[Koha] Overdue reminder emails in Koha

[Chris Brown]

Michael,

Many thanks -- that's exactly what I needed to know!

Chris Brown


On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 8:08 PM Michael Kuhn <mik at adminkuhn.ch> wrote:

> Hi Chris
>
>  > Is there any way to configure Koha to send out a reminder email a
>  > couple of days BEFORE a book is due back? For example, can I enter a
>  > negative number in the "Delay" field on the overdue notice / status
>  > triggers screen?
>
> Have a look at Koha system preference "EnhancedMessagingPreferences"
> (and also "EnhancedMessagingPreferencesOPAC" if you want to let the user
> decide how many days in advance he will be noticed).
>
> *
>
> https://koha-community.org/manual/17.11/en/html/02_administration.html#enhancedmessagingpreferences
>
> Also see
>
> *
>
> https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Customising_Notices_and_Slips#Differences_between_advance_and_overdue_notices
>
> Of course you will have to prepare notices "PREDUE" and PREDUDGST" to
> your needs in Koha menu "Tools > Notices & slips".
>
> *
>
> https://koha-community.org/manual/17.11/en/html/03_tools.html#existing-notices-slips
>
> Also be aware there is a cronjob named "advance_notices.pl" in your file
> "/etc/cron.daily/koha-common".
>
> *
>
> https://koha-community.org/manual/17.11/en/html/17_cron_jobs.html#advanced-notice
>
>  > Also is there a log kept of the overdue notices that have been sent?
>
> You may use Koha system preference "NoticeBcc" to send every notice to
> your e-mail address.
>
> *
>
> https://koha-community.org/manual/17.11/en/html/02_administration.html#noticebcc
>
>  > I am using Postfix to send mail, and Koha 17.11
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Best wishes: Michael
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