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If I enable 'Force digest emails' will all users receive an email of all new posts or do they have to be subscribed to the topic/forum that has new posts?
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No - users still need to subscribe to those they want to get emails about. These things should always be opt-in as opposed to sent out regardless.
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Ok, thought so. Then my next question: is there a way to bulk-subscribe all users to all forums? If not in the forum admin, then maybe in the database?
This is a small, private forum with about 80 members. I know they all want to receive a digest, but many of them are not very computer literate.
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If all members are subscribed to all forums, they'll get an email of every new post. This is not an option because if there is a lively discussion, there will be too much email traffic.
The forum is usually not very busy, so members don't look for new posts very often, but want to be informed if there are any. What I would like is for all members to get a weekly email with all new posts.
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The data for this is stored in the 'sfUserActivity' table. You would need a single row for each user for each forum they are subscribed to for digest emails. So - (number of users x number of forums) should do it.
If you want to do something like that I can tell you which value goes in which column.
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Looks like you missed the addition I made to my post:
The forum is small not very busy, so members don’t look for new posts very often, but they want to be informed if there are any. What I would like is for all members to get a weekly notification email with a listing of all new posts, whether they are subscribed to them or not.
It's probably not possible now, but may I then suggest this as a new feature or a new plugin? It could simply be a box to tick in the users' option panel.
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No I did see that had said about the size of your membership.
The problem that you have to consider is that in some countries, sending out unwanted and unrequested emails is not acceptable legally. The user has to have a method of opting out of receiving them just like here in the UK, the user has to have a way of opting out of accepting cookies from your website (something WordPress has not actually dealt with).
So they do need to be able to opt out - hence the current system of users opting in voluntarily.
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I see what you mean, but like I said, it could be an option for the user to tick, like there is now for the digests. They can untick it any time they want.
What I do now, as a workaround, is that I subscribed to all forums and manually send the weekly digest I receive to all members.
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