<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <important>
- <para>Requires that you have <link
- linkend="EnhancedMessagingPreferences">EnhancedMessagingPreferences</link>
- enabled</para>
- </important>
+ <para>
+ <important>
+ <para>Requires that you have <link linkend="EnhancedMessagingPreferences"
+ >EnhancedMessagingPreferences</link> enabled</para>
+ </important>
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <important>
- <para>These can be changed for individual patrons, this
- setting is just a default to make it easier to set up
- messages for an entire category</para>
- </important>
+ <para>These defaults will be applied to new patrons that are added to the system.
+ They will not edit the preferences of the existing patrons. Also, these can be
+ changed for individual patrons, this setting is just a default to make it easier
+ to set up messages for an entire category.<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <tip>
+ <para>After setting the default for the patron category you can force
+ those changes to all existing patrons by running the <emphasis
+ role="italic">borrowers-force-messaging-defaults</emphasis> script
+ found in the <emphasis role="italic">misc/maintenance</emphasis> folder.
+ Ask your system administrator for assistance with this script.</para>
+ </tip>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>