Email Opt-out doesnt appear to work as expected

[chrish]

I have set up the unsubscribe process where people can request to be removed from the email blasts we run. It cant be directly run against the target lists because the server is not accessible from the internet. So we simply get an email as a result of the unsubscribe request and set the opt out flag for the user. The problem we are seeing is that the person is still getting an email sent even though they have the opt out flag set! Surely this is not what we should expect? If the email is set to opt-out on a target why should they still get emailed?

Chris..

Sugar Version 5.0.0a upgraded from 4.5.1h
DB MySql Version 5.0.44
OS Linux Gentoo

Previously logged as a feature request plus a problem.

[agupta]

Chris,


We shipped 50GA and 50a with a bugs in campaigns module. opt-outs were not being considered properly. It was due to a change in the schema for the emails module. The opt-out field was changed from a string to integer. Sorry for all the problem it has caused for you.

The bug was fixed in 5.0b, it is available for download from our site. Here is the fix if you want to apply before you upgrade to 50b.


In emailman.php , find the following line: (2 occurrences in the same function)
if (isset($module->email_opt_out) && $module->email_opt_out == 'on') {

Replace with (same value for both occurrences)
if (isset($module->email_opt_out) && ($module->email_opt_out == 'on' || $module->email_opt_out == 1)) {

Apologies for trouble caused by this error.

-Ajay