Keep in mind that your email notification settings are just one part of your general
strategy for managing your activity stream: for example, how much Followed Activity
email you get depends on how many people, places, and items you follow, plus whether you
enabled notifications on Followed Activity. If your community is busy, you may find that
you rapidly accumulate hundreds of messages from Followed Activity. Disabling emails for
activity you follow is a quick way to reduce the email you receive. (You can look at the
activity you follow in your
Followed
Activity stream.) Many users prefer to receive emails only when someone
directly engages them via @mentions, shares and direct messages. If you prefer to work
entirely in
Jive, you
can even choose to disable email notifications entirely. If you disable email
notifications, you can rely on
What Matters to alert you to what you need to see.
Note: If you were upgraded from an earlier version, you were offered the option of Quiet
and Noisy email settings at startup.
Quiet email notifications send you email
based on the activity in your
Communications area: @mentions, notifications, direct
messages, replies on activity you participated in, plus anything you are explicitly
tracking there.
Noisy email notifications send email about any
activity you participated in, plus any activity you were following, plus any content
you requested notifications for. You can adjust your email settings at any time to
mirror Quiet or Noisy, or modify them to get a different pattern of
notifications.
Use the following settings to determine what you'll be notified about, and how
often. The Result column shows you what happens when each setting is On.
Email Settings
| Setting |
Result |
| Communications and Activity in my Inbox |
Get a separate email notification about each item that flows into
your Communications area. |
| Action items in my Action queue |
Get email about any Actions items, including prompts to
administrative actions, system notifications, and task notifications
from projects you are involved in. |
| Direct social actions (@mentions, shares and direct
messages) |
Get a separate email each time someone directly @mentions
you, when someone shares content with you, or when someone sends you
a direct message from the community. |
| People, places and content I'm following |
Get an email notification for all activity from people, places,
or content that you are following. |
| Include body of content in email |
Get the full text of content you're being notified about in the
body of the notification email. |
You can set your preferences so that you'll receive an email that collects news
about things about you and the community that have happened lately. The links in the
summary are a convenient way to go right to the content listed. If you're already
getting a summary, you can cancel it or change its frequency.