• It would be great is mail to users could be switched off

    By Bart 71298 2 decades ago

    I know you can switch off all email messages, but it would be great if you only could swith off mail to users and keep the mailing to colleagues at the helpdesk. This way rolling out/ running this application can be done without interaction with users other than by regular ways (like the phone).



    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't find a way to do it other than to hack the scripts.

    • The next version will have a feature to

      By Thomas Schulte 2 decades ago

      set the application into test mode and redirect all outgoing mails to a specific user.



      Doing what you want might be possible if you enter all supporters into a list and reprogram spoofmessage to send messages only to those who are listed as supporters. Another possibility would be to build a configuration document to close out only those system mails who are directed to users.



      I'll ask Ulrich Krause what he thinks about such a feature.

      • ya, good point ...

        By Ulrich Krause 2 decades ago

        As Thomas wrote, we will have a "dummy" mode for all notifications in the next version.



        But we have to evaluate this feature very carefully, because it might have a lot of side effects and we have to rewrite a lot of code. Just imagine how to handle the escalation in dummy-mode.

        • By Bart 71298 2 decades ago

          Yes, that's true. But the advantage (especially during accepence testing) is that you only touch the way HD colleagues work, not the way the rest of the company handles calls.

      • By Bart 71298 2 decades ago

        A test mode is a great start, but I think I'm not the only admin who wants to keep the end users from receiving these helpdesk messages. So a config doc with a list of supporters would be good IMHO.

    • I forgot. You can do this right now. You will just have to ...

      By Thomas Schulte 2 decades ago

      Set the MailIf…. parameters to NO.

      • By Bart 71298 2 decades ago

        Thanks for the quick response. But that option is also switching of mails to helpdesk colleagues, I think. And that feature is needed.

        • Well you cann do this right now with only one problem ...

          By Thomas Schulte 2 decades ago

          Switch the following entries to "NO".

          MailIfNewDoc, MailIfAccepted, MailIfForwarded, MailIfResubmitted, MailIfCompleted, MailIf Reopened. MailIfNewDocDispatcher.

          This will close the communication to the customer without affecting the internal team communication. with one exception:

          MailIfDocumentCancelled is the part that has influence on the todo and the ticket. But this could be changed.

          As a workaround. If you switch this parameter to "NO" cancels of todos will no longer be flagged for the supporters. If you can live with this all you want can be done right now.



          And to look behind the curtains a little bit here is a list of wich parameter is responsible in what area:



          for the BugReport:

          MailIfNewDoc Mail is send to users/otherusers when a new document is created manually. No mail to supporter

          MailIfAccepted Mail is send to users/othersuser when a ticket is accepted by anyone. No Mail to supporter

          MailIfForwarded Mail is send to users/Otherusers when a ticket is forwarded to another supporter. Mail to the selected new supporter is always send.

          MailIfResubmitted Mail is send to users/Otherusers when a ticket is delayed for some time. No mail to supporter.

          MailIfCompleted Mail is send to users/Otherusers when a ticket is closed, No Mail to supporter.

          MailIfReopened Mail is send to users/Otherusers when a ticket is reopened. No Mail to supporter.

          MailIfDocumentCancelled Mail is send to users/Otherusers when a ticket is cancelled. No Mail to supporter.



          for the BugTodo:

          MailIfTodoNewDoc Mail is send to supporter only when a new todo is created.

          MailIfTodoAccepted Mail is send to supporter of parentdocument if the todo is accepted.

          MailIfTodoForwarded Mail is send to supporter of parentdocument if the todo is forwarded to another supporter.Mail to the selected new supporter is always send.

          MailIfTodoResubmitted Mail is send to supporter of parentdocument if the todo is delayed for some time.

          MailIfTodoCompleted Mail is send to supporter of parentdocument if the todo is closed.

          MailIfTodoReopened Mail is send to supporter of parentdocument if the todo is reopened.

          MailIfDocumentCancelled Mail is send to supporter of Supporter/creator when a todo is cancelled. (This will be changed in a new version to mail if TodoDocumentCancelled)



          for BugMail

          Mails from here are always sent to the people entered in the sendto and copyto field.



          if a ticket is converted into a mail

          MailIfNewMailResponse Mail is send to the supporter who is reponsible for the parent document the new mail is attached to.



          if the dispatcher creates a new ticket

          MailIfNewDocDispatcher Mail is send to user/Otheruser. if the dispatcher creates a new ticket document. No Mail is send to Supporter.



          Notification messages from the dispatcher

          are alway sent to the supporters. no notification message is send to the users found.

          • The last problem mentioned that the ...

            By Thomas Schulte 2 decades ago

            Cancelcurrentdocument entry would affect both the tickets and the todos is fixed and will be released with the next version.

          • By Bart 71298 2 decades ago

            Hey,



            Thanks for your quick & helpfull reply! It now works as desired.

            Ready for acceptance testing! :-)



            Bart