Upon Upgrade 1.1.11 -> 2.0.2 -- Users now getting "text" of PMs via email

[chuck23322]

Hi,  I've upgraded a 1.1.11 SMF site to 2.0.2 -- one of the last remaning nits to pick is that when PM's are sent between users,  the receipent is now getting the text of the PM in the email.

In 1.1.11 -- all they got was an email, with a link back to the forum's PM system -- and that worked well, because people didn't "reply" to the email,  they used the PM system for the reply.

Now in my 2.0.2 -- they are getting an email from "[email protected]" -- and even though that email says "do not reply" -- they do anyway, sometimes.

I've looked and looked.   

I see the option "Don't allow post text in notifications" -- and that is TURNED ON.

The help description for it says - "This option removes the option to receive the text of replies and posts in notification emails.
Often, members will reply to the notification email, which in most cases means the webmaster receives the reply."

Which is kinda what I was after -- but it's not specific about PM's

An example 'notification' email from 2.0.2 when a PM was sent:

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Subject: New Personal Message: test with "don't allow post text" option TURNED ON

You have just been sent a personal message by SourcePMUser on ***** TEST FORUM 1 *****.

IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this email.

The message they sent you was:

test with "don't allow post text" option TURNED ON
test with "don't allow post text" option TURNED ON
test with "don't allow post text" option TURNED ON


Can somebody suggest what I've missed -- so I can return to the old behavior of PM's to recipients, don't cause the recipients to get an email with the "content" of the PM,  just a link back to the forum's PM system?

Here's an example of an PM notification email from the old 1.1.11 system

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Subject: Subject: New Personal Message: <title of PM>

You have just been sent a personal message by SendingPMUser on <forumname>

!!! DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL !!!

To read and respond to your new personal message, you must go to your personal messages area of the forum

Reply to this Personal Message here: http://smfsitename.com/forum/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;f=inbox;pmsg=32346;quote;u=101
--<randomhexchars>


It's this "old" behavior I want

Thanks much!

[Rob Lightbody]

I have exactly the same issue.

Its causing a problem because so many users click reply to the notification email.


- Rob

[Rob Lightbody]

I've just found this - http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=452333.msg3171138#msg3171138 - which if it works, will resolve the problem for me.

[MrPhil]

Removing the message text is a good way to deal with stupid users who hit "Reply". Another way is to hack the code to use a "no-reply" email ID as the sender, and simply automatically blackhole (discard) all incoming mail to that ID. Unfortunately, SMF's default setup is to use the same email ID for all purposes, so changes need to be made to the code.

[Storman™]

I use this mod:

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3062

The notification email field is set to a seperate email acount called something like [email protected]

Also, I have a autoresponse message set-up with that account. So if anyone does actually reply they get an automated response that tells them the error of their ways lol