Change Notifications Page

A user’s notifications address is the email address defined in the LDAP directory. The form associated with this action allows the user to change the email address where she receives notifications.

The only way to truly validate an email address is to try to send a message to it and verify that it was correctly received. This is usually impractical in a form, so the best we can do is usually to verify that the suggested address has a valid format. In this case, the address is valid if it contains an “@” character. If the new address is not valid, an error is displayed in the form allowing the user to correct the address and resubmit.

If the new address is valid, the user’s email address is changed and an update user audit event is generated. In addition, an email message is sent to the old address indicating it will no longer be used for notifications and another message is sent to the new address indicating it will be used for future notification messages.

The following table summarizes the structure of this page.