Add a configuration option to make Alma send e-mails in plain text only
It should be well known among responsibly acting software vendors that HTML e-mails pose a serious risk for IT security. Anyone who sends HTML e-mails (even such containing a plain text layer) tempts recipients unaware of this risk to do take potentially risky actions in their e-mail client. We as a library should be able to opt-out from tempting our users to do potentially risky things so please add a configuration option to make Alma send plain text only messages.
Mathias Kratzer
shared this idea
Hi everyone, thank you for supporting this idea.
I'm happy to announce it has been implemented as part of the February 2026 Alma release.
Refer to the Alma release notes for more information.
Best,
Alma Product
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Mathias Kratzer
commented
Just found idea https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/19479604-alma-emails-provide-matching-plain-text-alternati which is not only closely related but, unfortunately, already closed for a reason that I do not understand.
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Dennis Müller
commented
I absolutely agree. This just adds to the questionable choices in implementing e-mail in Alma (e.g. wonky or lack of DKIM/SPF, forcefully attaching the institution logo to messages).