User import and registration emails

[timkelty]

I'm wondering what happens by design with the registration emails when I import a bunch of users with this?

Ideally, I need to import users and send registration emails.

[boboldehampsink]

You can set this at user settings right?

[timkelty]

You mean per-user?

I could go into each imported user and click "Send password reset email", but that's what I'm trying to avoid, as I'm importing hundreds of users.

I would also rather users got the "activation" email and not the password reset email, but that's not as crucial.

[boboldehampsink]

Ah you want to set this per user?

[timkelty]

I want each user to get an activation email, yes.

[boboldehampsink]

But not control this per user - you just want one setting so they all get it.

[timkelty]

Right.

Maybe an "import as pending/send activation email" setting would make sense?
When you create a user in Craft, it defaults to pending, but Import sets them as active.

[boboldehampsink]

I don't think so - you can use this setting?

[timkelty]

You're right - that setting controls if they get imported as pending/active.
I don't think Import respects this value, though. Users are always imported as active.

So, my original question/feature request remains: how would I send registration emails to imported users.

Thanks!

[boboldehampsink]

I don't really get it. I've just tested this, and while importing a whole bunch of registration emails came in...

[timkelty]

Weird! Ok, let me run some more tests.
What setting was the "Verify email addresses?" in when you tested?

[boboldehampsink]

It was on

[timkelty]

Ok. Thanks a bunch for testing.
I'll try it again today and see what happens.

[boboldehampsink]

Did you get any new results?

[timkelty]

Hey - so sorry, got slammed with work. I'll let you know as soon as I test.

[luwes]

At my end all users get imported as active by default also. Is there a way to put them in pending and also send the activation email?

[migplay]

For me checked the "Verify email addresses?" option but I receive no emails on import.

[boboldehampsink]

You should be able to use an extra field called "Status", and just set it to "pending" there. Let me know if that works for you.

[luwes]

Thanks for the reply. I ended up adding a line of code for that in Import_UserService,
$element->pending = true;

[boboldehampsink]

Thanks @luwes, i've added that for the next release