5.1 Configuring Folders to Send Email Notifications to Other Users

As a folder owner, you can configure Novell Filr to send other users email notifications, in order to inform them of any activity in the folder and any subfolders of the folder. If a user does not want to be informed of activity in the folder, the user can change the notification settings. A user’s individual settings override or cancel notifications established by folder owners.

You cannot directly configure a subfolder to send email notifications; instead, you must configure the parent folder.

To see a short video about how to configure folders to send email notifications to other users, see Subscribing and Unsubscribing to Folders and Files.

  1. Navigate to the folder from where you want to send the email notifications.

  2. Next to the folder name, click the Configure icon , then click Email Settings.

    The Email Settings page is displayed.

  3. In the Select the Type of Email Notification section, select the type of email notification that you want to send.

    • Digest: Filr sends one message that summarizes all of the activity in the folder and its subfolders (available for folders only). Filr sends digest notifications at a schedule established by your site administrator.

      As a folder owner, you can set your own schedule for digest notifications. For more information, see Step 5.

    • Individual Messages (with Attachments): Filr sends one message for every new or changed file, and messages include an attachment of the actual file.

    • Individual Messages without Attachments: Filr sends one message for every new or changed file. The email messages do not include an attachment of the actual file, but include information about the file and the activity that occurred. Filr sends all types of individual notifications every five minutes.

    • Message Suitable for Text Messaging: Filr sends a message suitable for viewing as a text message. The content of the message includes only the file title and a link to the new or changed file. Filr sends all types of individual notifications every five minutes.

  4. Specify the users who you want to receive the email notifications.

    You can specify specific email addresses, users, or groups.

  5. (Optional) Click Set a Different Schedule for This Folder if you want to set a digest schedule for the folder that is different from the digest schedule set by the site administrator.

  6. Click Apply > Close.

To configure the folder to stop sending email notifications:

  1. Ensure that no email addresses, users or groups are specified.

  2. Click Apply > Close.