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Is extension overrides phpBB notifications functionality?

by smanst3r » Fri Dec 17, 2021 3:06 pm

Hi,
My question can be described as: "If user has enabled Digests(for instance daily), will he along with daily digest email letter also receive an email after someone else post reply on topic he is subscribed :?: "
If Yes then
"How to prevent user from receiving post reply notification with digests extensions enabled (in UCP also)?"
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Because i think if user enabled Digests in UCP, so there is no need to send him email on every post reply within his topics subscriptions since he enabled Digests
It turns out dubbing notifications i think.
Thanks a lot, if you can explain behaviour of extension along with phpbb core functionality
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Re: Is extension overrides phpBB notifications functionality

by MarkDHamill » Fri Dec 17, 2021 4:07 pm

Digests doesn't override phpBB's built in notification system. If they elected to get email notifications on forum or topic posts, those should be sent via email. These can be disabled in the user control panel. Just because a digest is sent doesn't mean it will be read.
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Re: Is extension overrides phpBB notifications functionality

by benwall » Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:20 am

Hi Mark,

I think phpBB only sends notifications depending on the last visit time of the user. The Digests extension has an option to update the last visit time when sending a Digest. Does enabling that option prevent the default notifications being emailed? Or is not guaranteed (and depends on whichever task happens to run first) ?

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Re: Is extension overrides phpBB notifications functionality

by MarkDHamill » Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:12 pm

What happens depends on when notification actions occur. By default a phpBB cron depends on board action like hitting the index, but it could be triggered by an actual cron if you take the trouble to program such a cron, which is recommended so digests are sent in the hour wanted. Typically digests are set up to call an actual hourly cron, so what happens largely depends on which action occurs first. In general an hour must have elapsed since the last time digests were sent for more digests to go out.
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