The settings Email Options page lets you choose:
- Whether to receive private emails, and in what format.
- Whether to receive status message and comment email notifications. (Note that by default you will still receive notifications about content you authored.)
- Whether to receive private messages, and from whom.
- Which group Email Digests you want to receive, and their delivery frequency.
Email Options properties
| Property |
Description |
| Email configuration |
| Receive emails |
Determines whether you receive any email. If you uncheck this box, you disable all site email, including notifications. |
| Receive HTML emails |
You can use this option if your client supports rich formatting. |
| Notifications |
| Send notifications |
Enables you to receive email notifications about content you're subscribed to. |
| Enable status message & comment email notifications |
Enables you to receive an email if someone comments on your status, or adds a comment to a status you commented on. |
| Enable private message notifications |
Enables you to receive conversation emails. |
| Private messages configuration |
| Allow conversations from |
Enables you to receive/not receive private messages, and determine whether to receive them from friends only or all users. |
| Email Digests |
| My groups (email digest) |
This lists all groups you belong to. By default, you are not subscribed to Email Digests from these groups (thus the "Subscribe to group activities" option in each group's drop-down list). You can choose here or in the Group - Email Digest widget what frequency to receive email digests in: daily or weekly. If you select an option here, it will also show in the group. |
| Other group subscriptions |
You can choose whether to receive Email Digests from groups you're not a member of. |