39c57b82b853bb7aaa9ec15dc0b5f293b0329256
gperez2
  Mon Aug 10 15:32:56 2026 -0700
Removing em dashes and dropping the "if you did not request this" line from hgLogin's login-link and change-email messages. refs #37929

diff --git src/hg/hgLogin/hgLogin.c src/hg/hgLogin/hgLogin.c
index 2df0c4f7094..05e12e01b8c 100644
--- src/hg/hgLogin/hgLogin.c
+++ src/hg/hgLogin/hgLogin.c
@@ -1045,32 +1045,31 @@
 {
 char expStr[32];
 safef(expStr, sizeof(expStr), "%ld", clock1() + 3600);   // link good for one hour
 char *sig = changeEmailSig(user, newEmail, expStr);
 char url[1024];
 safef(url, sizeof(url),
     "%s?hgLogin.do.confirmChangeEmail=1&user=%s&newEmail=%s&exp=%s&sig=%s",
     hgLoginUrl, cgiEncode(user), cgiEncode(newEmail), expStr, sig);
 char subject[256];
 safef(subject, sizeof(subject), "Confirm your new %s email address", brwName);
 char *remoteAddr = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
 char message[4096];
 safef(message, sizeof(message),
     "Someone (probably you, from IP address %s) asked to change the email address on the %s "
     "account \"%s\" to this address.\nTo confirm the change, open this link in your browser:\n\n"
-    "%s\n\nThe link works once and expires in one hour.  If you did not request this, you can "
-    "safely ignore this email and your address will stay as it is.\n\n%s\n%s",
+    "%s\n\nThe link works once and expires in one hour.\n\n%s\n%s",
     emptyForNull(remoteAddr), brwName, user, url, signature, returnAddr);
 sendActMailOut(newEmail, subject, message);
 freeMem(sig);
 }
 
 static void sendChangeEmailAlertMail(char *oldEmail, char *user, char *newEmail)
 /* Tell the OLD address that the account's email was just changed, so its owner finds out if the
  * change was not theirs and can ask us to undo it.  This is the notice that protects the current
  * owner -- confirming the new address only proves the new mailbox is reachable. */
 {
 char subject[256];
 safef(subject, sizeof(subject), "Your %s email address was changed", brwName);
 char *remoteAddr = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
 char message[4096];
 safef(message, sizeof(message),
@@ -1185,31 +1184,31 @@
         errMsg = cloneString("Please enter your current password.");
         changeEmailPage(conn);
         return;
         }
     }
 /* Do not change the address yet: email a one-time confirmation link to the NEW address and
  * apply the change only when it is clicked (see confirmChangeEmail).  This proves the address
  * is real and controlled by the requester, so an unconfirmed address cannot silently become
  * the account's recovery address. */
 sendChangeEmailConfirmMail(email1, user);
 cartRemove(cart, "hgLogin_newEmail1");
 cartRemove(cart, "hgLogin_newEmail2");
 cartRemove(cart, "hgLogin_curPassword");
 char *encEmail = htmlEncode(email1);
 hPrintf("<div class=\"centeredContainer formBox\"><h2>%s</h2>", brwName);
-hPrintf("<h3>Almost done &mdash; please check your email</h3>");
+hPrintf("<h3>Almost done. Please check your email</h3>");
 hPrintf("<p>We sent a confirmation link to <b>%s</b>. Open the link in that message to finish "
     "changing your email address. The link works once and expires in one hour.</p></div>",
     encEmail);
 freeMem(encEmail);
 returnToURL(3000);
 }
 
 void confirmChangeEmail(struct sqlConnection *conn)
 /* Apply a confirmed email change.  Reached by opening the signed link sent to the new address
  * (see sendChangeEmailConfirmMail); the signature and its expiry are the authorization, so this
  * does not require a login cookie -- the link may be opened from the new mailbox in any browser. */
 {
 if (!emailLinkEnabled())
     {
     displayLoginPage(conn);
@@ -2361,56 +2360,55 @@
     "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"hgLogin.do.sendEmailLink\" value=\"Send login link\" class=\"largeButton\">"
     " &nbsp;<a href=\"%s\" class=\"cancelButton\">Cancel</a>"
     "</div></form></div><!-- END - emailLinkBox -->", getReturnToURL());
 cartSaveSession(cart);
 }
 
 void displayLoginLinkSuccess()
 /* Confirmation shown after a passwordless login link is (possibly) emailed.  Phrased so it
  * does not reveal whether an account exists for the address. */
 {
 char *email = htmlEncode(cartUsualString(cart, "hgLogin_sendMailTo", ""));
 hPrintf("<div id=\"confirmationBox\" class=\"centeredContainer formBox\">"
     "<h2>%s</h2>", brwName);
 hPrintf("<p id=\"confirmationMsg\" class=\"confirmationTxt\">If an account exists for "
     "<B>%s</B>, a login link has been sent to that address.<BR><BR>"
-    "Click the link in that email to sign in &mdash; no password needed. "
+    "Click the link in that email to sign in. No password needed. "
     "The link works once and expires in one hour.</p>", email);
 hPrintf("<p>If you don't see the email, please check your spam folder.</p>");
 hPrintf("<p><a href=\"%s?hgLogin.do.displayLoginPage=1\">Return to Login</a></p>\n", hgLoginUrl);
 cartRemove(cart, "hgLogin_email");
 cartRemove(cart, "hgLogin_sendMailTo");
 cartRemove(cart, "hgLogin_helpWith");
 }
 
 void sendLoginLinkMail(char *email, char *token)
 /* Email a one-time passwordless login link to an address.  The link identifies the address,
  * not a single account: if the address has several accounts, the user picks one after
  * clicking (see emailLogin), so one email covers them all. */
 {
 char subject[256];
 char msg[4096];
 char url[512];
 char *remoteAddr = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
 safef(url, sizeof(url), "%s?hgLogin.do.emailLogin=1&email=%s&token=%s",
     hgLoginUrl, cgiEncode(email), cgiEncode(token));
 safef(subject, sizeof(subject), "Your login link for the %s", brwName);
 safef(msg, sizeof(msg),
     "Someone (probably you, from IP address %s) requested a login link for the %s account "
     "registered to this email address.\nClick the link below to sign in without a password. "
-    "It works once and expires in one hour:\n\n%s\n\nIf you did not request this, you can "
-    "safely ignore this email.\n\n%s\n%s",
+    "It works once and expires in one hour:\n\n%s\n\n%s\n%s",
     remoteAddr, brwName, url, signature, returnAddr);
 sendActMailOut(email, subject, msg);
 }
 
 void sendEmailLink(struct sqlConnection *conn)
 /* Generate and email a one-time passwordless login link to the address on file. */
 {
 if (!emailLinkEnabled())
     {
     displayLoginPage(conn);
     return;
     }
 char *email = cartUsualString(cart, "hgLogin_email", "");
 if (isEmpty(email) || spc_email_isvalid(email) == 0)
     {