Comment 5 for bug 164487

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Richard H. (richard-hewison) wrote :

We have now asked for this to be included as part of the quote for the DL Enhancements 2 project (2008).

However, having thought through this again, we need to amend our requirements for how this should work:

(i) Add a new configuration option called 'DL Manager details' which should include: 'email address' and 'reply to address (if different)'.

(ii) Add a new option under 'users' called 'Email Managers for new users' that can either be enabled or disabled (disabled by default). This option should appear before the users list.

(iii) Add a new option under 'users' called 'Email Librarians for new users' that can either be enabled or disabled (disabled by default). This option should appear before the users list.

(iv) When a new user logs in for the first time, the DL automatically emails ALL defined Librarians in the system (but only if option in (iii) is enabled) as well as the designated DL Managers (but only if option in (ii) is enabled), alerting them to the new user. The email will be 'from' the DL Manager's address specified in (i).

From a procedural point-of-view, all Librarians are automatically informed of new users and it is up to them whether they wish to add the new user as a Submitter or a Librarian for their categories. The DL Manager is informed just to keep them 'in the loop', although obviously they also have the ability to assign Submitter or Librarians to *any* of the DL categories.