Configuring email notifications for messages

Users can be notified about new messages received through the Messages application by means of notification emails. The emails are based on the Messaging - Notification email email template.

For this to work, you need to enter the target email address into a special field in the user settings. This can be done in one of the following locations:

• On the live site, via the My profile web part -> Personal settings -> Messaging notification email field.
• Users with access to the system’s administration interface can enter the email address into the My desk -> My profile -> Messaging notification email field.
• Users with the Global administrator privilege level can enter the notification email address for each user into Users -> Edit () user -> Settings -> Messaging notification email field.

When the email address is entered into the field, a notification email is sent to the address whenever the user receives a new message. This does not apply to messages received from users in the recipient’s Ignore list.

Macros in the messaging email template

In the text of the Messaging - Notification email template, you can access the following specific objects and their properties (e.g. {% Sender.UserName %}) using context macros to include dynamic values:

• {% Sender %} - UserInfo object of the message sender.
• {% Recipient %} - UserInfo object of the message recipient.
• {% Message %} - MessageInfo object of the message.

Besides these special ones, you can also use all other standard macro expressions in the templates. See Macro expressions for more information about macro expressions in Kentico.

Related settings

In Settings -> Community -> Messaging, you can find the following settings related to the notification emails:

• Messaging sender email - email address that is used as the sender address (From field) of the notification emails.
• Messaging email subject - entered text is used as content of the Subject field of notification emails.