[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10787: Send emails to notify Administrators that an update is avaialble for core|plugins|themes

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#10787: Send emails to notify Administrators that an update is avaialble for
core|plugins|themes
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 Reporter:  dd32             |        Owner:  dd32    
     Type:  feature request  |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal           |    Milestone:  3.1     
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |      Version:  2.9     
 Severity:  normal           |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:                   |  
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Comment(by JDTrower):

 @MattyRob,

 I see where you are coming from in terms of this email system.  I think it
 would be good to include in core, my personal thought is it should be OFF
 by default so the user has to Opt-In to get the emails (if there server
 configuration allows it).  If this feature is on by default then, I think
 I would view it as a built in spam machine (I am a personal advocate that
 everything related to email lists and related email issues, like the one
 proposed in this ticket, should always be Opt-In, not where the user is
 added and then has to make the effort to Opt-Opt).  I support the feature
 because I can see the usefullness for me on sites that I am not the
 content provider but I do provide technical support and update support.
 There are sites where I log in every time there is a core update or I know
 there is a plugin update because the plugin is one I use on sites that I
 am the content provider, but outside of those times I don't log in unless
 the content provider is having a problem.  In cases like that it would be
 useful for me to get a single email once when a plugin has an update so I
 can go in and update it.  But I want it to be something I have to enable,
 so it is my choice to get the email.  I don't want WordPress deciding for
 me that I should get those emails.

 There technically is a mailing list that is suppose to receive
 announcements when new releases are made, but I can only recall one recent
 update being announced on that mailing list in the entire time I have been
 subscribed to the list.  I personally wouldn't need the built in email
 system to notify me when there has been a new update to core.  I follow
 core development pretty closely, so I know when a new release is coming or
 has been released.  But there are too many plugins that I have used over a
 wide variety of sites for me to personally keep up with when they get
 updated without a system like this one in place.

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