Private methods are preventing me extending the CI_Email class

[eluser]Aken[/eluser]
There's nothing wrong with editing the system files if you want/need. Just need to remember that you made those changes if/when you upgrade.

I personally would copy the entire Email class into your own MY_Email.php, and then change the methods and add whatever you need. That way if you upgrade the system folder, your changes won't be overwritten. Then you just need to check the change logs to see if there have been any changes to the Email class so you can match/update.

This issue has been brought up on the Reactor core thing on BitBucket, so it will be addressed eventually. Who knows when, though.