Send email

Is there only a single email address for each group that you can pick from your drop-down? That is: are you only expecting to send an email to one email address? Or do you want to send an email to all user accounts that are members of that group?

I will be having multiple users in one group

I understand that a Group will have multiple Users. I guess the question is:

• do you want to send ONE email to a single email address that is in effect a distribution group (so every user in the email distribution group gets a copy if the email)
• do you want to send one email PER USER IN THE GROUP so that every user in the Group gets an email?

The two options have different pros and cons (the first is easier, but it's possible for the list of users in the distribution group is different from the list of users in the group), whereas the latter is harder to implement but guarantees that the correct users receive a copy of the email

I understand that a Group will have multiple Users. I guess the question is:

• do you want to send ONE email to a single email address that is in effect a distribution group (so every user in the email distribution group gets a copy if the email)
• do you want to send one email PER USER IN THE GROUP so that every user in the Group gets an email?

The two options have different pros and cons (the first is easier, but it's possible for the list of users in the distribution group is different from the list of users in the group), whereas the latter is harder to implement but guarantees that the correct users receive a copy of the email

1st case suits me

So if you create your Group from a Group Type that you define, you an have custom attributes defined for that Group instance. You could then use a custom attribute to hold the email distribution group value. Alternatively you could hold the value in a database table and use the Group to lookup the relevant email address value. Again, both have pros and cons.