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  JoJo Magno

  Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 10:18 PM

  Hello developers of Quickmail:
  I am certain that this problem is MINE as I am very new to Moodle (6 weeks) and even newer to your plug in (like 6 hours) ut perhaps you can point me towards what I've done wrong. I simply cannot email. I get the message: "There are no users you are capable of emailing."
  Is that a flaw with me or my role? (I'm site admin). with the course enrollees? the email server settings? Any points in the right direction would be most appreciated.
  
  
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  H K

  Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 10:23 PM

  Hi JoJo. I think this happens to all of us in the begining. Well me. You have to remember to click "Apply Filter" button AFTER you select all the criteria.
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  Chad Mazilly

  Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 10:25 PM

  Hey JoJo,
  
  That error is thrown only if you have not selected any recipient users (or have not entered any "additional emails" to receive either).
  
  When are you getting this message? Are you sure that you've actually added the recipients to be emailed through the main email form?
  
  Chad
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  JoJo Magno

  Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 10:29 PM

  Hello Chad and Martin. Thank you for your patience. I do not see an "add filter" button. I have selected recipients. Is there a way I can add a screenshot to this forum to show you?
  
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  Chad Mazilly

  Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 10:32 PM

  Great point, Martin. There are actually two ways that Quickmail sends messages: one is from within a course to it's selected enrollees (email.php), another is from an admin perspective (admin_email.php). The latter is what Martin is talking about and the button may be called "Add filter".
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  H K

  Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 10:35 PM

  If you would call Marvin The Martian... "Martin", he would zap you all!
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  Chad Mazilly

  Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 10:37 PM

  LOL, sorry about that. JoJo started it...
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  JoJo Magno

  Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 10:40 PM

  I'm sorry
  
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  H K

  Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 10:43 PM

  You all are spared... this time.
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  Chad Mazilly

  Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 10:43 PM

  To get back to the issue though, I'd be interested in getting some feedback on how this "course-scoped" email interface could be improved. I know it has a few JS issues, and it is not entirely mobile responsive. As you probably know, I'm (still) working on a rewrite and am at this exact point right now. To me, the current interface seems like it is tried and true, seems to fits everyone's needs, but are there any pain-points that you run into when working with this form? By this I'm referring to the two multi-select boxes, the filter select, and the potential sections. Any recommendations on making it more user friendly?
  
  On the admin_email side, I can't really think of a better way of dealing with it since it is Moodle core selection.
  
  Chad
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  Chad Mazilly

  Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 10:45 PM

  And to answer your question about screenshots, JoJo, "no" I don't think you can add screenshots here. But I'd be happy to work through this problem with you offline through email. I'm at cmazilly@lsu.edu if you want to send it.
  
  Chad
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  Christian Niemczik

  Mon, 30 Oct 2017, 10:42 PM

  Hi Chad, concerning the error "if you have not selected any recipient users ": I created an issue: https://github.com/lsuits/block_quickmail/issues/236
  
  All the best,
  
  Christian
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  Chad Mazilly

  Mon, 30 Oct 2017, 10:50 PM

  Hey Christian, thanks for reporting this. I'll look into the issue right now and put up a patch to fix. Will report back here when it is done.
  
  Chad
  
  
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  Chad Mazilly

  Tue, 31 Oct 2017, 1:40 AM

  Christian, should be fixed now. Please let me know if you are still experiencing errors. Thanks.
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  Christian Niemczik

  Wed, 1 Nov 2017, 8:50 PM

  Hi Chad, thank you very much. This was fast! I will test it. Best, Christian