Notification subscription problem

[tonreproc]

Hi,

We have a problem with notification subscription. When an unregistered user subscribes for the notification list, then an email is sent with the two links. Both gave the 404 error message. After applying the 6262 patch (http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6262), the first link was in order, but the second one, for stopping receiving notification emails, still gave the 404 error.
Now I noticed that the path in both links is different, this is the text of the email message:
=======================================================================
You have signed up to receive notifications from ISG and ISARC Conferences.

Please click on this link to confirm your request and add your email address
to the mailing list:
//archweb1.bwk.tue.nl/isg-isarc2012/index.php/ISGISARC2012/ISGISARC2012/notification/confirmMailListSubscription/9c579d5e9f90672da2cb4e1a1445157a/c.pernot%40upcmail.nl

If you wish to stop receiving notification emails, please go to
//archweb1.bwk.tue.nl/isg-isarc2012/index.php/ISGISARC2012/notification/unsubscribeMailList
and enter your email address and password.

Your password for disabling notification emails is: xxxxx
========================================================================
(I skipped the http:// in the links to get the text of the link complete)

In the second link, the /ISGISARC2012 is mentioned once, as was the case in both links before applying the patch. Now the first link is all right but the second not.
I wonder what could be the reason for this. Any help would be appreciated.

BTW: I am using version 2.3.3-1 of the OCS and I applied all the recommended patches as mentioned in: http://pkp.sfu.ca/wiki/index.php/OCS_2. ... ed_Patches

Thanks,
Cor

[asmecher]

Hi Cor,

Try applying the patch for http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5984 in the lib/pkp subdirectory. (Use the --dry-run option first, to make sure that it'll apply cleanly.)

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[tonreproc]

Dear Alec,

thanks a lot for your suggestion. I did apply the patch you suggested and some error messages disappeared when subscribing and unsubscribing.
But, in the email I get from the system the second link, for stopping receiving notification emails, still returns a 404 error. I observe that in this second link the url is still missing the second '/ISGISARC2012'.
If I unscubscribe by hand, at the website, I can successfully unsubscribe with the password given in the e-mail. So we are close now I guess.
Any ideas?

BTW. Beside the suggested patches I also applied 5425, 5563, 5375 and now also 5984.

Cordial regards,
Cor

[tonreproc]

Dear Alec,

I need to rectify my remark about the applied patches.
Beside the suggested patches I only applied 6262 and now also 5984.

Regards,
Cor

[asmecher]

Hi Cor,

Try also the patch at http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6323. It should correct the broken unsubscribe link. Does that cover all the issues you were experiencing?

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[tonreproc]

Dear Alec,

I applied the patch 6323 and the link is OK now, but, if I subscribe first and then unsubscribe via the link in the e-mail, I get an error message:

"There was an error unsubscribing you. Please ensure your email address and password are correct."

If I unsubscribe by hand via the website, then I get the same error message. Before I applied this patch, I could unsubscribe OK via the manual method (not via the link).

So, is there still a loose end somewhere?

Cordial regards,
Cor

[asmecher]

Hi Cor,

The patch for bug #6323 should only correct an incorrect link, i.e. the "unsubscribe" link previously went to a 404 and it should now to go the right unsubscribe code. Are you sure it has affected the manual method (i.e. without following the link in the email)?

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[tonreproc]

Dear Alec,

yes it does. I used a new e-mail address to subscribe. All went well. I then choose to unsubscribe by the manual method, using the password in the email, and I got the error message:
"There was an error unsubscribing you. Please ensure your email address and password are correct."

Next I used the link in the e-mail to unsubscribe, I got the same error message.

Regards,
Cor

[asmecher]

Hi Cor,

Is this a subscription you've already confirmed, or have you not yet confirmed the subscription (i.e. by clicking the link that comes in the email message)?

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[tonreproc]

Hi Alec,

yes, when I subscribed I used an e-mail address I did not use before (I thought that something could get mixed up by using the same email address again). Next I confirmed via the link in the e-mail message.
When I wanted to unsubscribe, I got the error message.

Regards,
Cor

[asmecher]

Hi Cor,

Hmm, I'm having trouble duplicating this. What do you see in your notification_settings table with setting_value = the email address you just subscribed?

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[tonreproc]

Hi Alec,

is this what you mean:

[asmecher]

Hi Cor,

Thanks -- and the contents of access_keys with context = 'MailListContext'? Best to not include key_hash since you're posting this publicly.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[tonreproc]

Hi Alec,

here it is:

[asmecher]

Hi Cor,

Hmm, everything there looks OK and I'm still having trouble reproducing the behavior locally. What is the URL that you're using for the "unsubscribe" form? Does the hash key in the unsubscribe URL match the one in the database (the one you obscured, with setting_id in notification_settings matching user_id in access_keys)? If you can, it would be helpful to see what's happening in lib/pkp/classes/notification/NotificationSettingsDAO.inc.php::unsubscribeGuest.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team