Moodle

Site news - no email being sent

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Critical Critical
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 1.8
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Forum
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    Linux
  • Database:
    MySQL
  • Affected Branches:
    MOODLE_18_STABLE

Description

This issue has been reported before and reported as being fixed. See
MDL-8761
MDL-8757
MDL-8761

I just upgraded to 1.8+ (2007021503)

and the issue is still there.

I ran multiple tests on my install and it seems that the site news is only being sent to site admins. Users that are students and the course level are NOT receiving and emailed "Site News"

Jeff

Issue Links

This issue has been marked as being related by:
MDL-11143 Add a new setting "defaultfrontpageroleid" where you choose a role for all users on the front page course Major Closed

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Ernesto Gaston Pacheco added a comment -

I installed 1.8 directly and also have the same problem with the forum in the front page. In the rest of the courses there is no problem at all.

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Ernesto Gaston Pacheco added a comment - I installed 1.8 directly and also have the same problem with the forum in the front page. In the rest of the courses there is no problem at all.
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Dan Marsden added a comment -

have a look at MDL-10161 - I think this may fix the problem.....

any possibility for anyone to test the patch I have in MDL-10163 too? - it could "potentially" fix the problem also.

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Dan Marsden added a comment - have a look at MDL-10161 - I think this may fix the problem..... any possibility for anyone to test the patch I have in MDL-10163 too? - it could "potentially" fix the problem also.
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Helen Foster added a comment -

A temporary workaround is to manually assign all users the front page role of student.

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Helen Foster added a comment - A temporary workaround is to manually assign all users the front page role of student.
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John Isner added a comment -

Helen,
A user reports having no success with your workaround in 1.9 beta 4. See this discussion: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=88445

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John Isner added a comment - Helen, A user reports having no success with your workaround in 1.9 beta 4. See this discussion: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=88445
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Bruce Schmoetzer added a comment -

I am using moodle v1.9_WEEKLY (Build: 20080416) and tried the Front Page roles workaround. Assigned 3 user accounts the Front Page role of Student. Then posted a topic to a Front Page forum (NOT the default News forum) which had been failing to send emails. Worked like a charm - everyone received the email. BTW, when testing, I set Mail now = True (aka set the checkbox) and then manually run the cron tasks (http://www.yourdomain.com/moodle/admin/cron.php) so that I can see the results on screen. Helps with the debugging.

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Bruce Schmoetzer added a comment - I am using moodle v1.9_WEEKLY (Build: 20080416) and tried the Front Page roles workaround. Assigned 3 user accounts the Front Page role of Student. Then posted a topic to a Front Page forum (NOT the default News forum) which had been failing to send emails. Worked like a charm - everyone received the email. BTW, when testing, I set Mail now = True (aka set the checkbox) and then manually run the cron tasks (http://www.yourdomain.com/moodle/admin/cron.php) so that I can see the results on screen. Helps with the debugging.
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Bruce Schmoetzer added a comment -

Just tried setting Front Page default role = Student and it works as well. These role changes appear to take affect immediately upon Save changes. However, none of the users were logged in at the time of the role changes. Just to confirm, I also set Front Page default role = None and tried again and it failed as expected. Using (Build: 20080416).

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Bruce Schmoetzer added a comment - Just tried setting Front Page default role = Student and it works as well. These role changes appear to take affect immediately upon Save changes. However, none of the users were logged in at the time of the role changes. Just to confirm, I also set Front Page default role = None and tried again and it failed as expected. Using (Build: 20080416).
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Vedran Mu?ica added a comment -

I agree with mr. Schmoetzer, workaraound with putting default front page = Student works.
But bug still exists in 1.9.2+ (20080820) and 1.9.3+ (20081126).

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Vedran Mu?ica added a comment - I agree with mr. Schmoetzer, workaraound with putting default front page = Student works. But bug still exists in 1.9.2+ (20080820) and 1.9.3+ (20081126).

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