#3267 closed task (fixed)
Discourse admin change: disable mailing list mode
| Reported by: | jive | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Unplanned |
| Component: | SysAdmin/Discourse | Keywords: | |
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Description
Mailing list mode results in a firehose of email from discourse as documented here: https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-mailing-list-mode/46008
Which cautions:
you might set it as default if you want your end users to get regular notices of all traffic in all categories, by default.
And:
hilariously, if you’re just “watching” a topic, you’ll get all the emails, with context, and you won’t get your own posts.
With this in mind I would like to disable the setting, so it is not available to trip up new users.
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 2 months ago
| Summary: | disable mailing list mode → Discourse admin change: disable mailing list mode |
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comment:2 by , 2 months ago
comment:3 by , 2 months ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
I have disabled mailing list mode and confirmed the option is no longer visible when reviewing my user email preferences.
I also lots of sensible settings here that would be good to review.
comment:4 by , 2 months ago
For anyone who had enabled mailing list mode - they can no longer access the setting to opt-out!
Indeed the setting only hides the user interface, rather than turn off the functionality (classic solution to unwanted feature).
To address:
- Use admin settings to re-enable mailing list mode option for everyone
- navigate to their user preferences, email, and and uncheck mailing-list mode
- return to admin settings to disable mailing list mode again.
sounds like a good idea to me. I'd go for it and anyone can complain here if they have issue.