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  2. JENKINS-71881

Allow administrators to disable modification of the 'from' email field

    • Icon: Improvement Improvement
    • Resolution: Won't Do
    • Icon: Minor Minor
    • email-ext-plugin
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      The email-ext plugin allows users configuring jobs on a controller to modify the 'from' attribute at a job level (using Pipeline `from:` , or freestyle `Project From`).

      Some companies have internal policies which do not allow this.

      Definition of done:

      The 'from' field of emails sent by the email-ext plugin should always use the `from` address defined at `Manage Jenkins` -> `System` -> `System Admin e-mail address`, and not be configurable at a job-level.

      Not all users will want to enable this restriction, so an optional system property to enable this feature should be added.

      Emitting an informational message to the controller logs when the 'from' field is used by a job would also be helpful to see when the feature is active.

          [JENKINS-71881] Allow administrators to disable modification of the 'from' email field

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          Description Original: The email-ext plugin allows users configuring jobs on a controller to modify the 'from' attribute at a job level (using Pipeline `from:` , or freestyle `Project From`).

          Some companies have internal policies which do not allow this.

          Definition of done:

          The 'from' field of emails sent by the email-ext plugin should always use the `from` address defined at `Manage Jenkins` -> `System` -> `System Admin e-mail address`, and not be configurable at a job-level.

          Not all users will want to enable this restriction, so an optional system property to enable this feature should be added.

          Emitting an informational message to the controller logs when the 'from' field is used by a job would also be helpful to see when the feature is actively affecting emails sent by the plugin.
          New: The email-ext plugin allows users configuring jobs on a controller to modify the 'from' attribute at a job level (using Pipeline `from:` , or freestyle `Project From`).

          Some companies have internal policies which do not allow this.

          Definition of done:

          The 'from' field of emails sent by the email-ext plugin should always use the `from` address defined at `Manage Jenkins` -> `System` -> `System Admin e-mail address`, and not be configurable at a job-level.

          Not all users will want to enable this restriction, so an optional system property to enable this feature should be added.

          Emitting an informational message to the controller logs when the 'from' field is used by a job would also be helpful to see when the feature is active.
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          Status Original: Open [ 1 ] New: In Progress [ 3 ]
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          Remote Link New: This issue links to "https://github.com/jenkinsci/email-ext-plugin/pull/479 (Web Link)" [ 28905 ]
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          Status Original: In Progress [ 3 ] New: Open [ 1 ]
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          Link New: This issue is related to JENKINS-71925 [ JENKINS-71925 ]
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          Resolution New: Won't Do [ 10001 ]
          Status Original: Open [ 1 ] New: Closed [ 6 ]

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