function mailhandler_authenticate in Mailhandler 5

Determine who is the author of the upcoming node.

1 call to mailhandler_authenticate()

mailhandler_retrieve in ./mailhandler.module

Retrieve all msgs from a given mailbox and process them.

File

./mailhandler.module, line 358

Code

function mailhandler_authenticate($node, $header, $origbody, $mailbox) {

  // $fromaddress really refers to the mail header which is authoritative for authentication
  list($fromaddress, $fromname) = mailhandler_get_fromaddress($header, $mailbox);
  if ($from_user = mailhandler_user_load($fromaddress, $node->pass, $mailbox)) {
    $node->uid = $from_user->uid;

    // success!
    $node->name = $from_user->name;
  }
  else {
    if (function_exists('mailalias_user')) {

      // since $fromaddress failed, try e-mail aliases
      $result = db_query("SELECT mail FROM {users} WHERE data LIKE '%%%s%%'", $fromaddress);
      while ($alias = db_result($result)) {
        if ($from_user = mailhandler_user_load($alias, $node->pass, $mailbox)) {
          $node->uid = $from_user->uid;

          // success!
          $node->name = $from_user->name;
          break;
        }
      }
    }
  }
  if (!$from_user) {

    // failed authentication. we will still try to submit anonymously.
    $node->uid = 0;
    $node->name = $fromname;

    // use the name supplied in email headers
  }
  return $node;
}