Change sending New Version email to developer email (or configurable group)

[tobiaseigen]

I do think we want to do something here.

@markersocial

While the critical notifications regarding the security of the Discourse instance (like security updates available) should go directly to a server admin email (ideally without needing a user account created for that email).

@tobiaseigen

It’s also true that for self-hosters, an email address for the person setting up the site is provided during setup in app.yml, and so a smoother experience might indeed be to send the email to the email address in app.yml, as suggested above.

This might be the lowest hanging fruit, and easiest to implement. A comma separated list of email addresses is supported, and they do not necessarily have to have accounts on the site.

We can explain how it will be used in the setup tool and in the admin guide.

@markersocial

A webhook would be super nice also, which would make it possible to send these critical alerts to Slack, Discord etc.

Also a nice idea! Perhaps could be added as a plugin. Could you start a separate topic to suggest it?

@markersocial

The main reason being that the contact_email is listed publicly as the support email for anyone to contact for general inquiries or support.

I believe it would make more sense to link an email like that to a support ticketing system operated by non technical staff.

Nice idea! This also feels like a separate feature request - can you start another topic to suggest it and explain your idea in more detail?