By ziobudda on

Hi all, I use simplenews module for my newsletter. But I need to disable the "unsubscribe" possibility (the footer of every newsletter).
How this ? Tnx.

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modul commented

I suppose you could disable that possibility, but I think you should reconsider your plan: not being able to get rid of a newsletter is really a pain in the butt for, umm, 100% of your users. Do give them that option, they'll really appreciate it.

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ziobudda commented

Hi, I have resolved it with the "access control". Sorry for the stupid questions.

For your reply I need to disable the unsubscribe only for the "all user newsletter" where I send message to all users. For every other newsletter I don't want to disable the unsubscribe.

Freelancer Senior Drupal Developer -- http://www.ziobuddalabs.it

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modul commented

Glad you resolved your problem, but I still think "Unsubscribe" is a must for all kinds of newsletters. I took a quick count in my own mailbox: there are about 10 newsletters I subscribe to, but I also UNsubscribed from more than 30! When you send a newsletter to a user who doesn't want to be a user anymore, he would regard that newsletter as spam, nothing more, nothing less. So, I would leave the Unsubscribe option untouched. After all, what do you benefit from users who aren't interested in your site anymore?
Just my 2cents.

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ziobudda commented

I think that if the user does not want to receive the newsletter (about news on the site) from a site where him/her is subscribed/registered I think that him/her must to unsubscribe/ unregister from the site. However this is a good start point for a discussion :)

Freelancer Senior Drupal Developer -- http://www.ziobuddalabs.it

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modul commented

And where is the user going to do that, unsubscribing from the site?? As far as I know, that is one of the things which is not possible in Drupal. The admin can do it, of course, but I think the user himself cannot. One of the reasons for this is that any texts or contributions by a no-longer-existing user are treated by Drupal as "orphans".

If a user wants to stop being in touch with your site, he simply stops visiting it, but he still "exists". If, however, he also wants to stop receiving your newsletter, you'd have to give him the option to unsubscribe, not from the site, but from the newsletter.

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flightrisk commented

You say that you solved this with "access control", what do you mean? I was going to go edit the template for the email, but if there is another way, I want a simple solution. The only place I want to change it is in the newsletter itself that goes out via email. I do not want the users clicking on the link to unsubscribe.

There are some situations where you do not want someone to unsubscribe. My site is for members of an association, under 100 members. The newsletter is a key form of communication for the association. If you don't want the communications, you need to leave the association or send and email to the admin, or go into your profile and uncheck the box to get newsletters. Thanks!