Article When are email notifications triggered to subscribers?

When are email notifications triggered to subscribers?

Table of Contents

Article Created or Updated

New Post

Edit Post

  OR

  • Who Receives Notification: Article Subscribers (subscribers have the option not to be notified of updates)
  • User Action Needed: Click Any article is created or updated... under Manage Notifications
Article Comment

New Comment

  OR 

Edit Comment

  • Who Receives Notification: Article Subscribers (subscribers have the option not to be notified of comments)
  • User Action Needed: Click Someone comments on... under Manage Notifications
Blog Post

New Post

Edit Post

Move Post

  • Who Receives Notification: Blog Subscribers (if Moving a post recipients are subscribers of the destination blog)
  • User Action Needed: Click Turn Blog Notifications On under Blog Actions
Blog Post Comment

New Comment

Edit Comment

  • Who Receives Notification: Blog Post Comment Subscribers
  • User Action Needed: Click Turn Comment Notifications On under Blog Post Actions when viewing blog post
  • Comments are not enabled on on all Blogs. Comments are turned on or off per Blog (entire Blog), not per Blog Post
  • Users who subscribe to a Blog only receive new blog posts (not comments). A user who wants comments on a blog post must chose to click Turn Comment Notifications on under Blog Post Actions

Event Created or Updated

New Event

  OR 

Edit Event

  OR 

  • Who Receives Notification: Calendar or Event Subscribers with the exception of the member creating or updating the event
  • User Action Needed: Click Turn Calendar notifications on when viewing the calendar or click Turn Event notifications on when viewing the event

Event Comment

New Comment

  OR 

Edit Comment

  OR 

  • Who Receives Notification: Calendar or Event Subscribers with the exception of the member creating or updating the comment
  • User Action Needed: Click Turn Calendar notifications on when viewing the calendar or click Turn Event notifications on when viewing the event

Forum Post

New Post

Edit Post

Move Post

  • Who Receives Notification: Forum Subscribers (if Moving a post recipients are subscribers of the destination forum)
  • User Action Needed: Click Turn Forum Notifications On under Forum Actions
Forum Reply

New Reply

Edit Reply

  • Who Receives Notification: Forum Subscribers
  • User Action Needed: Click Turn Forum Notifications On under Forum Actions
  • Members can choose to Mute the thread under Forum Thread Actions when viewing the thread
Forum Merge

Merge

  • Who Receives Notification: N/A
  • User Action Needed: N/A
Wiki Page

New Page

Edit Page

Move Page

  • Who Receives Notification: Wiki Page Subscribers for edits only
  • User Action Needed: Click Turn Page Notifications On under Wiki Page Actions when viewing Wiki Page
  • Author can chose to suppress notifications by choosing the Skip Notifications for Minor Edits option in edit mode
Wiki Page Comment

New Comment

Edit Comment

  • Who Receives Notification: Wiki Page Comment Notification Subscribers
  • User Action Needed: Click Turn Comment Notifications On under Wiki Page Actions when viewing Wiki Page
  • Comments are not enabled on on all Wikis. Comments are turned on or off per Wiki (entire Wiki), not per Wiki Page
Gallery File Upload

New Upload

Edit Upload

Move Upload

  • Who Receives Notification: N/A
  • User Action Needed: N/A
  • Work around is to post a comment for new uploads so subscribers are notified of the new content
Gallery Comment

New Comment

Edit Comment

  • Who Receives Notification: Gallery Subscribers
  • User Action Needed: Click gear and then Turn Gallery Notifications On when viewing the Gallery
Idea Post

New Post

Edit Post

  • Who Receives Notification: Ideation Application Subscribers
  • User Action Needed: Click gear and then Turn Ideation notifications On when viewing the Ideation Application
Idea Comment

New Comment

Edit Comment

  • Who Receives Notification: Idea Subscribers
  • User Action Needed: Click Turn Idea status and comment notifications On when viewing the Idea
Idea Status Change

Status Change

  • Who Receives Notification: Idea Subscribers
  • User Action Needed: Click Turn Idea status and comment notifications On when viewing the Idea

Idea Vote

New Vote

  • Who Receives Notification: Idea Author

Special Thanks to  for originally creating this document.