[pmwiki-users] self-registering for notification emails

[Pico]

Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 05:09:42PM -0500, Tegan Dowling wrote:
>> I'm just glad I'm able to understand correctly how it *does* work.
>>
>> One last thing:  I observe that on the page Site.NotifyList, the
>> instructions can be set up this way, and still appear to work:
>>
>> (:if false:)
>>     notify=user1 at example.com etc group=XYY squelch=86400
>> (:if:)
>>
>> Is that as straight-forward as it seems - I can hide them via (:if
>> false:) and they'll still operate?
> 
> Yes, that's correct.  Directives such as (:include:), (:if:), etc.
> only have an effect when the page is actually displayed.  If the
> page is being used as the source for another operation -- such as
> in Site.PageListTemplates, Site.AuthUser, Site.NotifyList, or trails,
> then the directives don't have any impact (because the page isn't
> being displayed, just used as a data source).
> 
> Pm
> 

Very interesting, but now I'm confused: the (:if:) directive is used 
extensively in the Site.PageListTemplates.  Can you please explain when 
you have a chance.

Pico