Would it be possible to do this? If so, has it been done already? I’d like to have a look. I suppose the first question is - which are the relevant email templates, if any? Thanks

Sorry but I don’t quite get what you mean with ‘Customize email notifications to mimic “real” emails’, do you have an example of how do you want them to look? Check this topic to learn more about email templates: How to customize specific email templates You can see the templates in your site, in /…

Thanks for the link. I’m not 100% sure myself. I suppose I mean the typical stuff you get in an email like, before the penultimate message, -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Sent: 17 June 2021 11:49 Anyway, I’ll read the guide you linked to and experiment with what’s possible …

Incidentally, after editing my last post, I got a message saying it had been edited by another user and I couldn’t edit it. It must have been the American changing customise :uk: to customize :us: Anyway, my changes did take effect, but when I go to edit it again the unchanged text is there without …

oops! sorry, I thought you made a typo there but I see it was correct so I reverted it :laughing:

Haha thanks - I suppose a lot depends on what spelling you think most people will search for in future - but that’ll explain why when I was writing the “Incidentally” post I hit the same bug (adding italics, told I couldn’t edit, edit went through anyway, now the edit icon leads to the unedited text…

Customise email notifications to mimic "real" emails

Support

Jonathan5 June 18, 2021, 4:22pm 7

Looks like my editing problem above was Edit Conflict: That post was edited by another user and your changes can no longer be saved

Topic		Replies	Views
3.2.x still ignores some custom email templates Support	4	292	July 25, 2024
Customizable Email Templates Feature feedback	17	8997	October 21, 2016
Customize email notification header and footer Feature email	3	3216	December 6, 2015
How do I edit the email template for the welcoming email? Support	10	5138	December 6, 2015
Customizing specific system email templates Site Management email , how-to	9	12739	March 19, 2026

Customise email notifications to mimic "real" emails

Related topics