Email function gone from toolbox after upgrade

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I can't reproduce this.

Emufarmers(T|C)03:40, 12 January 2011

Try upgrading from version 1.14 or 1.13.

Guido den Broeder13:20, 15 January 2011

I don't see why that would make a difference. Do you have a link to your wiki?

Emufarmers(T|C)06:34, 16 January 2011

The most active one: http://nl.wikisage.org

Could it be a problem with one of the extensions? We have: CategoryTree, CheckUser, Cite, ConfirmEdit, Interwiki, Mibbit, Newuserlog, ParserFunctions, RenameUser, UserMerge, UsernameBlacklist.

Regards,

Guido den Broeder14:12, 16 January 2011

It looks like none of the groups on your wiki have the sendemail right. Perhaps you've been overwriting your groups' permissions arrays, rather than adding to them?

The error message you were getting is rather misleading; that appears to have been fixed in trunk.

As a side note, you can get rid of the Newuserlog extension—it was integrated into the core.

Emufarmers(T|C)07:09, 17 January 2011

Ah, nice.

Could it be that since 1.16 (or 1.15) the sendemail right must be made explicit in localsettings, while before it was the default? I have created a virgin wiki where no groups have been created and there the option to send email is in the toolbox.

Guido den Broeder12:28, 17 January 2011

It seems to work now again, with the line

$wgGroupPermissions['user']['sendemail'] = true;

added to LocalSettings.php.

Thanks!

Guido den Broeder12:54, 17 January 2011
 

I think the sendemail right was added in 1.16. It should have automatically been granted: that's why I asked whether you're overwriting the permissions in some way you shouldn't. You might want to go through your rights settings and clean them up.

Emufarmers(T|C)21:21, 17 January 2011

Done that, thanks again for your help.

Guido den Broeder19:14, 19 January 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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