This page last changed on Oct 06, 2006 by david.soul@atlassian.com.
Confluence sends notifications of changes to spaces or pages to users who are watching pages. Users choose to watch pages or spaces, an administrator does not force notifications upon them.
 | There is one way to automatically have users watch a given page or news item. The Autowatch Plugin can be set up to have anyone who contributes to a space watch the content they have contributed to. Eg. if they comment on a page, they will be set to watch that page for further updates. This should be used with care. |
For Users
As a user, to set up a watch on a specific page or space, follow
CONF20:Watching a Page or CONF20:Watching a Space
For Administrators
As an administrator, if you want to configure confluence to send notifications and test that it is working, follow these instructions:
- Set up a mail server at Administration -> Mail servers. See DOC:Configuring a Server for Outgoing Mail.
- Make sure you use "Send Test Email" to check that the server is working. Check that you get the test email in your inbox.
- Go to your profile (using the Preferences link) and click Edit Profile -> Email Preferences, then enable Notify On My Action. (Otherwise you'll have to use multiple users. By default confluence does not send you notifications for your own changes.) See CONF20:Managing Watches
- While editing your profile, make sure you have an email address configured. SeeDOC:Configuring a Server for Outgoing Mail
- Go to a page you wish to get notifications about.
- Click the Envelope icon in the top right corner to "watch" that page. See CONF20:Watching a Page.
- Edit the Page.
- Either wait a while or: Go to Administration -> Mail Queue. Click "Flush Mail Queue". See DOC:The Mail Queue.
- Check your email.
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