allow admins to notify users about scheduled downtimes

[pravi]

• send email when downtime is scheduled (time should be configurable)
• show a message before downtime
• send email when pod is back after down time
• include the pod status url

[jhass]

Why not a general "send email to all users" feature?

[pravi]

That will also do. The idea is to notify all users about down times.

[jaywink]

Why not a general "send email to all users" feature?

👍 for a generic send email to users, but with some simple choices on what activity, we could use the same we already have for statistics, eg 1 month actives, 6 month actves, all. Sending emails can cost for some people so it would be better to allow some smart filters.

[axilleas]

Not all people use their real emails to register, so a broadcast message would be better. GitLab has implemented this, we could adapt it to diaspora's needs.

https://gitlab.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=broadcast_messages&group_id=&project_id=13083&search_code=true&repository_ref=master

[denschub]

Why not a general "send email to all users" feature?

Uhm, like podmin:admin_mail for example?

[jaywink]

Uhm, like podmin:admin_mail for example?

But without having to dive into consoles'n'stuff.