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[Aaron Bentley <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 10/06/2010 10:36 AM, Deryck Hodge wrote:
> 1.) Sending emails in the first place
> 
> I was hesitant to even send emails because I felt it was overkill, but
> due to others' concern that the last bug expiration attempt was a huge
> failure, I agreed.

I think your initial hesitation was right.  You were essentially warning
projects that nothing would change.  Bug expiration can be announced as
a new(ly restored) feature; I don't see any need for announcements
beyond that.

> At the every least, we should convert what I have into a generic class
> that can take some precautions for us -- checking that we're not
> sending multiple emails to the same address, etc.

Perhaps you could have used lp.services.mail.basemailer.BaseMailer?

> Best case, we would
> have a web-based tool that would allow us to select users based on
> criteria and supply an email template.

It seems tricky, considering you wanted to name the specific projects.

Aaron
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