https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21633 Bug ID: 21633 Summary: Did finesMode = test ever send email? Change sponsored?: --- Product: Koha Version: master Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P5 - low Component: Documentation Assignee: koha-bugs@lists.koha-community.org Reporter: magnus@libriotech.no QA Contact: testopia@bugs.koha-community.org In the 18.05 documentation, finesMode is described thus: Default: Calculate (but only for mailing to the admin) Asks: ___ fines Values: - Calculate (but only for mailing to the admin) [test] - Calculate and charge [production] - Don’t calculate [off] https://koha-community.org/manual/18.05/en/html/systempreferences.html?highl... I have interpreted this as "If fines.pl is run and finesMode is set to 'test', fines will be generated in a CSV(ish) file and the file will be emailed to the address in KohaAdminEmailAddress". I have tested this a bit now, and no email with the file seems to be sent. Reading the code, I can not see any signs of an email being sent either. The 3.0 docs has this to say about finesMode: Description: This preference establishes how Koha will handle fines being accrued by patrons. There are three values to choose from: “Off”, Test, and Production. If the “Off” value is put into effect no fines will be calculated. The Test value prompts Koha to email fine notifications. The Production value is selected to allow Koha to start calculating overdue fines. It is important to know that extra programming will be involved to make this preference functional and a cronjob will need to be put into effect. A cronjob is a programming function that issues commands at specific dates and times. https://koha-community.org/files/2010/02/wayne-state-university-koha-3.0-ref... So: "The Test value prompts Koha to email fine notifications." But: "It is important to know that extra programming will be involved to make this preference functional." I am starting to believe that the emailing of the file was never really implemented. Maybe we should just remove references to emailing from the docs, the comments in the fines.pl script etc? Or was the intended meaning that fines.pl produces a file that could somehow be sent to the admin, but the "somehow" is left to the reader to implement? Or am I missing something? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes. You are the assignee for the bug.