diff --git a/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.arquillian.properties b/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.arquillian.properties
index da98eb23e3e04584d7eded2ec431fc5e1c321596..d4542b6b7e52419d09df21ca5d6fb3425c3135f8 100644
--- a/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.arquillian.properties
+++ b/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.arquillian.properties
@@ -51,3 +51,16 @@ db.pass=olat
 db.host.port=3306
 db.database.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect
 auto.upgrade.database=false
+
+#make sure it works it mimic the pre 8.3 behavior
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.users=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.authors=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.usermanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.groupmanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.administrators=false
+
+group.accept.membership.users=false
+group.accept.membership.authors=false
+group.accept.membership.usermanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.groupmanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.administrators=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.eclipse.properties b/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.eclipse.properties
index e6d7f11d9d34090cbcdc8cd1558a661e4156ecd8..8ad9fde5cde6c9aa94caf4e86b39bf961df49747 100644
--- a/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.eclipse.properties
+++ b/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.eclipse.properties
@@ -49,3 +49,17 @@ db.pass=olat
 db.host.port=3306
 db.database.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect
 auto.upgrade.database=false
+
+#make sure it works it mimic the pre 8.3 behavior
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.users=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.authors=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.usermanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.groupmanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.administrators=false
+
+group.accept.membership.users=false
+group.accept.membership.authors=false
+group.accept.membership.usermanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.groupmanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.administrators=false
+
diff --git a/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.local.properties b/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.local.properties
index 37ce7f8df96d3b2d7bad95faa0843e1cfbc9fdd7..55f42606499946f62fd42aeef8b9503544b11d84 100644
--- a/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.local.properties
+++ b/src/test/profile/mysql/olat.local.properties
@@ -51,3 +51,16 @@ db.pass=${test.env.db.pass}
 db.host.port=${test.env.db.host.port}
 db.database.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect
 auto.upgrade.database=false
+
+#make sure it works it mimic the pre 8.3 behavior
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.users=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.authors=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.usermanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.groupmanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.administrators=false
+
+group.accept.membership.users=false
+group.accept.membership.authors=false
+group.accept.membership.usermanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.groupmanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.administrators=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/profile/oracle/olat.eclipse.properties b/src/test/profile/oracle/olat.eclipse.properties
index 59206f1663490227373e0ee2d5dab974a118b33e..3c58e0e5306bf3e078e217ce95089ed327946fc1 100644
--- a/src/test/profile/oracle/olat.eclipse.properties
+++ b/src/test/profile/oracle/olat.eclipse.properties
@@ -51,3 +51,16 @@ db.host.port=1521
 db.default.schema=olattest
 db.database.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect
 auto.upgrade.database=false
+
+#make sure it works it mimic the pre 8.3 behavior
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.users=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.authors=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.usermanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.groupmanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.administrators=false
+
+group.accept.membership.users=false
+group.accept.membership.authors=false
+group.accept.membership.usermanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.groupmanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.administrators=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/profile/oracle/olat.local.properties b/src/test/profile/oracle/olat.local.properties
index 246324d6ab263dfed6e960c64d7d0d4ef66ef7a3..5f25261d2cd8d28565ff6b9068c89fc872eedcd5 100644
--- a/src/test/profile/oracle/olat.local.properties
+++ b/src/test/profile/oracle/olat.local.properties
@@ -51,3 +51,16 @@ db.host.port=1521
 db.default.schema=olattest
 db.database.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect
 auto.upgrade.database=false
+
+#make sure it works it mimic the pre 8.3 behavior
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.users=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.authors=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.usermanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.groupmanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.administrators=false
+
+group.accept.membership.users=false
+group.accept.membership.authors=false
+group.accept.membership.usermanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.groupmanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.administrators=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/profile/postgresql/olat.eclipse.properties b/src/test/profile/postgresql/olat.eclipse.properties
index 98cd6e1f2df75d5f6f935a2d5b160f71287c6b45..1ebabe5352546fe38a3747ad3769497ca50a595b 100644
--- a/src/test/profile/postgresql/olat.eclipse.properties
+++ b/src/test/profile/postgresql/olat.eclipse.properties
@@ -50,3 +50,16 @@ db.user=postgres
 db.pass=postgres
 db.host.port=5432
 db.database.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
+
+#make sure it works it mimic the pre 8.3 behavior
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.users=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.authors=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.usermanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.groupmanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.administrators=false
+
+group.accept.membership.users=false
+group.accept.membership.authors=false
+group.accept.membership.usermanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.groupmanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.administrators=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/profile/postgresql/olat.local.properties b/src/test/profile/postgresql/olat.local.properties
index 5f0960d7d5e13a974954eb8da28d4b41ed874373..9d4ea969ca5c3e22a4b4c18395a6e7f109ac9bcd 100644
--- a/src/test/profile/postgresql/olat.local.properties
+++ b/src/test/profile/postgresql/olat.local.properties
@@ -51,3 +51,16 @@ db.pass=${test.env.db.postgresql.pass}
 db.host.port=${test.env.db.postgresql.host.port}
 db.database.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
 auto.upgrade.database=false
+
+#make sure it works it mimic the pre 8.3 behavior
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.users=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.authors=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.usermanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.groupmanagers=false
+group.mandatory.enrolment.email.administrators=false
+
+group.accept.membership.users=false
+group.accept.membership.authors=false
+group.accept.membership.usermanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.groupmanagers=false
+group.accept.membership.administrators=false
\ No newline at end of file