9.3 Sending E-Mail From within Teaming

Novell Teaming enables you to send e-mail messages to your co-workers from a variety of different places within Teaming, and for a variety of reasons.

The following options are functional only if you have an e-mail account assigned to you in Teaming. To assign an e-mail account to your Teaming profile, see Section 1.5.1, Modifying Your Profile.

9.3.1 Informing Others about a Folder or Workspace

Teaming enables you to send an e-mail message to inform others about a specific folder or workspace.

  1. Navigate to the folder or workspace that you want to inform others about via e-mail.

  2. In the main sidebar, click Send E-Mail.

    The Send E-Mail page is displayed.

    A link to this folder or workspace is automatically created in the Message field.

  3. Fill in the appropriate fields.

    For information on filling in the rest of the Send E-Mail form, see Section 9.4, Filling Out the Send E-Mail Page.

9.3.2 Informing Others about a New Entry

  1. When you are creating an entry, click Send E-Mail When Entry is Submitted.

    Options are displayed that enable you to specify the users that you want to send the e-mail to.

    A link to this entry is automatically created in the Message field.

  2. Fill in the appropriate fields.

    For information on filling in the rest of the Send E-Mail form, see Section 9.4, Filling Out the Send E-Mail Page.

9.3.3 Informing Others about an Existing Entry

  1. Navigate to the entry that you want to inform others about via e-mail.

  2. In the Footer toolbar for the entry, click Send E-Mail.

    The Send E-Mail page is displayed.

    A link to this entry is automatically created in the Message field.

  3. Fill in the appropriate fields.

    For information on filling in the rest of the Send E-Mail form, see Section 9.4, Filling Out the Send E-Mail Page.

9.3.4 Sending E-Mail Notifications to Other Users

If you are the owner of a folder, you can configure that folder to send e-mail notifications to specific Teaming users.

For information on how to do this, see Configuring Folders to Send E-Mail Notifications to Other Users in the Novell Teaming 2.1 Advanced User Guide.