Barton,

I've been testing by creating new accounts that use my own e-mail address and 
checking my own spam folder, so I feel I've ruled those variables out. I don't 
have access to the server's /var/log/mail.log, so I can't check that, 
unfortunately. But I do find it to be consistent that I will only receive the 
ACCTDETAILS e-mail if the username field is blank (so that Koha generates it 
automatically) and manually enter a password for the account. If I omit the pw, 
no e-mail. If I enter a custom username, no e-mail. Unless the log says 
otherwise, I don't believe Koha is generating the e-mail in those instances.

From: Barton Chittenden [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2018 10:49
To: Arturo Longoria <[email protected]>
Cc: Koha <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Koha] How does the AutoEmailOpacUser preference work?

Arturo,

Check the basics first -- are the email addresses valid? Are the messages in 
the patron's spam folder?

Next I would check is email logs -- typically /var/log/mail.log

Grep for the email address. If you see that messages have been sent, there's 
not much you can do; the issue is entirely upstream.

On the other hand, you may see that the emails are being rejected by the 
upstream mail server, in which case you'll need to contact the server admin.


On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:41 AM, Arturo Longoria 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello,

Our library enabled the AutoEmailOpacUser preference so that patrons receive a 
notification of their account details when we create an account for them via 
the staff client -- 
http://manual.koha-community.org/17.11/en/administration.html#AutoEmailOPACUser 
-- and we've set AutoEmailPrimaryAddress to use the first valid e-mail found in 
the account.

But we've noticed that the e-mail is not always sent when the account includes 
a valid e-mail. The documentation does not mention any specifics, so I was 
wondering if anyone can explain how this feature works?

It seems to be sent only if the username field is blank AND there is a password 
included. I've found that if staff do not include a value in the password 
fields, the e-mail is not sent. If the password fields are filled out and staff 
also include a username, the e-mail is not sent.

Is this the intended behavior?


Arturo Longoria
Reference Librarian/Web Manager
Texas State Law Library
www.sll.texas.gov<http://www.sll.texas.gov>

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