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[Lisa Seeto <922911@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The patch previously was sending duplicate notifications when
collections were shared due to a doubling up of rows in the
activity_queue table.  The problem of duplicate emails has been
addressed, however, it is possible to receive multiple emails after the
one change to access- when a collection is first created a row is
entered into the activity_queue.  This is to ensure that existing pages
that already have access rules do not have their rules overwritten when
added to a branch new collection.  It is possible to create a new
collection and then share that with pages that are not in a collection.
You may see an email giving access to the collection and other pages,
followed by an email about gaining access to the collection.  This is
because sharing a collection in combination with anything else means the
data in the activity_queue table doesn't match up to the row inserted
when the collection was first created so a notification will be sent out
for both the collection and other things shared and the collection on
its own- these aren't duplicate emails but also can't really be avoided.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/922911

Title:
  "Collections" email notification?

Status in Mahara:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Email notifications should be more descriptive. When a collection is
  shared, the notification email should say "a collection has been
  shared with you" (rather than just listing the first Page in the
  collection).

  Our students often share pages with their faculty mentors. We are
  trying to get students to use collections more, because they are often
  sharing 3-4 related pages with their mentor at a time.

  The faculty mentors are confused about whether or not each student is
  sharing individual pages with them, or a collection, because the
  notification emails do not differentiate between the two. When a
  students shares a collection, the faculty's notification email only
  lists the first page in the collection.

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