A look back

Earlier in this book we looked at how our website communicates with our users on certain events, for instance when they sign up to our site. Within the Configuration | People | Account settings section, we have a group of settings called E-mails. These are the various templates which are used when our website needs to e-mail a user with information related to their account, including when a new account is created (with different templates depending on who created or approved the user account), when a new account is activated, when a user requests a new password, and when an account is blocked or canceled. The content of these e-mails can be very important depending on the nature of the website. In our DinoSpace site we may use a very informal, welcoming, and fun tone for our automated e-mails. A business focused website however would want to use a much more formal tone.

Modules send e-mails too!

Don't forget, many modules also have their own templates for the e-mails they send...