Unsubscribe link in emails

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raykai
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Unsubscribe link in emails

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Currently, all emails being sent out by phpbb and the mass emailing feature as well as email notifications does not have an unsubscribe mechanism built in.

Many countries now require such functionality, like CAN-SPAM in the US. Additionally, Canada's antispam legislation (CASL) http://fightspam.gc.ca/eic/site/030.nsf/eng/home

It would be nice having at least an official extensions that would allow users to easily unsubscribe to such messages from a link in the emails without having to login and follow a process in the UCP. This is not only convenient, but in some cases required by law in some jurisdictions.

It would also be beneficial to us Canadian's to have some sort of "CASL compliance" feature (similar how there is a COPPA feature) that would give administrators the option to show a selection box on the registration page so the user can decide to opt in (not opt out as required by CASL) to mass emails, and while not required by CASL, an opt in for notifications emails as well. It could go along with Pony's suggestion here https://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopi ... 10#p243711 with regards to having a "Legal" section in the ACP where all these features could be grouped.

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Re: Unsubscribe link in emails

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Notifications do have an unsubscribe link. The link says something to the effect of:
If you no longer wish to watch this forum you can either click the
"Unsubscribe forum" link found in the forum above, or by clicking the
following link:
Mass emails aren't really a subscription so I'm not sure that qualifies for the subject at hand.
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Re: Unsubscribe link in emails

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The user is indeed subscribed to the Admin/board emails by default...
raykai wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:45 am It would also be beneficial to us Canadian's to have some sort of "CASL compliance" feature (similar how there is a COPPA feature) that would give administrators the option to show a selection box on the registration page so the user can decide to opt in (not opt out as required by CASL) to mass emails, and while not required by CASL, an opt in for notifications emails as well. It could go along with Pony's suggestion here https://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopi ... 10#p243711 with regards to having a "Legal" section in the ACP where all these features could be grouped.

Hey Ray, here you go, fellow Canadian here :) http://www.sitesplat.com/phpBB3/viewtop ... =17&t=3204 that should help a bit. If you need something more specific/fancier let me know. Enjoy
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Re: Unsubscribe link in emails

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sitesplat wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:16 pm The user is indeed subscribed to the Admin/board emails by default...
Hey Ray, here you go, fellow Canadian here :) http://www.sitesplat.com/phpBB3/viewtop ... =17&t=3204 that should help a bit. If you need something more specific/fancier let me know. Enjoy

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