[opencms-dev] Newsletter Module Issue/Bug?

[Pedro Lopes]

Hi there,

I'm starting using newsletter module.

I've upgraded CMS to 7.0.5 (from 7.0.2) and installed newsletter module 
1.0.1 successfully.

I can create templates and newsletter, I've also managed to send some 
newsletter to my email.

Now, I've got 2 questions:
1 - In Administration View
 > Newsletter Management
 > Newsletter Tools
 > Mailing lists actions: Teste Newsletter Unit 2 
(/nl_TesteNewsletterUnit2/)
Mailing lists actions: Teste Newsletter Unit 2 (/nl_TesteNewsletterUnit2/)
When I choose "Send the newsletter" I'm getting this stacktrace:
2008-11-19 18:05:36,871 ERROR Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw 
exception
org.opencms.main.CmsRuntimeException: The list "Mailing lists" does not 
support the request action "ase".
at 
org.opencms.workplace.list.A_CmsListDialog.throwListUnsupportedActionException(A_CmsListDialog.java:1101) 

at 
org.opencms.workplace.tools.accounts.A_CmsGroupsList.executeListSingleActions(A_CmsGroupsList.java:269) 

at 
com.alkacon.opencms.newsletter.admin.CmsMailinglistsList.executeListSingleActions(CmsMailinglistsList.java:130) 

at 
org.opencms.workplace.list.A_CmsListDialog.actionDialog(A_CmsListDialog.java:339) 

at 
org.opencms.workplace.list.A_CmsListDialog.displayDialog(A_CmsListDialog.java:411) 

at 
org.opencms.workplace.list.A_CmsListDialog.displayDialog(A_CmsListDialog.java:396) 

at 
org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.offline.system.workplace.admin.newsletter.mailinglists_005flist_jsp._jspService(mailinglists_005flist_jsp.java:46) 

at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at 
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:328) 

at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:691) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:469) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:403) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301) 

at org.opencms.loader.CmsJspLoader.load(CmsJspLoader.java:1168)
at 
org.opencms.loader.CmsResourceManager.loadResource(CmsResourceManager.java:964) 

at org.opencms.main.OpenCmsCore.showResource(OpenCmsCore.java:1498)
at org.opencms.main.OpenCmsServlet.doGet(OpenCmsServlet.java:152)
at org.opencms.main.OpenCmsServlet.doPost(OpenCmsServlet.java:164)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:210) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108) 

at 
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151)
at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:870)
at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665) 

at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528) 

at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81) 

at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:685) 

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

But in OpenCmsWorkplace console all seems fine :S, I can proceed and 
then send the newsletter, the feedback to the user in OpenCmsWorkplace 
console is the line becoming red and with date sent (is this the only 
feedback)? And how can I avoid the stack trace? [when looking to OpenCms 
source code, it looks like "ase" is a variable that might not exist in 
other versions, is there another module to update?]

2 - I want to "play" with data from users subscribed (because my 
application already has a user table, and I want to synchronize them), 
is there any information how can I get and set users subscribed 
information? Is there any API to do that, I've seen that users 
information are kept in DB tables cms_groups, cms_groupusers, cms_users, 
are there more tables affected? How are the Ids created? Is there any 
information about the API from newsletter module?

Thanks in advance.
PL