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  • Mass Contact - sends an email to all users in selected roles
  • Reroute Email - redirects ALL system generated email to a test mail domain or address
  • Token - put useful text into emails

Configuration

  • Setup
    • enable all modules
    • set permissions for all
    • go to /admin/config/development/reroute_email and check off 'Enable rerouting'
      • enter the email address of the person to receive the test emails
      • check off 'Show rerouting description in mail body'
      • click Save configuration
    • go to /admin/config/system/mass_contact/add to add a mass email category
      • Category: Site Maintenance
      • check off all the roles under 'User roles to include'
      • set Selected to Yes so this is the default message category
      • click Save
    • go to /admin/config/system/mass_contact/add to add a mass email category
      • Category: For Admins
      • check off just the administrator role under 'User roles to include'
      • set Selected to No so this is not the default message category
      • click Save
    • add the permission to send to each of the above groups to your role
    • go to /admin/config/system/mass_contact/settings
      • select Yes under 'Allow users to opt-out of mass email messages'
      • check off 'Archive messages by saving a copy as a node'
      • click Save configuration
    • go to Message Header at /admin/config/system/mass_contact/settings/header
      • check off Include the name for the sender
      • check off Send as BCC (hide recipients) by default
      • check off Include category in subject line
      • click Save configuration
    • go to Message Body at /admin/config/system/mass_contact/settings/body
      • add this for 'Text to be prepended to all messages' \[current-date:custom:l, F j, Y g:i a e\] \
        [current-user:name\] sent you this group email since you have and account on \ [site:url\] ( \ [site:name\] ) .

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      •  add this for 'Text to be appended to all messages' unmigrated-wiki-markup
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        You may opt out of these group emails. Log in here \ [site:url\]user and click Edit, then find Mass Contact Settings.
        Production Site: https:// \ [~jgr25:your production site domain here\] on \ [~jgr25:victoria01 or victoria03\]
        Test Site: https:// \ [~jgr25:your test site domain here\] on victoria02

      • click Save configuration

Usage

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