## Edit Account-Related E-mail Text

The Edit Account-Related E-mail Text page allows system administrators to customize the messages that users receive when signing up for an account, requesting to reset a forgotten password, or when changing an e-mail address.

### Account Activation Message

This message is sent to a user after registration to welcome him or her to the site. It is also the means by which the user account is activated and the e-mail address is validated. A list of words replaced when the e-mail gets sent is below. X-ACTIVATIONURL-X must be included in the message. The X-MANUALACTIVATIONURL-X and X-ACTIVATIONCODE-X pair should be included whenever possible to allow for manual activation in the event of an error with the automatic account activation mechanism.

X-PORTALNAME-X

  The portal name.

X-USERNAME-X

  The user name.

X-EMAILADDRESS-X

  The e-mail address the user supplied when signing up for an account.

X-ACTIVATIONURL-X

  The URL to which the user can go to automatically activate his or her account.

X-MANUALACTIVATIONURL-X

  The URL to which the user can go to manually activate his or her account in the event of an error with the automatically activation mechanism.

X-ACTIVATIONCODE-X

  The code required to activate the account.

X-ACTIVATIONPARAMETERS-X

  The GET parameters used in the automatic activation URL.

### Forgotten Password Message

This message is sent to a user when requesting to change a forgotten password in order to verify the identity of the user before allowing the change. A list of words replaced when the e-mail gets sent is below. X-RESETURL-X must be included in the message. The X-MANUALRESETURL-X and X-RESETCODE-X pair should be included whenever possible in the event of an error with the automatic identity verification confirmation mechanism.

X-PORTALNAME-X

  The portal name.

X-USERNAME-X

  The user name.

X-EMAILADDRESS-X

  The user's e-mail address.

X-IPADDRESS-X

  The IP address from which the forgotten password change request originated.

X-RESETURL-X

  The URL to which the user can go to verify his or her identity and change the account password.

X-MANUALRESETURL-X

  The URL to which the user can go to manually verify his or her identity using the user account name and the code provided by X-RESETCODE-X in the event of an error with the automatic identity verification confirmation mechanism.

X-RESETCODE-X

  The code required to change the forgotten password.

X-RESETPARAMETERS-X

  The GET parameters used in the automatic identity verification confirmation URL.

### E-mail Change Message

This message is sent to a user when changing his or her e-mail address to confirm that the new e-mail address is valid. A list of words replaced when the e-mail gets sent is below. X-CHANGEURL-X must be included in the message. The X-MANUALCHANGEURL-X and X-CHANGECODE-X pair should be included whenever possible in the event of an error with the automatic e-mail address confirmation mechanism.

X-PORTALNAME-X

  The portal name.

X-USERNAME-X

  The user account associated with the e-mail address change.

X-EMAILADDRESS-X

  The previous e-mail address of the user account.

X-NEWEMAILADDRESS-X

  The new e-mail address of the user account.

X-CHANGEURL-X

  The URL to which the user can go to automatically confirm the new e-mail address.

X-MANUALCHANGEURL-X

  The URL to which the user can go to manually confirm the e-mail address using the user account name and the code provided by X-CHANGECODE-X in the event of an error with the automatic e-mail address confirmation mechanism.

X-CHANGECODE-X

  The code required to confirm the new e-mail address.

X-CHANGEPARAMETERS-X

  The GET parameters used in the automatic confirmation URL.