Help:Email notification


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Email notification (often abbreviated Enotif) is an addition to the MediaWiki software that allows you to receive an email if your talk page is edited, or if a page on your watchlist is edited.



How do I enable Enotif?
To use Enotif, add an e-mail address in your preferences, confirm that e-mail address, and enable the option in your user preferences.

The email will provide a link to the article, and also a direct link to the difference between the version you last saw and the current version. You can disable this option in your preferences.



How many emails will I receive?
If you enable Enotif in your preferences, you will receive a single e-mail when a watched page, or your user or talk page, is edited. You will only be notified once per page, even where multiple changes are made between visits (i.e. you get an email on the first edit by someone else after you viewed the page). You won't be notified of changes you made yourself. You can choose whether you want to be notified of all changes, or only those which are not marked as minor edits.



Will my email be made public if I enable this function?
No. If you add an email address to your preferences to allow Enotif to work, it will also enable the "Email user" link on your user pages, which allows others to send mail to you via a webform, but does not reveal your address to them. You can disable this feature in your preferences if you do not want to send or receive email.

To email another user, go to their user or talk page, and click the "email this user" link. If they have chosen not to receive emails from other users, you will be notified of this. You do not need to disclose your email address in order to receive email. When you send an email, you own email address will be shown to the receipient.



Can I customize the notification email sent out for changes on my wiki?
The text of the notification email can be changed by any admin on the wiki by editing MediaWiki:Enotif body and MediaWiki:Enotif subject in the MediaWiki namespace. Any text added here will override the default email text.