Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of TracNotification


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Apr 4, 2011, 3:40:05 PM (14 years ago)
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    22[[TracGuideToc]]
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    4 Trac supports notification about ticket changes via email.
     4Trac supports notification of ticket changes via email.
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    66Email notification is useful to keep users up-to-date on tickets/issues of interest, and also provides a convenient way to post all ticket changes to a dedicated mailing list. For example, this is how the [http://lists.edgewall.com/archive/trac-tickets/ Trac-tickets] mailing list is set up.
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    99
    1010== Receiving Notification Mails ==
    11 When reporting a new ticket or adding a comment, enter a valid email address in the ''reporter'', ''assigned to/owner'' or ''cc'' field. Trac will automatically send you an email when changes are made to the ticket (depending on how notification is configured).
     11When reporting a new ticket or adding a comment, enter a valid email address or your username in the ''reporter'', ''assigned to/owner'' or ''cc'' field. Trac will automatically send you an email when changes are made to the ticket (depending on how notification is configured).
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    1313This is useful to keep up-to-date on an issue or enhancement request that interests you.
    1414
     15=== How to use your username to receive notification mails ===
     16
     17To receive notification mails, you can either enter a full email address or your username. To get notified with a simple username or login, you need to specify a valid email address in the ''Preferences'' page.
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     19Alternatively, a default domain name ('''`smtp_default_domain`''') can be set in the TracIni file (see [#ConfigurationOptions Configuration Options] below). In this case, the default domain will be appended to the username, which can be useful for an "Intranet" kind of installation.
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    1521== Configuring SMTP Notification ==
     22
     23'''Important:''' For TracNotification to work correctly, the `[trac] base_url` option must be set in [wiki:TracIni trac.ini].
    1624
    1725=== Configuration Options ===
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    3139 * '''`use_public_cc`''': (''since 0.10'') Addresses in To: (owner, reporter) and Cc: lists are visible by all recipients (default is ''Bcc:'' - hidden copy).
    3240 * '''`use_short_addr`''': (''since 0.10'') Enable delivery of notifications to addresses that do not contain a domain (i.e. do not end with ''@<domain.com>'').This option is useful for intranets, where the SMTP server can handle local addresses and map the username/login to a local mailbox. See also `smtp_default_domain`. Do not use this option with a public SMTP server.
    33  * '''`mime_encoding`''': (''since 0.10'') E-mail notifications are always sent in 7-bit mode. This option allows to select the MIME encoding scheme. Supported values:
    34    * `base64`: default value, works with any kind of content. May cause some issues with touchy anti-spam/anti-virus engines.
    35    * `qp` or `quoted-printable`: best for european languages (more compact than base64), not recommended for non-ASCII text (less compact than base64)
    36    * `none`: no encoding. Use with plain english only (ASCII). E-mails with non-ASCII chars won't be delivered.
     41 * '''`mime_encoding`''': (''since 0.10'') This option allows selecting the MIME encoding scheme. Supported values:
     42   * `none`: default value, uses 7bit encoding if the text is plain ASCII, or 8bit otherwise.
     43   * `base64`: works with any kind of content. May cause some issues with touchy anti-spam/anti-virus engines.
     44   * `qp` or `quoted-printable`: best for european languages (more compact than base64) if 8bit encoding cannot be used.
    3745 * '''`ticket_subject_template`''': (''since 0.11'') A [http://genshi.edgewall.org/wiki/Documentation/text-templates.html Genshi text template] snippet used to get the notification subject.
     46 * '''`email_sender`''': (''since 0.12'') Name of the component implementing `IEmailSender`. This component is used by the notification system to send emails. Trac currently provides the following components:
     47   * `SmtpEmailSender`: connects to an SMTP server (default).
     48   * `SendmailEmailSender`: runs a `sendmail`-compatible executable.
    3849
    3950Either '''`smtp_from`''' or '''`smtp_replyto`''' (or both) ''must'' be set, otherwise Trac refuses to send notification mails.
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    4657 * '''`use_tls`''': (''since 0.10'') Toggle to send notifications via a SMTP server using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security TLS], such as GMail.
    4758
     59The following option is specific to email delivery through a `sendmail`-compatible executable.
     60 * '''`sendmail_path`''': (''since 0.12'') Path to the sendmail executable. The sendmail program must accept the `-i` and `-f` options.
    4861
    4962=== Example Configuration (SMTP) ===
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    5770}}}
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     72=== Example Configuration (`sendmail`) ===
     73{{{
     74[notification]
     75smtp_enabled = true
     76email_sender = SendmailEmailSender
     77sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
     78smtp_from = notifier@example.com
     79smtp_replyto = myproj@projects.example.com
     80smtp_always_cc = ticketmaster@example.com, theboss+myproj@example.com
     81}}}
    5982
    6083=== Customizing the e-mail subject ===
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    7093 * `ticket`: The ticket model object (see [trac:source:/trunk/trac/ticket/model.py model.py]). Individual ticket fields can be addressed by appending the field name separated by a dot, e.g. `$ticket.milestone`.
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     95=== Customizing the e-mail content ===
     96
     97The notification e-mail content is generated based on `ticket_notify_email.txt` in `trac/ticket/templates`.  You can add your own version of this template by adding a `ticket_notify_email.txt` to the templates directory of your environment. The default looks like this:
     98
     99{{{
     100$ticket_body_hdr
     101$ticket_props
     102#choose ticket.new
     103  #when True
     104$ticket.description
     105  #end
     106  #otherwise
     107    #if changes_body
     108Changes (by $change.author):
     109
     110$changes_body
     111    #end
     112    #if changes_descr
     113      #if not changes_body and not change.comment and change.author
     114Description changed by $change.author:
     115      #end
     116$changes_descr
     117--
     118    #end
     119    #if change.comment
     120
     121Comment${not changes_body and '(by %s)' % change.author or ''}:
     122
     123$change.comment
     124    #end
     125  #end
     126#end
     127
     128--
     129Ticket URL: <$ticket.link>
     130$project.name <${project.url or abs_href()}>
     131$project.descr
     132}}}
    72133== Sample Email ==
    73134{{{
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    122183}}}
    123184
     185For Trac .10, use the filter:
     186{{{
     187from:(<smtp_from>) (("Reporter: <username>" -Changes -Comment) OR "Changes (by <username>)" OR "Comment (by <username>)")
     188}}}
     189
    124190to delete these notifications.
    125191
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    164230Relevant ML threads:
    165231 * SELinux: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.trac.general/7518
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     233For SELinux in Fedora 10:
     234{{{
     235$ setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail 1
     236}}}
    167237=== ''Suspected spam'' error ===
    168238
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    172242
    173243Quoted printable encoding works better with languages that use one of the Latin charsets. For Asian charsets, it is recommended to stick with the Base64 encoding.
     244
     245=== ''501, 5.5.4 Invalid Address'' error ===
     246
     247On IIS 6.0 you could get a
     248{{{
     249Failure sending notification on change to ticket #1: SMTPHeloError: (501, '5.5.4 Invalid Address')
     250}}}
     251in the trac log. Have a look [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291828 here] for instructions on resolving it.
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