Edit sender of email template

[amandastevens]

OJS has many different email templates with pre-programmed senders. When you go to Workflow Settings > Emails > Email Templates you can see who the sender is and you can edit the message content, but you can't edit the sender.

Being able to edit the sender could help accommodate varied journal workflows and how roles and role responsibilities may differ across journals.

It would be great if the options to edit the sender could include the following:

• Automated (which would list the sender as some preset generic do-not-reply journal email)
• Editorial Contact (which is already set up)
• Technical Contact (which is a required field in journal setup)
• ...and whatever other options are currently in the system.

[asmecher]

@amandastevens, that's an informational field and specifies a typical role rather than the individual who actually sends the message. There are currently three ways the sender on email delivered from OJS is set...

• When a person triggers an email to be sent on their behalf via e.g. the workflow, they are listed as the sender. (This is the most common case.)
• When the system sends an email based on someone's action, but they are not the appropriate sender, then the sender is hard-coded, and typically the journal contact. For example, a password reset message appears to come from the site's support contact; a submission acknowledgement appears to come from the journal contact.
• When the system sends an email, e.g. an automated review reminder, the sender is typically the journal contact.

I'd be hesitant to allow this to be edited freely, as it could lead to confusing situations e.g. where a user sends an email and it is attributed to someone else.

Options like fixed sender addresses can be set up in config.inc.php, usually to meet DMARC email delivery rules.

[ajnyga]

We have received requests to change the sender of the automated review requestst. It would make more sense, if one of the assigned editors in a submission would act as the sender.