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Ok instead I now added the following in modules/news/article.php but without success:
include XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/class/xoopsmailer.php";
$xoopsMailer->setTemplateDir(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.'/modules/wfchannel/language/'.$xoopsConfig['language'].'/mail_template');
$xoopsMailer->setTemplate("refer.tpl");
$xoopsMailer =& getMailer();
$xoopsMailer->useMail();
$xoopsMailer->setToEmails("$to");
$xoopsMailer->setFromEmail("$from");
$xoopsMailer->setFromName("something");
$xoopsMailer->setSubject("test");
$xoopsMailer->setBody("test");
$xoopsMailer->assign("MESSAGE", "some message");
$xoopsMailer->assign("SITENAME", $xoopsConfig['sitename']);
$xoopsMailer->assign("SITEURL", XOOPS_URL."/");
$xoopsMailer->send();
got the procedure from:
http://dev.xoops.org/modules/phpwiki/index.php?pagename=XoopsMailer