Prerequisite A working outgoing email setup. You can use Mailcatcher or Mailhog. Make sure that the " noreplyaddress " admin setting is properly set (e.g. noreply@example.com) Automatic data request approval turned on. Requesting as student. Go to " Site administration / Users / Privacy and policies / Privacy settings " Turn on " Contact the privacy officer " ( tool_dataprivacy | contactdataprotectionofficer ) Save the changes. Log in as a student. Go to your profile Press " Export all of my personal data " Enter a comment and press " Save changes " Log in as a privacy officer (admin) and approve the data request. Run cron. Confirm that you get an email addressed to the student that the student's data is now ready for download. Check the email's "Reply-To" data. Confirm that the " Reply-To " indicates the admin's name and email.