E-mail messages

[lookout]

Problem Description:
Just getting started with YaBB SE. Can people advise if  I can change the e-mails the forum generates to users - e.g. when registering for the Forum an e-mail from My Community is received - can I change this so it names my website as the sender of the e-mail - eg Welcome to MYWEBSITE rather than My Community -  

Can this be done and how - thanks. If so can this be done for all such communications eg when an e-mail is sent when someone adds to a thread you are following, or when someone send you a message by the Notification system?

[[Unknown]]

Click Forum Preferences and Settings and change "My Community" to "MYWEBSITE" .

-[Unknown]

[lookout]

Thanks for that - another issue re e-mail - is it possible to completely turn off the ability for members to reveal their e-mail address - the system allows people the option to have this on or off - but could I over-ride this and ensure no members could communicate directly by e-mail?

This would be important for the forum I plan
Any help appreciated

[Peter Duggan]

Don't know why you need to do this (so be warned that they could clearly still exchange email addresses by PMs etc.), but I've previously posted the necessary code to:

http://www.yabbse.org/community/index.php?thread=26160

[lookout]

Appreciate the advice - can I ask another. Is it possible also to remove the private messaging system? Or deactivate it?

My reason is simple - the website and forum I am designing should allow for people to read others posts, reply and comment on them but not for people to be able to communicate outwith the forum/website.

I have my reasons for this. Is this unusual?

[Peter Duggan]

Appreciate the advice - can I ask another. Is it possible also to remove the private messaging system? Or deactivate it?

The quickest way I can think of is to reduce InstantMessage.php to this:

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<?php
/*****************************************************************************/
/* InstantMessage.php                                                        */
/*****************************************************************************/
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/* Open-Source Project inspired by Zef Hemel ([email protected])              */
/* Software Version:           YaBB SE 1.5.1                                 */
/* Software by:                The YaBB SE Development Team                  */
/* ========================================================================= */
/* Software Distributed by:    http://www.yabbse.org                         */
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/* Support, News, Updates at:  http://www.yabbse.org/community               */
/* Inspired and Ported From:   http://www.yabbforum.com                      */
/*****************************************************************************/
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/*****************************************************************************/

$instantmessagephpver = 'YaBB SE 1.5.4';

?>

And comment out the relevant lines of index.php like this:

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/*
      'im' => array("$sourcedir/InstantMessage.php", 'IMIndex'),
      'imoutbox' => array("$sourcedir/InstantMessage.php", 'IMOutbox'),
      'imprefs' => array("$sourcedir/InstantMessage.php", 'IMPreferences'),
      'imprefs2' => array("$sourcedir/InstantMessage.php", 'IMPreferences2'),
      'imremove' => array("$sourcedir/InstantMessage.php", 'IMRemove'),
      'imremoveall' => array("$sourcedir/InstantMessage.php", 'KillAllQuery'),
      'imremoveall2' => array("$sourcedir/InstantMessage.php", 'KillAll'),
      'imremovemore' => array("$sourcedir/InstantMessage.php", 'IMRemoveMore'),
      'imsend' => array("$sourcedir/InstantMessage.php", 'IMPost'),
      'imsend2' => array("$sourcedir/InstantMessage.php", 'IMPost2'),
*/

But I'd also recommend removing the remaining evidence that there *had been* an IM system from the board index template, user profiles and help files...

I have my reasons for this. Is this unusual?

Basically, yes!