[ZendTo] Feature Request custom string in subject per DropOff
Jules
Jules at Zend.To
Fri Jun 19 17:22:45 BST 2020
Folks,
This feature is now in the latest beta release, 6.02-1 which is
available from the beta page on the website at
https://zend.to/beta
When you create a new drop-off, the Subject line is shown next to the
"From".
*You can edit the Subject how you like.
*The "EmailSubjectTag" from zendto.conf will still be added onto the
start of the Subject before the emails are actually sent.
If you would prefer that the EmailSubjectTag was included in the
editable bit, so you can remove it, let me know.
This has involved quite a major change in the HTML structure of the
form, so if you see browsers where it doesn't display perfectly, please
do tell me!
Thanks!
Jules.
On 01/05/2019 10:03, Jules Field wrote:
>
>
> On 30/04/2019 23:42, Kevin Miller via ZendTo wrote:
>>
>> I was thinking of something sort of along the lines of what Travis
>> McDugald proposed:
>>
>> If (isset($messageID)) then $subject = [Zendto] . $messageID .
>> $subject; else $subject = [Zendto] . $subject;
>>
>> although rather than an additional messageID I was envisioning just
>> changing the prefix.
>>
> I am wary of allowing things like ticket numbers in the [] prefix, as
> I bet some lousy ticketing systems out there will only spot the ticket
> number if it has whitespace after it and not some bracket or other
> punctuation.
>
>> I.e. I was thinking that [Zendto] would be a variable set in
>> preferneces.php which could be customized. Something like:
>>
>> ‘Zendto_prefix’ => ‘[Zendto]’,
>>
>> which folks could simply change to what they wanted or leave it as
>> the default. I didn’t really explain it very clearly.
>>
>> We’re probably the outlier, but the powers that be upstream of me
>> decided we’d call our system “fileshare” rather than Zendto. So in
>> my case I’d change the prefix itself if such was available. I can
>> see the use case for what Travis, et. al. are proposing as well…
>>
> Greg has already answered that one for me. :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Jules.
>
>> ...Kevin
>>
>> --
>>
>> Kevin Miller
>>
>> Network/email Administrator, CBJ MIS Dept.
>>
>> 155 South Seward Street
>>
>> Juneau, Alaska 99801
>>
>> Phone: (907) 586-0242, Fax: (907) 586-4588 Registered Linux User No:
>> 307357
>>
>> *From:*ZendTo <zendto-bounces at zend.to> *On Behalf Of *Jules Field via
>> ZendTo
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 30, 2019 12:35 AM
>> *To:* ZendTo Users <zendto at zend.to>
>> *Cc:* Jules Field <Jules at Zend.To>; Kevin Miller <kevin.miller at juneau.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [ZendTo] [Feature Request custom string in subject per
>> DropOff]
>>
>> Kevin,
>>
>> But in the case of a request, as much as possible is pre-filled for
>> the customer dropping off files.
>> All the other Subject lines generated are hard-coded (apart from
>> translations).
>>
>> If you are thinking of either changing the [ZendTo] prefix to some
>> other string, or adding something between the [ZendTo] prefix and the
>> rest of the string, where and when is that going to be set?
>>
>> The "new dropoff" form needs to gain an extra "Message ID" (or
>> whatever) box so people can put in their magic string.
>>
>> Are you saying the "send a request" form needs to gain it too?
>> (And presumably if the answer to that is "yes", the "new dropoff"
>> form would pre-fill the "Message ID" value from what was given in the
>> request. And if that is the case, should the customer doing the
>> dropoff be able to change the "Message ID" value at that point? I
>> would suggest not.)
>>
>> I think we're all thinking about variations on either ticketing
>> systems or people with multiple projects, where they need some magic
>> value in the Subject line of *every* email message sent by ZendTo so
>> that they can all be tracked and filed automatically.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jules.
>>
>> On 29/04/2019 17:53, Kevin Miller via ZendTo wrote:
>>
>> Unless I’m misunderstand the conundrum, I’d say to let the
>> requester enter the subject line, sans prefix, then prepend the
>> system defined prefix at upload generation time. I.e., if I was
>> requesting a dropoff I’d put in “My appropriate subject”. The
>> person that is actually doing the dropoff would see that, and
>> probably won’t think twice about it. Then, when the outgoing
>> upload notification is actually complete, Zendto can prepend the
>> system supplied prefix [Zendto] or [Whatever] and send that. I
>> don’t think folks are in the habit of hand coding prefixes, so
>> it’s unlikely one would end up with dual prefixes.
