Email text is missing from digest mail.

[Alpha1]

template: xm_watchedthreadsdigest_unread_watched_threads_email_text

text:

{username},

You have unread watched threads. You can view them here: {link}.

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{board_link}

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Yet, in the email there is no such text. Instead of introducing and explaining why the user is receiving our email, it only has a bunch of links. This seems to be a bug. I think its important to have such explanatory text to avoid users marking it as spam.

 

[Alpha1]

Within an hour of running the digest addon for the first time, I received a number of email abuse reports from the Yahoo Feedback Loop about these digest emails.
This happens when Yahoo users report the email as spam.

 

[Xon]

template: xm_watchedthreadsdigest_unread_watched_threads_email_text

text:


Yet, in the email there is no such text. Instead of introducing and explaining why the user is receiving our email, it only has a bunch of links. This seems to be a bug. I think its important to have such explanatory text to avoid users marking it as spam.

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Check the HTML layout + phrases, it might need some updating.

Within an hour of running the digest addon for the first time, I received a number of email abuse reports from the Yahoo Feedback Loop about these digest emails.
This happens when Yahoo users report the email as spam.

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This is honestly hard to deal with when introducing new email notifications.

 

[Alpha1]

This is honestly hard to deal with when introducing new email notifications.

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True, but I received various questions about what the purpose of the email was and why it was being sent.

I think its a combination of the into text not being present, the text all being the same size, weird wording, no footer.

Check the HTML layout + phrases

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Where in xf do I find the html layout?

 

[Xon]

Where in xf do I find the html layout?

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This is where XF1.x sucks, you need the site in developer mode to see the email templates (for html layouts) and then find the phrases used.

 

[Alpha1]

Yeah, why on earth didn't they mix it with the rest of templates.

 

[Alpha1]

Would this work?

<p style="margin-top: 0">Dear {$receiver_username},

The following threads that you have subscribed to have new replies:</p>

<h2 style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 10px 0"><a href="{xen:link 'canonical:watched/threads'}" style="color: #176093; text-decoration: none">{xen:phrase unread_watched_threads}</a></h2>

<hr style="height: 1px; margin: 20px 0 10px; border: 0; color: #D7EDFC; background-color: #D7EDFC" />

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="margin: 10px 0 20px; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed;">
<tr valign="top">
    <td style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.231; padding-{xen:if $emailIsRtl, left, right}: 20px">
        <div>
            <div class="section">
                <ul>
                    <xen:foreach loop="$threads" value="$thread" key="$key">
                        <li style="list-style: none;border-bottom:1px solid #D7EDFC;padding: 5px;">
                            <a href="{xen:link 'canonical:threads/unread', $thread}" style="text-decoration:none;">{$thread.title}</a><br />
                            <a href="{xen:link 'canonical:members', $thread.lastPostInfo}" style="color:#b3b3b3;text-decoration:none;">{$thread.lastPostInfo.username}</a><span class="startDate">,
                            <a href="{xen:link 'canonical:posts', $thread.lastPostInfo}" title="Last post by {xen:phrase go_to_last_message}" style="color: #b3b3b3;font-size: 10px;text-decoration:none;"><xen:datetime time="$thread.lastPostInfo.post_date" /></a>,
                            <a href="{xen:link 'canonical:threads/watch-confirm', $thread}" style="color: #b3b3b3;font-size: 10px;text-decoration:none;">Unsubscribe from this thread</a>
                        </li>
                    </xen:foreach>
                </ul>
            </div>
        </div>
    </td>
</tr>
</table>

<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="margin: 20px 0; background-color: #f0f7fc; border-top: 1px solid #d7edfc">
<tr>
    <td>
        <a href="{xen:link 'canonical:watched/threads/all'}" style="
            display: block;
            float: {xen:if $emailIsRtl, right, left};
            padding: 5px 10px;
            background-color: #65a5d1;
            border: none;
            border-radius: 3px;
            font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
            font-size: 11px;
            color: white;
            text-decoration: none">{xen:phrase show_all_watched_threads}</a>
    </td>
    <td align="{xen:if $emailIsRtl, left, right}">
        <a href="{xen:link 'canonical:account/contact-details'}" style="
            display: block;
            padding: 5px 0;
            font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
            font-size: 11px;
            color: #176093;
            text-decoration: none">{xen:phrase xm_watchedthreadsdigest_unsubscribe}</a>
    </td>
</tr>
</table>

Optimally it would also have a footer with the following text:

This message was sent to {email} from {board} because your preferences are set to receive email for watched threads. You can adjust your email settings <a href="{xen:link 'canonical:account/contact-details'}"here</a> or unsubscribe from all email.

 

[Xon]

That should work, I'll see if I can find some time to adjust the add-on itself.