Hi, Can you please tell how can I change the welcome email text sent to a user upon first signup that starts like “Welcome to Discourse!Click the following link to confirm and activate your new account:…” Thanks

Not all email text can be customized yet. See Admin, Customize, Text for what can.

[image] codinghorror: Not all email text can be customized yet. See Admin, Customize, Text for what can. Do you mean easily customized via the ACP? Could not the server.en.yml file be over-ridden by a plugin? (even if recommended to not) en: system_messages: signup: subject_tem…

[image] Mittineague: Could not the server.en.yml file be over-ridden by a plugin? (even if recommended to not) I did not understand this. Where is server.en.yml file. And which plugin is to be used. Can you please tell in details? Thanks

[image] sijokg: I did not understand this Sorry, but if you don’t understand then you most definitely should not attempt it. It’s tricky enough business even with understanding and doing it wrong can have dire consequences [image] Mittineague: That would risk sending NO emails or worse …

Being able to customize the emails actually is very important - I’m surprised this wasn’t prioritized over a lot of the stuff that’s been added in recent updates.

Would also love to be able to customize message to sent to flagged users. Anyone know how?

I’d also like to second that it is important to be able to edit the confirmation email. This is the first email that is sent by the forum. It’s important to personalize. Thanks!

Also slated to be done: [image] Discourse Version 1.5 Make more system-sent email text customizable in admin, customize, text

It’s been :ship:'d [image] Customizable Email Templates feature Don’t like the text in our emails? Well now you can change them! (as long as you’re tracking our tests-passed branch) Just visit Admin > Customize > Email Templates and you’ll be presented with this nifty in…

How to change the account confirm email content

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eviltrout (Robin Ward) November 27, 2015, 5:08pm 12

Also, now any text in Discourse can be updated via the admin interface.

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How to change the account confirm email content

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