Location: Site Configuration > User Settings > Validation Email
You can configure the system to send regular emails (called validation emails) to site users as a way of checking that their accounts are still active. Users have to respond to these emails to confirm that they are still using their accounts. If a user does not send a reply to the email within a set time period, the user account on the site is considered expired and is therefore closed.
To configure a validation email, follow these steps:
On the toolbar, click Edit Settings.
In the dialog box that opens, select the Enable User Validation Emails checkbox.
In the Time Between Validations box, specify the interval in days at which you want validation emails to be sent to users of the site.
In the User Response Delay box, specify how many days following the sending of an email the user is allowed within which to send a reply.
Configure the email account to be used for receiving user response emails, by specifying the settings discussed in the table below.
Setting | Meaning |
|---|---|
From Field: Email Address | Email address to which user responses will be sent |
From Field: Name | Sender name |
POP 3 Server | Server used for receiving response emails |
POP 3 Login | Login name used for accessing the server |
POP 3 Password | Password used for accessing the server |
Configure the email message that will be sent to users and to which users must reply in order to have their ac- counts validated. Specify the subject of the message in the Subject 1st Email box and the body of the message in the Content 1st Email box. You can use the variables $UserName and $SiteName to customize the message for multiple recipients.
Configure the message that will be sent to users to confirm that their accounts have been validated. Specify the subject of the message in the Subject 2nd Email box and the body of the message in the Content 2nd Email box. You can use the variables $UserName and $SiteName to customize the message for multiple recipients.
If you want to receive notification emails when users do not reply within the set delay, select the Send Email to Administrator checkbox. Then specify the recipient address, the subject and body of the notification message in the Administrator Email Address, Subject and Email Content boxes respectively. You can use the $UserName, $UserEmail and $SiteName variables to represent the name and email address of the user concerned on each particular occasion, as well as the name of the site in question.
Fig.10: Configuring a Validation Email: specifying the general settings and details of the 1st email
Fig.11: Configuring a Validation Email: specifying the general settings and details of the 2nd email