[deezelpope]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

You can use standard HTML as well as vBulletin variables. My personalized message looks like this:

Hello, $username!
 
<p>You are receiving this email because you previously registered at {forum} with the following information:</p>
 
<p>Member name: $username<br>
User number: $userid<br>
Email address: $email</p>
 
<p>It's been some time since your last visit to our {forum} community.</p>
 
<p>You might be interested in having another look. We have added several features and enhancements to the forums, and many new topics and new members are added every day.</p>
 
<p>If you don't remember your password, you can request it here: <a href="http://www.yourforum.com/login.php?do=lostpw">http://www.yourforum.com/login.php?do=lostpw</a>.</p>
 
<p>You can now keep up to date with new topics at $bbtitle by subscribing to the {forum} Newsletter. Click on your UserCP link (<a href="http://www.yourforum.com/usercp.php">http://www.yourforum.com/usercp</a> )  in the top navigation bar of any forum page and select Edit Options ( <a href="http://www.yourforum.com/profile.php?do=editoptions">http://www.yourforum.com/profile.php?do=editoptions</a> ). Then scroll down to the Messaging & Notification section and check the box next to Subscribe to {forum} Newsletter.</p>
 
<p>We hope to see you back soon.</p>
 
<p>If you do not wish to receive further emails of this nature, please log into your UserCP at <a href="http://www.yourforum.com/profile.php?do=editoptions">http://www.yourforum.com/profile.php?do=editoptions</a> and uncheck the box next to Receive Email from Administrators.</p>
 
<p>Administrator<br>
<a href="http://www.yourforum.com">{forum}</a><br>
http://www.yourforum.com</p>

Substitute the name of your forum for {forum} and your actual URL for www.yourforum.com.

Originally Posted by TROLL

very useful mod...

one suggestion for the future: i'd love to have an option added to set a total number of times to email a user, just so its not sending them emails until the end of time which is unnecessary for the forum and annoying to the user. either that, or if its possible to include a link in the email that says "if you wish to stop receiving emails about this, please follow this link: __________" where they can unsubscribe.
i do want to try to get users back on the forum, but i don't want to aggravate anyone or invade their privacy without them being able to ever stop it.
thanks,
bryan

I quoted DJ Baxter's post...I use some text similar. Hope this helps.