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I'm working on shop where the customers will be imported by CSV, new customers will have NO password (password_hash = "").

The administrator will have to activate the new customers using the backend.

If a customer becomes activated, a random password should be generated and it should be included in the mail.

What I need to know is just where I find the code where the email will be sent. The code of the email template is "customer_create_account_email_template".

It's not the sendNewAccountEmail() method in app/code/core/Customer/Model/Customer.php and it's not either successProcessRegistration() in app/code/core/Customer/controllers/AccountController.php.

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You didn't specify a Magento version so I'll explain it based on the current version CE 1.9.1.0. If you are sure that sendNewAccountEmail() isn't used I'd suggest you have a look at sendPasswordReminderEmail() in app/code/core/Mage/Customer/Model/Customer.php.

Here is an explanation:

  • When you submit the customer submit form, the method Mage_Adminhtml_CustomerController::saveAction() is triggered.

  • The password and e-mail logic starts in the code block around line 305:

    $isNewCustomer = $customer->isObjectNew();
try {
    $sendPassToEmail = false;
    // Force new customer confirmation
    if ($isNewCustomer) {
        $customer->setPassword($data['account']['password']);
        $customer->setForceConfirmed(true);
        if ($customer->getPassword() == 'auto') {
            $sendPassToEmail = true;
            $customer->setPassword($customer->generatePassword());
        }
    }
    Mage::dispatchEvent('adminhtml_customer_prepare_save', array(
        'customer'  => $customer,
        'request'   => $this->getRequest()
    ));

    $customer->save();
    // ...
} // ...

    Here, the password for a new customer would be generated.

  • Next, the mails are sent: 

    // Send welcome email
if ($customer->getWebsiteId() && (isset($data['account']['sendemail']) || $sendPassToEmail)) {
    $storeId = $customer->getSendemailStoreId();
    if ($isNewCustomer) {
        $customer->sendNewAccountEmail('registered', '', $storeId);
    } elseif ((!$customer->getConfirmation())) {
        // Confirm not confirmed customer
        $customer->sendNewAccountEmail('confirmed', '', $storeId);
    }
}
if (!empty($data['account']['new_password'])) {
    $newPassword = $data['account']['new_password'];
    if ($newPassword == 'auto') {
        $newPassword = $customer->generatePassword();
    }
    $customer->changePassword($newPassword);
    $customer->sendPasswordReminderEmail();
}

    Normally, the mail template customer_create_account_email_template is used when a new user registered and confirmation is not required (i.e. $customer->sendNewAccountEmail('registered', '', $storeId); in the snippet above).

    As you imported the customer before and just re-save it with a auto-generated password, the second part of the code should apply and the mail should be sent here:

    $customer->changePassword($newPassword);
$customer->sendPasswordReminderEmail();

    This method sendPasswordReminderEmail() which can be found in app/code/core/Mage/Customer/Model/Customer.php uses the mail template configured as the "Remind E-Mail Template".

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  • Thank you for answer. Well, I discovered that the code was in an extension for custom customer attributes, which overrides several methods, include the mail functions. And, I've been writing a csv importer which directly import into the database without using any magento classes, because I've been under time pressure to get an importer finished, which is runnable by a cron job. In the import, I just leave the password_hash empty, so it has to be generated first. I think it would have been better and easier to write the importer as a n98-magerun module.
    – Artisan72
    Feb 9, 2015 at 4:25
  • Thanks for the explanation. It would be best then if you add this as an answer yourself and accept it (= click the check mark next to the answer). This is perfectly fine and every accepted answer helps to get our site out of Beta!
    – Matthias Zeis
    Feb 9, 2015 at 5:28

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