_ensure_consistency
TODO
- Consider adding link somewhere else?