Topic-icon [SOLVED] Admin notification email to non-admin

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13 years 3 months ago #31423 by drjjw
Hi there,

I have a very strange problem with JFB v5, which also happened in 4.

When a user created an account via FB login (automatically creates Joomla account), the one site Superadmin (me is sent an email) but as well, some random Registered user. The only reason I know this is that the email of that user is disabled and the notification email bounces back. In the Joomla user table, he is a 'Registered' user.

Can you help me understand how this might be happening? My only concern is that other users are being notified as well.

Jordan
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13 years 3 months ago #31425 by drjjw
I can now confirm that this is happening with a second Registered user as well. Very strange
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13 years 3 months ago #31426 by drjjw
Hello again,

I notice that these two users had 'Receive system emails' set to yes.

Could this be the issue?
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13 years 3 months ago #31428 by drjjw
....yup, I'm pretty sure that's it :)

Sorry for the trouble, hopefully others might benefit.
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13 years 3 months ago #31436 by alzander
Yes, that's definitely the issue. The "Receive System Emails" setting is meant for letting specific users (mainly of manager or higher status) get.. system emails. Those are definitely things like new user registration, but extensions can use them for any type of notifications.

We've heard in the past from users that have done migrations on their site, or from 'bad' components, that many/all users have that Receive System Emails option set. We're not sure what extension would ever set that for users, but you can imagine the nasty results. I'd highly recommend checking all your users for that setting, or running a SQL query to set the receive emails column to 0 for everyone, and then just enable it for yourself... just to make sure.

Hope that helps,
Alex
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13 years 3 months ago #31503 by drjjw
Thanks Alex,

I used to NoNumber DB replacer to accomplish exactly what you suggested.

Problem solved!

Thanks for your help,

Jordan
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13 years 3 months ago #31506 by alzander
Jordan,
No problem for the help, and glad you found an easy solution.

As always, should you need something else, just let us know!

Thanks,
Alex
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