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   function _sendMail(&$user, $password)
   {
      global $mainframe;

      $db      =& JFactory::getDBO();

      $name       = $user->get('name');
      $email       = $user->get('email');
      $username    = $user->get('username');

      $usersConfig    = &JComponentHelper::getParams( 'com_users' );
      $sitename       = $mainframe->getCfg( 'sitename' );
      $useractivation = $usersConfig->get( 'useractivation' );
      $mailfrom       = $mainframe->getCfg( 'mailfrom' );
      $fromname       = $mainframe->getCfg( 'fromname' );
      $siteURL      = JURI::base();

      $fromname   = "From this Person";
      $mailfrom      = "youremail@yoursite.com";

      $subject    = sprintf ( JText::_( 'Account details for' ), $name);
      $subject    = html_entity_decode($subject, ENT_QUOTES);

      if ( $useractivation == 1 ){
         $message = sprintf ( JText::_( 'SEND_MSG_ACTIVATE' ), $name, $siteURL."index.php", $username, $password);
      } else {
         $message = sprintf ( JText::_( 'SEND_MSG' ), $name, $sitename, $siteURL);
      }

      $message = html_entity_decode($message, ENT_QUOTES);

      //get all super administrator
      $query = 'SELECT name, email, sendEmail' .
            ' FROM #__users' .
            ' WHERE LOWER( usertype ) = "super administrator"';
      $db->setQuery( $query );
      $rows = $db->loadObjectList();

      // Send email to user
      if ( ! $mailfrom  || ! $fromname ) {
         $fromname = $rows[0]->name;
         $mailfrom = $rows[0]->email;
      }

      JUtility::sendMail($mailfrom, $fromname, $email, $subject, $message);

      // Send notification to all administrators
      $subject2 = sprintf ( JText::_( 'Account details for' ), $name);
      $subject2 = html_entity_decode($subject2, ENT_QUOTES);

      // get superadministrators id
      foreach ( $rows as $row )
      {
         if ($row->sendEmail)
         {
            $message2 = sprintf ( JText::_( 'SEND_MSG_ADMIN' ), $row->name, $name, $email, $username, $siteURL."index.php?option=com_user&task=activate&activation=".$user->get('activation'));
            $message2 = html_entity_decode($message2, ENT_QUOTES);
            JUtility::sendMail($mailfrom, $fromname, $row->email, $subject2, $message2);
         }
      }
   }

 (!) Could not instantiate mail function.

Activation Complete!
Your Account has been successfully activated. You can now log in using the username and password you chose during the registration.

Hello Administrator,
's account has been sucessfully activated.

Please do not respond to this message. It is automatically generated and is for information purposes only.

Do not make the changes to /componets/com_user/controller.php as mentioned above.
Instead, change the line 117 in the language file :
Code:
SEND_MSG_ACTIVATE=Hello %s,\n\nThank you for registering at %s. Your account is created and must be activated before you can use it.\nTo activate the account click on the following link or copy-paste it in your browser:\n%s\n\nAfter activation you may login to %s using the following username and password:\n\nUsername: %s\nPassword: %s

to contain the e-mail message that the registrant will receive. Something along the lines of, " Your application has been received is is currently under review. You will receive an e-mail when the registration process is complete. In the meantime, please enjoy browsing through the public areas of our site at:"

After this, go to the file /componets/com_user/controller.php and edit line 489 from:
Code:
         $message = sprintf ( JText::_( 'SEND_MSG_ACTIVATE' ), $name, $sitename, $siteURL."index.php?option=com_user&task=activate&activation=".$user->get('activation'), $siteURL, $username, $password);

to
Code:
         $message = sprintf ( JText::_( 'SEND_MSG_ACTIVATE' ), $name, $sitename, $siteURL."index.php", $siteURL, $username, $password);

This change will only include a link to the first page of your website without the activation code appended so the registrant cannot activate the registration.
Both applicant and admin receive the e-mails and the admin can then approve or disapprove as required.


I have further tweaked the file /componets/com_user/controller.php on line 520 from:
Code:
            $message2 = sprintf ( JText::_( 'SEND_MSG_ADMIN' ), $row->name, $sitename, $name, $email, $username);

to:
Code:
            $message2 = sprintf ( JText::_( 'SEND_MSG_ADMIN' ), $row->name, $siteURL."index.php?option=com_user&task=activate&activation=".$user->get('activation'), $name, $email, $username);

This sends the activation link (that was removed from the applicant's e-mail above) to the admin, thereby giving the admin a "one click" activation from the e-mail notification.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
If you also needed to have reply emails sent back after activation - to get an email sent upon activation.

Edit the function activate() section of controller.php file located under components/com_user/
STEP 1:
Under Line 331 ---- jimport('joomla.user.helper');
Add
      $db = & JFactory::getDBO();
      // Lets get the id of the user we want to send mail to
      $query = 'SELECT id'
      . ' FROM #__users'
      . ' WHERE activation = '.$db->Quote($activation);
      ;
      $db->setQuery( $query );
      $id = intval( $db->loadResult() );
This will load the user's ID to the $id variable

STEP 2:
Under line 351 ----- $message->text = JText::_( 'REG_ACTIVATE_COMPLETE' );
Add
UserController::_sendactivatedMail($id);

This will call a new function that we will create later and it will pass the $id variable to that function.

