Upgrading to 2.4.8 - Several emails to users

Hello everyone!

I need to update an old OJS installation (2.2.2).
Initially I want to upgrade to version 2.4.8 and later use version 3.0.2.

When migrating to version 2.4.8, several users of the system received e-mails about requests for evaluation of articles with deadlines (6-10 months ago).
Is there any way to prevent these messages from being sent in the migration to version 2.4.8?

Best Regards,

Renato L. Sousa

Hi @rensousa,

This is likely due to improvements in the review reminder code between OJS 2.2.2 and 2.4.8 – the 2.2.2 release is extremely old.

If you want to disable these reminders from going out, you can disable the reminders in Setup, and/or in Prepared Emails.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

Hi @asmecher,

I looked at the config.inc.php configuration file and found nothing about disabling reminders on the system.
I also did not find this option in the admin site portal. How can I disable this feature globally?

Regards,

Renato L. Sousa

Hi @rensousa,

This is a per-journal option; you’ll need to disable the reminders in each journal’s setup.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

I finally found the option that disables reminders.

Thank you very much for your help! :wink: