https://www.question2answer.org/qa/tag/q2a-send-email Powered by Question2Answer https://www.question2answer.org/qa/120852/email-management-in-q2a-site <p>On GateOverflow, we observed a common user pattern:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Users are <strong>highly active for the first 1–2 years</strong> and want <strong>all site emails</strong></p></li> <li> <p>Over time, activity reduces and users prefer <strong>only specific updates</strong></p></li> <li> <p>Some users want <strong>only Test Series notifications</strong>, while opting out of everything else</p></li> <li> <p>Others want <strong>important admin emails no matter what</strong></p></li></ul> <p>Unfortunately, the default Question2Answer email system does not provide this level of control.</p> <p><strong>To solve this</strong>, the GateOverflow team has developed a <strong>custom Email Management Plugin for Question2Answer</strong> that gives <strong>full control to both admins and users</strong> over email notifications.</p> <p>The plugin introduces a <strong>managed email notification system</strong> where:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Admins define which email events exist</p></li> <li> <p>Admins decide which emails are <strong>mandatory</strong></p></li> <li> <p>Users decide exactly <strong>which emails they want to receive</strong></p></li></ul> <p></p> <h3>Admin Features</h3> <ul> <li> <p>Add, edit, activate, or deactivate <strong>email event types</strong></p></li> <li> <p>Configure:</p> <ul> <li> <p>User-visible label</p></li> <li> <p>Email subject (direct text or language key)</p></li> <li> <p>Forced emails (cannot be unsubscribed)</p></li> <li> <p>Minimum user level required to see that email event</p></li></ul></li> <li> <p>Dynamic <strong>“Add Event”</strong> system from admin panel</p></li> <li> <p>Default email events auto-created on plugin install</p></li></ul> <h3></h3> <h3>User Features</h3> <ul> <li> <p>New <strong>“Email Preferences”</strong> section on the Account page</p></li> <li> <p>Enable or disable emails <strong>event-by-event</strong></p></li> <li> <p>Option to receive remaining&nbsp;<strong>unmanaged emails</strong></p></li> <li> <p>Smart defaults for newly registered users</p></li></ul> <hr> <h2>Email Sending Logic</h2> <p>The plugin overrides qa_send_notification() and follows this logic:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Identify email subject / event</p></li> <li> <p>If <strong>active &amp; forced</strong> → send email</p></li> <li> <p>Load user preferences</p></li> <li> <p>If <strong>inactive or unmanaged</strong>, check “other emails” preference</p></li> <li> <p>If <strong>active &amp; managed</strong>, check if user enabled the event</p></li> <li> <p>Otherwise → <strong>skip sending email</strong></p></li></ol> <p>This ensures <strong>zero unwanted emails</strong>, without losing critical communications.</p> <hr> <p>Interested users can download the plugin from the <strong>GitHub repository</strong>: <a href="https://github.com/GATEOverflow/q2a-email-management" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/GATEOverflow/q2a-email-management</a></p> Plugins https://www.question2answer.org/qa/120852/email-management-in-q2a-site Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:03:40 +0000 https://www.question2answer.org/qa/117713/new-free-plugin-q2a-send-email-for-the-site-admin <p>I have made&nbsp;a plugin named q2a send email<strong>.</strong>&nbsp;This plugin helps Admin to send email to registered users of q2a site from site admin panel, no need to go cpanel.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.question2answer.org/qa/?qa=blob&amp;qa_blobid=12766172666041516550" style="height:407px; width:600px"></p> Plugins https://www.question2answer.org/qa/117713/new-free-plugin-q2a-send-email-for-the-site-admin Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:03:30 +0000