>>
>> Maybe there’s coding issues with that that make it difficult?
>> Anyway, my tuppence worth…
>>
>> ...Kevin
>>
>> --
>>
>> Kevin Miller
>>
>> Network/email Administrator, CBJ MIS Dept.
>>
>> 155 South Seward Street
>>
>> Juneau, Alaska 99801
>>
>> Phone: (907) 586-0242, Fax: (907) 586-4588 Registered Linux User
>> No: 307357
>>
>> *From:*ZendTo <zendto-bounces at zend.to>
>> <mailto:zendto-bounces at zend.to>*On Behalf Of *Jules Field via ZendTo
>> *Sent:* Monday, April 29, 2019 6:19 AM
>> *To:* ZendTo Users <zendto at zend.to> <mailto:zendto at zend.to>
>> *Cc:* Jules Field <Jules at Zend.To> <mailto:Jules at Zend.To>
>> *Subject:* Re: [ZendTo] [Feature Request custom string in subject
>> per DropOff]
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I'm having a think about this one.
>>
>> The idea of the prefix is pretty simple, basically I would give
>> you the "[ZendTo]" string (as an initial default value) in a
>> "Subject" box in the new drop-off form.
>>
>> Whatever you end up putting in there gets used instead of
>> [ZendTo] at the start of the email subject lines.
>>
>> However......
>>
>> If you request a drop-off, you get to supply the whole Subject
>> line for the email to the person you want to send you their files.
>> Ideally, that same Subject line would be used in all
>> notifications etc about that drop-off.
>> But they have entered the *whole* Subject line, not just the
>> prefix to it.
>> If I use their whole Subject line as a prefix, it's going to look
>> weird.
>>
>> So what do I do for the Subject prefix, when it was created as a
>> result of a request which had the entire Subject line supplied?
>> I clearly can't ask the person sending the request to supply 2
>> Subject entries — both the current whole Subject line *and* the
>> prefix to use — as that would confuse the hell out of them.
>>
>> Any ideas please?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jules.
>>
>> On 21/04/2019 14:29, Mailing Lists via ZendTo wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jules,
>>
>> yes it would be enough to allow 20 editable characters.
>>
>> via Smartphone
>>
>>
>> Am 21.04.2019 um 15:13 schrieb Travis McDugald via ZendTo
>> <zendto at zend.to <mailto:zendto at zend.to>>:
>>
>> While no one has asked for this yet, I do see it’s
>> usefulness.
>>
>> I do use custom strings in email subjects for some
>> projects as well. Helps with sorting, searching, and
>> filtering.
>>
>> Side note: great job on everything Jules, thank you.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>
>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 7:40 AM, Jules via ZendTo
>> <zendto at zend.to <mailto:zendto at zend.to>> wrote:
>>
>> Peter,
>>
>> You effectively just want to allow senders to
>> customise the "[ZENDTO]" subject line tag in each
>> drop-off, correct?
>>
>> Does anyone else need to do this too?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jules.
>>
>> On 21/02/2019 2:21 pm, Der PCFreak via ZendTo wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jules, hi all.
>>
>> I have a strange request from our ZendTo users.
>> They asked if it would be possible to add a
>> custom field when sending a DropOff
>> that results in a custom text in all ZendTo email
>> concerning this specific DropOff.
>>
>> Example current:
>>
>> [ZENDTO] One of the recipients has picked up your
>> drop-off!
>>
>> Example requested:
>>
>> [ZENDTO] CUSTOM_STRING One of the recipients has
>> picked up your drop-off!
>>
>> I asked a little bit about the purpose of their
>> request and they told me that project teams sort
>> their email by subject and
>> consequently keep the project name
>> (CUSTOM_STRING) in every subject of their emails
>> concerning that specific project.
>> So later they could sort by project name
>> (CUSTOM_STRING) within Outlook to be able to
>> verify when they sent a specific DropOff.
>>
>> Question:
>> Is it possible to implement such a feature?
>>
>> I know that I could handcraft it but I don't want
>> to make big changes to the source and always have
>> to keep track of them when upgrading.
>>
>> I am currently not on the latest version of
>> ZendTo, so if such a feature is maybe already
>> present in the latest version, feel free
>> to tell me.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
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