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#44030 new enhancement

Remove unnecessary `This email has been sent to ###EMAIL###` from privacy emails.

Reported by: iandunn Owned by:
Milestone: Future Release Priority: low
Severity: normal Version: trunk
Component: Privacy Keywords: gdpr good-first-bug has-patch
Focuses: Cc:

Description

Several privacy related emails contain a string in the body saying, This email has been sent to ###EMAIL###. It appears that this was copied from the emails that get sent when an email address changes, without considering if it made sense in the new context.

I think that string is appropriate in the original use cases, because explicitly calling out the receiving address can help avoid confusion, since the address is changing.

The string is not used in any other emails in Core, though, except for some of the new privacy ones from 4.9.6. I think the string is unnecessary in the new context, and it's best to remove it.

The recipient address is already obvious enough from the To header, and removing unnecessary content will make the messages shorter, and maybe even avoid some suspicion from spam filters, which sometimes penalize seemingly innocent text, especially if it contains URLs or email addresses.

Attachments (1)

44030.diff (732 bytes) - added by ianbelanger 12 days ago.
Removed 2 instances of the unnecessary email text

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Change History (6)

#1 @desrosj
13 days ago

  • Keywords good-first-bug added
  • Milestone changed from Awaiting Review to 4.9.7

@ianbelanger
12 days ago

Removed 2 instances of the unnecessary email text

#2 @ianbelanger
12 days ago

  • Keywords has-patch added; needs-patch removed

This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #core by desrosj. View the logs.


9 days ago

#4 @desrosj
7 days ago

  • Milestone changed from 4.9.7 to Future Release

Moving gdpr tickets that are not bugs to Future Release until the next steps can be properly evaluated.

#5 @desrosj
7 days ago

  • Component changed from Mail to Privacy

Moving to the new Privacy component.

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