Re: [Koha-devel] RFC: Feature to automatically email account details to patrons, upon account creation.

[Joshua Ferraro]

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Mason James
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Lloyd and I have been discussing a feature to automatically email
> account details to patrons upon account creation.
> The primary details are the user's userird and password.
>
> The feature will need to have the ability to manage (eg: add/edit/
> save) an account-creation email - per branch.
> (As each branch will potentially have differing contact information etc)
>
> When a user is created by a Koha Admin, an email will be sent to that
> user's email address - depending on their homebranch value.
>
> There may be a few sysprefs needed for this feature, but initially
> just the one will suffice  - something like...
> autoEmailPatronDetails    = 'OFF | WorkEmail | HomeEmail | AltEmail'
>
> ---
> A related, but separate feature we have been discussing is...
>
> A Feature to populate the opac-userid and opac-password fields with
> defaults - if they are left blank on account creation
>
> 2 sysprefs could handle this feature, perhaps...
> autoAddOPACUserid       =  'OFF | Cardnumber | WorkEmail | HomeEmail |
> Random'  etc
> autoAddOPACPassword   =  'OFF | Cardnumber | WorkEmail | HomeEmail |
> Random'  etc
>
Just a quick note that this has been pushed up after receipt of some patches
from Mason. To get this functionality, please update to revision 3.00.087.

Cheers,

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