Change "Email: yes" behavior to make more sense

docs/config.md

@@ -1047,10 +1047,12 @@ configured for `ntfy.sh`):
     ```
 
 By default, any user (including anonymous users) can send email notifications to any address. To require email
-address verification, set `smtp-sender-verify` to `true`. When enabled, anonymous users cannot send emails,
-and authenticated users can only send to email addresses they have verified in their account settings. Users can
-also use `yes`/`true`/`1` as the `X-Email` value to send to their primary verified address (falling back to their
-first verified address if no primary is designated).
+address verification, set `smtp-sender-verify` to `true`. When enabled, anonymous users cannot send emails, and
+authenticated users can only send to *literal* email addresses they have verified in their account settings.
+
+Regardless of this setting, a logged-in user can pass `yes`/`true`/`1` as the `X-Email` value to send to their primary
+verified address (falling back to their first verified address if no primary is designated). `smtp-sender-verify` only
+governs whether arbitrary literal addresses are allowed.
 
 Please also refer to the [rate limiting](#rate-limiting) settings below, specifically `visitor-email-limit-burst`
 and `visitor-email-limit-burst`. Setting these conservatively is necessary to avoid abuse.

docs/publish.md

@@ -3251,9 +3251,13 @@ You can forward messages to e-mail by specifying an address in the header. This
 you'd like to persist longer, or to blast-notify yourself on all possible channels. 
 
 Usage is easy: Simply pass the `X-Email` header (or any of its aliases: `X-E-mail`, `Email`, `E-mail`, `Mail`, or `e`).
-Only one e-mail address is supported. If the server has [`smtp-sender-verify`](config.md#e-mail-notifications) enabled (ntfy.sh has this enabled),
-you can also pass `yes`, `true`, or `1` to send to your **primary email address** (the one marked primary in the web app's
-[Account section](https://ntfy.sh/account)). If you haven't designated a primary address, it falls back to your first verified address.
+Only one e-mail address is supported.
+
+If you are logged in and have a verified email address on your account, you can pass `yes`, `true`, or `1` instead of an
+address to send to your **primary email address** (the one marked primary in the web app's
+[Account section](https://ntfy.sh/account)); if you haven't designated a primary, it falls back to your first verified
+address. This works regardless of the [`smtp-sender-verify`](config.md#e-mail-notifications) setting -- that setting only
+controls whether *literal* addresses must already be verified on your account.
 
 ntfy allows anonymous email sending (if enabled), so the rate limiting is pretty strict (see [limitations](#limitations)). In the
 default configuration, you get **16 e-mails per visitor** (IP address) and then after that one per hour. On top of

docs/releases.md

@@ -1957,13 +1957,14 @@ email. All of this rides on the existing SMTP configuration -- no new config fla
 
 **Features:**
 
-* Add password reset via emailed magic link, with a "Forgot password?" link on the login page and a `ntfy user password-reset` CLI command for admins
+* Add password reset via emailed magic link, with a "Forgot password?" link on the login page and a `ntfy user reset-pass` CLI command for admins
 * Rework email verification to use durable, single-use, expiring magic links instead of in-memory 6-digit codes, and add a "primary" (recovery) email with verified/unverified state in the account UI
 * Auto-send a verification link to the billing email after a Stripe checkout, so paying users can set up password recovery
 
 **Bug fixes + maintenance:**
 
 * Generate access tokens, IDs, and magic-link tokens with a cryptographically secure RNG (`crypto/rand`) instead of a clock-seeded PRNG
+* `X-Email: yes` (also `true`/`1`) now sends to your primary verified email regardless of the `smtp-sender-verify` setting (previously it was rejected unless verification was enabled); it requires being logged in with a verified address
 
 ### ntfy Android v1.25.x (UNRELEASED)