Modmail for Discord

A bot for Discord that allows users to DM the bot to contact the server's entire mod team. These DMs get relayed to a modmail server where each user gets their own channel, or "thread". Moderators and admins can then reply to these threads, and these responses are relayed back to the original user as a DM.

Inspired by Reddit's modmail system.

NOTE! If you're upgrading from a version prior to Feb 18, be sure to run npm install again and follow the on-screen instructions after npm start.

Setup

1. Install Node.js 8 or higher
2. Clone or download this repository
3. Create a Discord server to be used as the modmail inbox
4. Make a copy of the file config.example.json in the same folder and name the copy config.json. Open the file and fill in the values.
   • You can also find more configurable options at the end of this page!
5. Install dependencies: npm install
6. Add bot to servers, and make sure to give it proper permissions on the mail server.
7. Run the bot: npm start

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md

Commands

Anywhere on the modmail inbox server

!logs <user> Lists previous modmail logs with the specified user
!block <user> Blocks the specified user from using modmail
!unblock <user> Unblocks the specified user from using modmail
!s <shortcut> <text> Adds a snippet (a canned response). See below for how to use it.
!edit_snippet <shortcut> <text> Edits an existing snippet (alias !es)
!delete_snippet <shortcut> Deletes the specified snippet (alias !ds)
!snippets Lists all available snippets

Inside a modmail thread

!reply <text> Sends a reply to the user in the format "(Role) User: text" (alias !r)
!anonreply <text> Sends an anonymous reply to the user in the format "Role: text" (alias !ar)
!close Closes the modmail thread and saves a log of it
!logs Lists previous modmail logs with this user
!block Blocks the user from using modmail
!unblock Unblocks the user from using modmail
!!shortcut Reply with a snippet. Replace shortcut with the snippet's actual shortcut.

To automatically reply without using !reply or !r, enable alwaysReply in the config. alwaysReplyAnon sets whether to reply anonymously. If you do not wish to reply, it will ignore any message starting in the prefix (which defaults to !), such as !note

Configuration options

These go in config.json. See also config.example.json.

Option	Default	Description
token	None	Required! The bot user's token
mailGuildId	None	Required! The inbox server's ID
mainGuildId	None	ID of the main server where people contact the bot from, used for e.g. displaying users' nicknames
prefix	"!"	Prefix for bot commands
status	"Message me for help"	The bot's "Playing" text
responseMessage	"Thank you for your message! Our mod team will reply to you here as soon as possible."	The bot's response to DMs that start a new thread
alwaysReply	false	If set to true, all messages in modmail threads will be relayed back to the user, even ones without !r
alwaysReplyAnon	false	If alwaysReply is set to true, this option controls whether the auto-reply is anonymous
useNicknames	false	If set to true, mod replies will use their nickname (on the inbox server) instead of their username
ignoreAccidentalThreads	false	If set to true, the bot attempts to ignore common "accidental" messages that would start a new thread, such as "ok", "thanks", etc.
enableGreeting	false	Set to true to send a welcome message to new main guild members. Requires mainGuildId to be set.
greetingMessage	None	Text content of the welcome message
greetingAttachment	None	Path to an image or other attachment to send along with the greeting
port	8890	Port from which to serve attachments and logs
url	None	URL to use for attachment and log links. Defaults to IP:PORT
snippetPrefix	"!!"	Prefix to use snippets. Defaults to prefix x2.
inboxServerPermission	None	Permission required to use bot commands on the inbox server
logChannelId	Server's default channel	Channel where to post links to closed threads and other alerts
newThreadCategoryId	None	ID of the category where new modmail thread channels should be placed
relaySmallAttachmentsAsAttachments	false	Whether to relay small (<2MB) attachments from users as attachments rather than links in modmail threads
threadTimestamps	false	Whether to show custom timestamps in threads, in addition to Discord's own timestamps. Logs always have accurate timestamps, regardless of this setting.