How to edit system emails (eg for lost password)?

Last post 12-16-2011, 1:51 PM by England. 6 replies.
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  •  02-05-2011, 9:17 PM 21485

    • remelila is not online. Last active: 21 May 2012, 4:26 AM remelila
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    How to edit system emails (eg for lost password)?


    Hi folks. Is there a way to change the text sent out in automated system emails, such as the email you receive when you have forgotten your password? (All of our imported members will receive this the first time they want to log in, since they won't have a password assigned and they'll have to go to the website and click on "forgot password"). Unfortunately, the current email has a grammatical error in it, and I need to fix it before our members ever see it. Thanks. 


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  •  02-07-2011, 3:58 PM 21514 in reply to 21485

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    Re: How to edit system emails (eg for lost password)?

    Unfortunately, password re-set email cannot be edited. What error are you referring to exactly?


    Denys Zlobin
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  •  02-08-2011, 9:57 AM 21529 in reply to 21514

    • remelila is not online. Last active: 21 May 2012, 4:26 AM remelila
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    Re: How to edit system emails (eg for lost password)?

    Is that a feature that could be added? That way each group could personalize the language of their password-reset (and other) emails. My organization is a society for professional editors, and language use is, as you can imagine, quite important. For one thing, our emails to members usually have the Member Manager's name in the signoff, whereas this email seems rather impersonal.

     

    The current email says this:

     

    Hello [First Name / Last Name],

    A request was made to recover a lost password for this e-mail address at [organization URL]

    To choose new password go to: [reset URL]


    (if the link does not open - please copy-paste the link into the address line of your browser).

    If you did not request a new password at [organization URL], you may safely disregard this e-mail.

    Many thanks,

    Society of Editors (Vic.) 

     

     There are several issues with this email:

     

    1) The first sentence needs a period at the end of it.

    2) The second sentence needs an "a" between "To choose" and "new password".

    3) The sentence in parentheses should have a comma instead of a hyphen, and "copy and paste" instead of "copy-paste". 

     

     

     

    4) And this is more of a style issue really, but "Dear" would be more correct to use than "Hello" for the salutation.

     

    As you can imagine, I'm reluctant to have our members sent an email with grammatical errors in it, lest they think that one of the committee members wrote it. If there's any way to be able to make changes to the system emails, that would be great, thanks.

     



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  •  02-08-2011, 4:42 PM 21541 in reply to 21529

    Re: How to edit system emails (eg for lost password)?

    Thanks for bringing this up. While we can't currently make this email customizable, we will review your notes and try to polish this in the future update. 
    Dmitry Buterin, Chief Apricot
  •  02-13-2011, 3:05 AM 21578 in reply to 21541

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    Re: How to edit system emails (eg for lost password)?

    Ok, great, thanks very much!

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  •  10-04-2011, 6:45 AM 23742 in reply to 21541

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    Re: How to edit system emails (eg for lost password)?

    Dear Chief Apricot,

    Could you please review the Forgotten password template again? I see you added "a" in "To choose a new password".

     

    - The first sentence needs a period at the end of it.

    - The sentence in parentheses should have a comma instead of a hyphen (if the link does not open, ) and "copy and paste" (please copy and paste)

    - "Dear" is better than "Hello" for the salutation.

     

    Please let me know if this can be done,

    Kind regards, 

    Ziwc

    ps: We love our new WA website! 

  •  12-16-2011, 1:51 PM 24400 in reply to 23742

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    Re: How to edit system emails (eg for lost password)?

    Should all emails be customizable? We think so.

    http://community.wildapricot.com/24402/ShowThread.aspx

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