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I am using CiviCRM 5.18.4 with WordPress 5.3.2, and residing in the United States, where we are required by law to include certain info (our postal address and an opt-out link) in ALL our emails. I can do this in my individual messages and bulk email footers, fine. But they don't show up in any of the Mailflow messages.

I have tried adding 

{$domain.address}
<p>To comply with CAN-SPAM laws, we remind you that you can also opt-out of all mailings from us.  To do so, <a href="{$action.optOutUrl}" click here</a>, or send mail to {$action.optOut}. </p>

near the bottom of the (html) message template, but it doesn't plug in the token values (or it just generates a critical error).

But even if I could get it to work, why am I figuring out how to tweak this? Doesn't almost EVERYONE need to include a footer like this in almost ALL their workflow emails?

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  • Is the above the EXACT text in your template? You're missing a > just before the "click here" words.
    – Demerit
    Jan 15, 2020 at 18:16

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Take out the $ signs. Smarty variables use $ signs, tokens don't. It is a little bit awkward when they're mixed in the same template.

I don't know the legal answer to the other part of the question, but bulk mailings include it by default.

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  • Actually when I originally did it without the $, then when I submitted a donation I got: << There has been a critical error on your website. Learn more about debugging in WordPress. >> Any other suggestions, maybe about where in the template to put it, or how to format it correctly?
    – David Hyman
    Jan 14, 2020 at 20:01
  • I just tried {domain.address} in the offline contribution receipt template and it worked, so maybe something else going on on that site? For testing purposes I put it at the bottom just before the <body> tag.
    – Demerit
    Jan 15, 2020 at 18:15
  • The missing > was caught early, but it took a lot more fiddling, especially with the placement of the token, to get it working. Thanks very much for helping me test and troubleshoot!
    – David Hyman
    Jan 17, 2020 at 20:52

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