Create a course with a forum in it Enrol five users in the course Subscribe all users to the forum Change the digest settings for user 2 to 'Digest complete' in user preferences Change the digest settings for user 3 to 'Digest complete' in per-forum preferences Change the digest settings for user 4 to 'Digest basic' in user preferences Change the digest settings for user 5 to 'Digest basic' in per-forum preferences Modify mod/forum/lib.php diff --git a/mod/forum/lib.php b/mod/forum/lib.php index 29f4f6d..5c83469 100644 --- a/mod/forum/lib.php +++ b/mod/forum/lib.php @@ -902,6 +902,8 @@ function forum_cron() { $weekago = $timenow - (7 * 24 * 3600); $DB->delete_records_select('forum_queue', "timemodified < ?", array($weekago)); mtrace ('Cleaned old digest records'); + $digesttime = $timenow - 1; + $CFG->digestmailtimelast = $weekago - 1;   if ($CFG->digestmailtimelast < $digesttime and $timenow > $digesttime) { Run cron: php admin/tool/task/cli/schedule_task.php --execute="\mod_forum\task\cron_task" Clear any emails etc. (this is just to start from a known state of nothing to send) Open the forum as editing teacher and post a new message. Do not select 'Mail now' Run cron: php admin/tool/task/cli/schedule_task.php --execute="\mod_forum\task\cron_task" Confirm that user 1 received a single mail Confirm that users 2, and 3 received a complete digest Confirm that users 4, and 5 received a basic digest Open the forum as editing teacher and post a new message. Ensure that you select 'Mail now' Run cron: php admin/tool/task/cli/schedule_task.php --execute="\mod_forum\task\cron_task" Confirm that all users received a single mail Confirm that the mails received by users 2, 3, 4, and 5 included a note to say that their digest preference was not respected