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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. While editing your profile, make sure you have an email address configured. SeeDOC:Configuring a Server for Outgoing Mail
  4. Go to a page you wish to get notifications about.
  5. Click the Envelope icon in the top right corner to "watch" that page. See CONF20:Watching a Page.
  6. Edit the Page.
  7. Either wait a while or: Go to Administration -> Mail Queue. Click "Flush Mail Queue". See DOC:The Mail Queue.
  8. Check your email.
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