[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60789: Administration Email Address: Allow method to deactivate

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#60789: Administration Email Address: Allow method to deactivate
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 Reporter:  andrewhoyer        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion close  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Cold Iron Chef):

 A few ideas/thoughts:

 What if there was just an "unsubscribe" magic link in the admin emails,
 the same way you can receive a password reset link without needing to log
 in? Changing the database is obviously out of the question if there is no
 longer a way to access the CMS from that address, but one could at least
 opt out of these emails. Even if the email address is correct, avoiding
 receiving this email from dev and staging environments would be nice.

 Another idea could be for WordPress to periodically send an email to the
 admin email address and check if it bounces back (I wonder if this is even
 technically possible). If the email address no longer exists, the next
 time an admin logs into the CMS, they should be forced to choose a new
 email or try revalidating the existing one (in case the bounce back was an
 error). Make it non-dismissible (which I know would annoy/scare non-tech-
 savvy people), but emphasize the importance of having a valid admin
 address. (If it is dismissible, bury the cancel button three prompts deep.
 "Danger zone: Are you sure?" "Are you really sure? Type "I don't want to
 change my admin address.")

 These emails annoy me greatly (specifically in the case of dev/staging
 environments), and it would be nice to opt out without setting up email
 filters on the client side.

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