STEP 3:
Copy the sendmail function, paste it near the end of the file before the last }?> and rename the function to sendactivatedMail - Do this to use a different subject, body - etc. I also added some items like the callout to fill in the user information from the $id variable that was passed. This is the edited code after the copy paste.
Code:
      function _sendactivatedMail(&$id)
   {
      global $mainframe;

      $db = & JFactory::getDBO();
      // gets the users information
        $user =& JUser::getInstance( (int) $id );
      $name       = $user->get('name');
      $email       = $user->get('email');
      $username    = $user->get('username');
      $usersConfig    = &JComponentHelper::getParams( 'com_users' );
      $sitename       = $mainframe->getCfg( 'sitename' );
      $useractivation = $usersConfig->get( 'useractivation' );
      $mailfrom       = $mainframe->getCfg( 'mailfrom' );
      $fromname       = $mainframe->getCfg( 'fromname' );
      $siteURL      = JURI::base();
      $fromname      = "Name of Person";
      $mailfrom      = "email@addressof.person";
      $subject    = sprintf ( JText::_( 'Account activated for' ), $name);
      $subject    = html_entity_decode($subject, ENT_QUOTES);
      $message = sprintf ( JText::_( 'SEND_MSG_ACCTACTIVATED' ), $name, $siteURL."index.php");
      $message = html_entity_decode($message, ENT_QUOTES);
      //get all super administrator
      $query = 'SELECT name, email, sendEmail' .
            ' FROM #__users' .
            ' WHERE LOWER( usertype ) = "super administrator"';
      $db->setQuery( $query );
      $rows = $db->loadObjectList();
      // Send email to user
      if ( ! $mailfrom  || ! $fromname ) {
         $fromname = $rows[0]->name;
         $mailfrom = $rows[0]->email;
      }
      JUtility::sendMail($mailfrom, $fromname, $email, $subject, $message);
      // Send notification to all administrators
      $subject2 = sprintf ( JText::_( 'Account activated for' ), $name);
      $subject2 = html_entity_decode($subject2, ENT_QUOTES);
      // get superadministrators id
      foreach ( $rows as $row )
      {
         if ($row->sendEmail)
         {
            $message2 = sprintf ( JText::_( 'SEND_ADMINMSG_ACCTACTIVATED' ), $row->name, $name);
            $message2 = html_entity_decode($message2, ENT_QUOTES);
            JUtility::sendMail($mailfrom, $fromname, $row->email, $subject2, $message2);
         }
      }
   }

This new function allows you to modify whatever variables you want to - there are some variables that I didn't use but left in there like $sitename because I may want to use them later if you don't use them you can delete those entries as they wouldn't be needed.
I believe those are the only changes I made to the controller.php file -

STEP 4:
I also edited the en-GB.com_user.ini file located under language/en-GB/en-GB.com_user.ini
Add
SEND_MSG_ACCTACTIVATED=Hello %s,\nYour account has been successfully activated you may now log in at %s.\n\nThank you for your support.
SEND_ADMINMSG_ACCTACTIVATED=Hello %s, \n%s's account has been sucessfully activated.\n\nPlease do not respond to this message. It is automatically generated and is for information purposes only.
ACCOUNT ACTIVATED FOR=Account has been activated for %s

This adds the variables that get filled in that are called out in the JText calls.
After that I was able to activate an account and the resulting user's email address would be emailed as well as all of the super adminstrators of the system who's accounts are set to recieve system emails.

index.php?option=com_user&view=login

index.php?option=com_auser&view=login

      // special ACl with return value to edit user
      $this->addACL( 'com_user', 'edit', 'users', 'super administrator', null, null, '' );
      $this->addACL( 'com_user', 'edit', 'users', 'administrator', null, null, '' );
      $this->addACL( 'com_user', 'edit', 'users', 'manager', null, null, '' );
      // return value defines xml setup file variant
      $this->addACL( 'com_user', 'edit', 'users', 'author', null, null, 'author' );
      $this->addACL( 'com_user', 'edit', 'users', 'editor', null, null, 'author' );
      $this->addACL( 'com_user', 'edit', 'users', 'publisher', null, null, 'author' );
      $this->addACL( 'com_user', 'edit', 'users', 'registered', null, null, 'registered' );

      // special ACL with return value to edit auser
      $this->addACL( 'com_auser', 'edit', 'users', 'super administrator', null, null, '' );
    $this->addACL( 'com_auser', 'edit', 'users', 'administrator', null, null, '' );
    $this->addACL( 'com_auser', 'edit', 'users', 'manager', null, null, '' );
    // return value defines xml setup file variant
    $this->addACL( 'com_auser', 'edit', 'users', 'author', null, null, 'author' );
    $this->addACL( 'com_auser', 'edit', 'users', 'editor', null, null, 'author' );
    $this->addACL( 'com_auser', 'edit', 'users', 'publisher', null, null, 'author' );
    $this->addACL( 'com_auser', 'edit', 'users', 'registered', null, null, 'registered' );