Metadata publication notifications / allow to configure the mail format

docs/manual/docs/administrator-guide/configuring-the-catalog/system-configuration.md

@@ -58,21 +58,41 @@ JVM proxy parameters may also be required to properly set the proxy for all remo
 
 ## Feedback {#system-config-feedback}
 
-Email may be sent by the catalog.
+Email notifications are sent by the catalog.
 
--   you are using the User Self-registration system
--   you are using the metadata status workflow (See [Life cycle](../../user-guide/workflow/life-cycle.md))
--   a file uploaded with a metadata record is downloaded and notify privilege is selected
+-   When using the User Self-registration system.
+-   When using the metadata status workflow (See [Life cycle](../../user-guide/workflow/life-cycle.md)).
+-   When a file uploaded with a metadata record is downloaded and notify privilege is selected.
 
 This section configure the mail server to use.
 
 -   **Email** This is the administrator's email address used to send feedback.
 -   **SMTP host** The mail server name or IP address to use for sending emails.
 -   **SMTP port** The SMTP port.
--   **Use SSL** Enable SSL mode
+-   **Use SSL** Enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) mode
 -   **User name** Username if connection is required on the SMTP server
 -   **Password** Username password if connection is required on the SMTP server
+-   **Use TLS** Enable use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) 
 
+![](img/feedback-email.png)
+
+Additional settings are available to respect user language preference:
+
+-  **Language for system generated emails** The ui language will be used when sending notification emails by default. To To override this behaviour and generate a multi-lingual notification email list the langauges to be used.
+
+-  **Translation follows text** Provide an introduction phrase indicating a multi-lingual notification follows.
+
+![](img/feedback-multilingual.png)
+
+!!! note
+
+    Email notifications are sent as `text/html` messages, this can be changed using ```WEB-INF/config.properties``` configuration:
+
+    ```properties
+    # Configure the metadata publication notification mails to be sent as HTML (true) or TEXT (false)
+    metadata.publicationmail.format.html=true
+    ```
+
 ## Metadata search results
 
 Configuration settings in this group determine what the limits are on user interaction with the search results.

services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/util/MetadataPublicationMailNotifier.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2023 Food and Agriculture Organization of the
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2024 Food and Agriculture Organization of the
  * United Nations (FAO-UN), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
  * and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  *
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.fao.geonet.repository.GroupRepository;
 import org.fao.geonet.utils.Log;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import java.util.*;
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@
 
 @Component
 public class MetadataPublicationMailNotifier {
+    @Value("${metadata.publicationmail.format.html:true}")
+    private boolean sendHtmlMail;
+
     @Autowired
     SettingManager settingManager;
 
@@ -136,7 +140,6 @@ private void sendMailPublicationNotification(Locale[] feedbackLocales,
         LocalizedEmailComponent emailMessageComponent = new LocalizedEmailComponent(MESSAGE, "metadata_published_text", KeyType.MESSAGE_KEY, POSITIONAL_FORMAT);
 
         for (Locale feedbackLocale : feedbackLocales) {
-
             emailSubjectComponent.addParameters(
                 feedbackLocale,
                 new LocalizedEmailParameter(ParameterType.RAW_VALUE, 1, settingManager.getSiteName())
@@ -175,15 +178,19 @@ private void sendMailPublicationNotification(Locale[] feedbackLocales,
             );
         }
 
-        LocalizedEmail localizedEmail = new LocalizedEmail(true);
+        LocalizedEmail localizedEmail = new LocalizedEmail(sendHtmlMail);
         localizedEmail.addComponents(emailSubjectComponent, emailMessageComponent);
 
         String subject = localizedEmail.getParsedSubject(feedbackLocales);
-        String htmlMessage = localizedEmail.getParsedMessage(feedbackLocales);
+        String message = localizedEmail.getParsedMessage(feedbackLocales);
 
         // Send mail to notify about metadata publication / un-publication
         try {
-            MailUtil.sendHtmlMail(toAddress, subject, htmlMessage, settingManager);
+            if (sendHtmlMail) {
+                MailUtil.sendHtmlMail(toAddress, subject, message, settingManager);
+            } else {
+                MailUtil.sendMail(toAddress, subject, message, settingManager);
+            }
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
             Log.warning(API.LOG_MODULE_NAME, ex.getMessage(), ex);
         }

web/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/config.properties

@@ -76,4 +76,5 @@ analytics.web.jscode=
 #analytics.web.service=matomo
 #analytics.web.jscode=var _paq = _paq || [];_paq.push(['trackPageView']);_paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);(function() {var u="//localhost/";_paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'piwik.php']);_paq.push(['setSiteId', '1']);var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];g.type='text/javascript'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src=u+'piwik.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);})();var currentUrl = location.href; window.addEventListener('hashchange', function() {_paq.push(['setReferrerUrl', currentUrl]);currentUrl = window.location.href;_paq.push(['setCustomUrl', currentUrl]);_paq.push(['setDocumentTitle', currentUrl]);_paq.push(['deleteCustomVariables', 'page']);_paq.push(['trackPageView']);var content = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];_paq.push(['MediaAnalytics::scanForMedia', content]);_paq.push(['FormAnalytics::scanForForms', content]);_paq.push(['trackContentImpressionsWithinNode', content]);_paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);});
 
-
+# Configure the metadata publication notification mails to be sent as HTML (true) or TEXT (false)
+metadata.publicationmail.format.html=true