Re: Remove "Send Email" option with NAML

Posted by mark on Jan 04, 2020; 10:49pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Remove-Send-Email-option-with-NAML-tp7591364p7604796.html

I don't pretend to understand why the user who asked wanted the feature, but I do think there are situations where it's possibly a good idea. Not every forum (or blog or newspaper) has the same goals. Not every forum needs email, IMO.

As for my own forum, I actually do want other users to be able to email each other, but I'm trying to make it so I can revoke the privilege on a case by case basis (and learning these things along the way is helpful). I mean, if a user obviously abuses email, or is a blatant spammer, I'd rather them not be able to email people, while I still want other users to be able to.

I'm not sure what you can and can't do on other Nabble servers, but on mine, profile pages render for users differently, apparently. Yes, I've temporarily disabled emails for all users but administrators, but that's only for the sake of being in the middle of figuring things out (not because I want that feature to remain in my forum). I'm the only person with user accounts right now (so, it's not a big deal leaving it like that for a day).

Anyway, whether you think the feature the user requested is a good idea or not, you've already warned them. If they don't take your advice, they probably have what they believe to be a good reason. People don't always ask the questions for their own exact scenario, either.

I could probably easily use NAML to make it so banned users (or even other user groups) can't log in on my forum. So, I'm not upset about banned users being able to log in or anything. That's kind of cool.