You can 'watch' a page or a space. Confluence will then send you a notification by email whenever anyone adds or updates content on that page or space. You can also subscribe to daily email reports and other notifications of various updates, as described below

For instructions on configuring an email server so that Confluence can send email notifications, see the administrator's guide to Configuring a Server for Outgoing Mail.

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Regular Email Notifications from Pages or Spaces that You are Watching

You can 'watch' a page or a space that you have permission to view. Confluence will then send you a notification by email whenever anyone adds or updates content on, or adds a comment to, that page or space.

  • There is no daily digest for these notifications. You will receive an email notification every time someone makes a change.
  • You can choose the pages and/or spaces that you want to watch. You can 'unwatch' a page or a space at any time.

To set up a watch on a specific page or space, see:

Regular Email Notifications for All Blogs

You can subscribe to email notifications for all changes to blogs in your Confluence installation that you have permission to view. This includes blog posts that are added, updated or removed. The email message is sent immediately after a change is made.

To subscribe to email notifications of all blog posts,

  1. Go to the 'Settings' view for your user profile. To do this:

    • Log in to Confluence, if you have not already done so.
    • Go to your name at the top of the page. (This is the 'User' menu. A dropdown list will appear when your cursor hovers over the 'User' menu.)
    • Select 'Settings' from the dropdown list. The 'Settings' view will open.
  2. Click the 'Email' link in the left-hand panel. The 'Email Settings' screen will appear.
  3. Click the 'Edit' button.
  4. Select the check box beside 'Subscribe to all Blog Posts'.
  5. If you want to include content changes made by you in your email notifications, select the check box beside 'Notify on my actions'. This will affect all of your subscriptions and page/space watches.
    (info) If you have not subscribed to any email notifications and are not watching any pages/spaces, then selecting 'Notify on my actions' will not do anything.
  6. From the 'Email Format' drop-down menu, select whether you want to receive your notifications as HTML or plain text. This will apply to all your email notifications, including your page/space watches.
  7. If you want your notification to include the details of the changes made to the content, select the check box beside 'Show changed content'. This requires HTML format for your emails.
  8. If you want your notification to include the full content of the updated page or blog post, select the check box beside 'Show full content'. This requires HTML format for your emails.
  9. Click 'Submit'.

Regular Email Notifications for Changes by Users You Are Following

You can subscribe to email notifications for changes to content by all users that you are following. You must have permission to view the content that has been changed by the user for it to be included in the notifications. The email message is sent immediately after a change is made. The content changes in the notifications include:

  • Pages being added, edited or deleted.
  • Blog posts being added, edited or deleted.
  • Comments being added, edited or deleted.
  • Status updates by the user.

To subscribe to email notifications for changes made by users you are following,

  1. Go to the 'Settings' view for your user profile. To do this:

    • Log in to Confluence, if you have not already done so.
    • Go to your name at the top of the page. (This is the 'User' menu. A dropdown list will appear when your cursor hovers over the 'User' menu.)
    • Select 'Settings' from the dropdown list. The 'Settings' view will open.
  2. Click the 'Email' link in the left-hand panel. The 'Email Settings' screen will appear.
  3. Click the 'Edit' button.
  4. Select the check box beside 'Subscribe to Network'.
  5. If you want your email report to include content changes made by you, select the check box beside 'Notify on my actions'. This will affect all of your subscriptions and page/space watches.
    (info) If you have not subscribed to any email reports and are not watching any pages/spaces, then selecting 'Notify on my actions' will not do anything.
  6. From the 'Email Format' drop-down menu, select whether you want to receive your notifications as HTML or plain text. This will apply to all your email notifications, including your page/space watches.
  7. If you want your notification to include the details of the changes made to the content, select the check box beside 'Show changed content'. This requires HTML format for your emails.
  8. If you want your notification to include the full content of the updated page or blog post, select the check box beside 'Show full content'. This requires HTML format for your emails.
  9. Click 'Submit'.

Daily Email Reports

You can subscribe to a daily email report showing all changes to content in all spaces that you have permission to view. The changes in the report include:

  • Pages being added, edited or deleted.
  • Blog posts being added, edited or deleted.
  • Comments on a page or blog post being added, edited or deleted.
  • Updates by users who have changed their personal profile.

Daily email reports do not include information about attachments that are added, edited or deleted on a page or blog post.

To subscribe to the daily report,

  1. Go to the 'Settings' view for your user profile. To do this:

    • Log in to Confluence, if you have not already done so.
    • Go to your name at the top of the page. (This is the 'User' menu. A dropdown list will appear when your cursor hovers over the 'User' menu.)
    • Select 'Settings' from the dropdown list. The 'Settings' view will open.
  2. Click the 'Email' link in the left-hand panel. The 'Email Settings' screen will be displayed.
  3. Click the 'Edit' button.
  4. Select the check box beside 'Subscribe to daily updates'.
  5. If you want to include content changes made by you in your email report, select the check box beside 'Notify on my actions'. This will affect all of your subscriptions and page/space watches.
    (info) If you have not subscribed to any email reports and are not watching any pages/spaces, then selecting 'Notify on my actions' will not do anything.
  6. From the 'Email Format' drop-down menu, select whether you want to receive your notifications as HTML or plain text. This will apply to all your email notifications, including your page/space watches.
  7. If you want your notification to include the details of the changes made to the content, select the check box beside 'Show changed content'. This requires HTML format for your emails.
  8. If you want your notification to include the full content of the updated page or blog post, select the check box beside 'Show full content'. This requires HTML format for your emails.
  9. Click 'Submit'.


Screenshot: Subscribing to email notifications

RELATED PLUGINS
Before installing a plugin into your Confluence site, please check the plugin's information page to see whether it is supported by Atlassian, by another vendor, or not at all. See our guidelines on plugin support.
  • The Autowatch Plugin allows you to automatically watch a page or blog post that you have created or edited. For example, if you comment on a page, you will be set to watch that page for further updates.
RELATED TOPICS

Tracking Updates to Confluence Pages and Spaces
User Profile Overview

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