Message Board email notification URLs point to Control Panel instead of site pages

• Type: Regression Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 M3
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.2 CE GA3 , 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 M1
• Component/s: Message Boards, Subscription Manager, ~ [Archived] Collaboration
• Labels:
  • liferay-fixpack-collaboration-6-6210
  • liferay-fixpack-platform-6-6210
• Branch Version/s:
  6.2.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/16275

Here are the steps to reproduce:

1. Add a page to the default Liferay site
2. Add a message boards portlet to the page
3. Go to Control Panel
4. Configure mail to use an actual email client (Gmail)
5. Add a user with an actual email address and make the user a member of the Liferay site
6. Add a message board category to the message boards portlet in the Liferay site
7. Sign out and sign in as the new user
8. Have the user subscribe to the category
9. Sign out and sign in as Test Test
10. Add a thread to the category
11. Go the user's email address
12. View the email notification

Expected result:

The email notification's link will direct the user to the page where the thread is located

Actual result:

The email notification link will direct the user to Control Panel and the user will not have access to it