[Koha-devel] RFC: Feature to automatically email account details to patrons, upon account creation.

[Lloyd Palfrey]

We could also add the mechanism for forcing a user to change their password on first login? I'm happy to add that to the specification.

- L

-----Original Message-----
From: koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha.org [mailto:koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha.org] On Behalf Of Owen Leonard
Sent: 14 May 2008 16:55
To: koha-devel at nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] RFC: Feature to automatically email account details to patrons, upon account creation.

> Lloyd and I have been discussing a feature to automatically email
> account details to patrons upon account creation.
> The primary details are the user's userird and password.

I think this is a great idea.

> There may be a few sysprefs needed for this feature, but initially
> just the one will suffice  - something like...
> autoEmailPatronDetails    = 'OFF | WorkEmail | HomeEmail | AltEmail'

On that subject, I mentioned a while ago (on IRC?) that it might be
better to have the email addresses labeled "primary" and "secondary"
rather than Work and Home. That way it's up to the patron to decide
what email they want to be contacted with. I would think this would
negate the need for this preference, since you could count on the
primary address being the one to use.

> 2 sysprefs could handle this feature, perhaps...
> autoAddOPACUserid       =  'OFF | Cardnumber | WorkEmail | HomeEmail |
> Random'  etc

I like this as well (although I don't think I'd have Koha give someone
a random username). Some questions: if you chose cardnumber, what
happens when the patron replaces their card, getting a new number? The
same goes for email--what happens when their primary email changes?

> autoAddOPACPassword   =  'OFF | Cardnumber | WorkEmail | HomeEmail |
> Random'  etc

A random password seems appropriate here. I don't think you'd want to
use an email address, since that's potentially widely known. The same
could be true for cardnumber. It's not like we have a mechanism for
forcing a user to change their password on first login.

All in all, though, I'd be very happy to see this in Koha.

  -- Owen

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