.. index:: pair: Notifications; Account .. _notifications: Notifications ----------------- *Settings → Notifications* Mahara sends notifications for a number of different activities: * **System message**: automatically generated by the system or sent to you by one of the site administrators, e.g. account confirmation message. * **Message from other users**: sent to you directly from other users of the site. * **Watchlist**: notification of activity on any artefact, page or journal you are monitoring. * **New page access**: notification that you or one of your groups have been given access to a new or existing non-public page. You do not receive notifications about pages accessible to all logged-in users and the public. * **Institution message**: automatically generated by the system, e.g. institution confirmation message, institution removal message, institution request sent to administrator. * **Group message**: automatically generated by the system, e.g. user request for joining a group. * **Feedback**: notification of any feedback or comments received on your pages, artefacts or journal posts. * **New forum post**: notification about new posts in forums to which you are subscribed. * **Contact us**: messages to administrators that are sent via the *Contact us* form. * **Objectionable content**: messages to administrators that contain complaints by users about objectionable content. * **Repeat virus upload**: messages to administrators about users who repeatedly upload virus-infected files. :ref:`Virus checking ` must be turned on. * **Virus flag release**: messages to administrators about files that were released by the virus scanner. You may select how you receive notifications for each activity type. .. figure:: /images/notifications.* :alt: Notifications Notifications #. Select the notification type for each type of activity. There are four notification types: * **Email**: Your primary email address will receive an email each time the activity occurs. * **Email digest**: Your primary email address will receive an email each day with a list of the activities of the last 24 hours. Typically, this email is sent at around 6 p.m., but this can be changed. .. note:: If you select either email or email digest, all activities will also be recorded in your :ref:`inbox ` as they happen. They will all be marked as already read. These notifications automatically expire and are removed from your inbox after 60 days. * **Inbox**: Your notifications area will display a list of activity notifications received. * **None**: This is only available to administrators for administrative notifications. They can opt to not receive any notifications for certain types. #. Click the *Save* button to save any changes you make to receiving notifications. .. note:: Only an administrator with server access can change the time for sending the daily email digest. The variable ``$emaildigest`` in the file ``htdocs/notification/emaildigest/lib.php`` needs to be changed for that.