How to stop Subscription module emailing IP addresses

  • Resolved saintandrews

    (@saintandrews)


    4 years, 4 months ago

    How can I stop the Subscription module from emailing the IP address of the commenter to those subscribing to a post’s comments?

    The info emailed appears like this:

    New comment on your post “Blah Blah”
    Author: Author (IP address: 123.123.123.123, 123.123.123.123)

    This is apparently sent to all subscribers, not just the site administrator.

    Thanks.

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  • Plugin Contributor csonnek

    (@csonnek)

    Happiness Rocketeer ??

    @saintandrews thanks for reaching out.

    This is apparently sent to all subscribers, not just the site administrator.

    That’s not the case. I tested this behavior on my test site (links to screenshots):

    – Email sent to Administrator: https://d.pr/i/ObSqXI
    – Email sent to the person who subscribed to comment updates: https://d.pr/i/9LSWIl

    The notification that includes the IP address only goes to Administrators of the site.

    I hope that clarifies things! We’ll mark this resolved for now.

    Thread Starter saintandrews

    (@saintandrews)

    My bad; I should have updated this.

    The problem I was describing is actually a function of the WordPress core, not Jetpack: if the discussion option is implemented, any Author is emailed the IP of any commenter on his post, including any other Authors, Editors, Admins, etc. The core option does not segregate Admins from Editors, Authors, etc. when emailing notifications of comments containing post ID data.

    I’ve also tested and confirmed this and now implemented a method to stopgap it, at least in my case.

    Plugin Contributor csonnek

    (@csonnek)

    Happiness Rocketeer ??

    @saintandrews – thanks for the update! You’re correct in that it is a function of WordPress, not Jetpack.

    Glad to hear you found a solution. Let us know if you need help with Jetpack in the future!

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