Manual:$wgEmailAuthentication

Email settings: $wgEmailAuthentication
Set to true to enable e-mail authentication (confirmation) for this wiki. Except for password reminder e-mails, e-mail functions only work for authenticated e-mail addresses.
Introduced in version:	1.5.0
Removed in version:	still in use
Allowed values:	(boolean)
Default value:	true

Other settings: Alphabetical | By Function

Details

Set to true to enable e-mail authentication: all e-mail functions (except requesting a password reminder e-mail) only work for authenticated (confirmed) e-mail addresses. On account creation or when users change their passwords or on request, a confirmation token (link) with a limited life time is mailed to that unconfirmed e-mail address.

When the user returns with that token to the wiki, the e-mail address is confirmed.

The confirmation status ("Your e-mail address was authenticated on <date>") is always shown in the user e-mail preferences.

It also enables the other e-mail notification options.

If set to false then no e-mail notifications are enabled for the entire wiki.

See also

• $wgEnotifFromEditor
• $wgEnotifRevealEditorAddress
• $wgShowUpdatedMarker

• $wgEnotifWatchlist
• $wgEnotifUserTalk
• $wgEnotifMinorEdits

• $wgEmailConfirmToEdit