Editing Encyclopedia:Colloquium/archives/December 2006 (section)

== Special features of E-mail - Changing the SUBJECT ==

When I use the Special Page for a student to email me (by adding "<nowiki>[[Special:Emailuser/Robert_Elliott | Click here to send me an email]]</nowiki>" to my lesson), can I get something other than "Wikiversity e-mail" in the subject of the email.  Can I get a subject such as "Wikiversity e-mail about the second question on the fourth lesson"? (You can send me the answer by [[Special:Emailuser/Robert_Elliott | clicking here to send me an email]].) [[User:Robert Elliott|Robert Elliott]] 00:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

:Hi Robert, the email subject is editable by the person who sends you a message, but it is not possible to customise the default subject of a specific message. [[MediaWiki:Defemailsubject]] is set to "Wikiversity e-mail" - this can be changed (by a custodian), but it would affect every message across the whole wiki. I asked on IRC about customising a message for you only, and the response I got was: "not possible at this time (and possibly not ever)". Sorry :-( [[User:Cormaggio|Cormaggio]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Cormaggio|talk]]</small></sup> 15:47, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

;Special message to all instructors
:This problem was solved and now it is written up for all instructors to use at [[Help:EMail for Teachers]].  [[User:Robert Elliott|Robert Elliott]] 14:28, 9 January 2007 (UTC)