[RFC] Unsubscribe without logging in

[imkingdavid]

Ticket: http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-10282
Original reporter: Yuriy Rusko (aka Marshalrusty)
Repository: feature/unsubscribe

There is currently no way to unsubscribe from a phpBB board's emails without first logging in. Whenever an old topic on a board gets bumped and/or becomes active again, there will likely be a number of users who no longer care about the site (and don't remember their credentials) and yet receive notification emails. To unsubscribe, they have to login, which means resetting their password.

I have begun work on this in my forked copy on branch feature/unsubscribe.

Use case:
User receives topic or forum subscribed emails. In footer of email, two links are present: one to unsubscribe from topic/forum, one for unsubscribing from all. Clicking on the link will take to confirm page (confirm_box() ?) and on approval, they are removed from subscription(s).

Because UCP requires login for usage, this would be best in memberlist, imo, because permissions can be bypassed for this specific case, as they are for the 'email' case.

[jsebean]

Something like this would be nice for mass mail feature too, to disable it without logging in.

[naderman]

This sounds pretty good. I haven't had time to review your branch in depth yet, but please make sure you follow the git guidelines regarding commit messages (wiki.phpbb.com/Git), thanks.

[naderman]

Would you mind fixing your commit message to follow the rules and creating a WIP pull request against develop so we can better track this? Thank you.

[imkingdavid]

Would you mind fixing your commit message to follow the rules and creating a WIP pull request against develop so we can better track this? Thank you.

Will do later when I have a chance.

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

What about unsubscribing from fora notifications? Feels to me that the two features should be congruent in functionality.

[imkingdavid]

What about unsubscribing from fora notifications? Feels to me that the two features should be congruent in functionality.

I originally thought that this RFC would also include the ability to cease all board communications, but in the ticket discussion, it was said that this was just for removing forum and topic subscriptions. I guess we could also add that, but it would probably go in another RFC/ticket.

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

You're on the right path, I just misread the patch (and didn't notice it was still a WIP)

[naderman]

I originally thought that this RFC would also include the ability to cease all board communications, but in the ticket discussion, it was said that this was just for removing forum and topic subscriptions.

I would actually prefer if that option was also available. Personally I think that on the page the unsubscribe link goes to you should be able to select what you want to unsubscribe from: that topic/forum, all topic notifications or simply all email from that board.

[imkingdavid]

I originally thought that this RFC would also include the ability to cease all board communications, but in the ticket discussion, it was said that this was just for removing forum and topic subscriptions.

I would actually prefer if that option was also available. Personally I think that on the page the unsubscribe link goes to you should be able to select what you want to unsubscribe from: that topic/forum, all topic notifications or simply all email from that board.

Alright, i'll put a radio-button option for each.