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1.1       raeburn     1: \label{Prefs_Notification}
1.6       lira        2: \noindent\textbf{Receive an external e-mail notifying you when a LON-CAPA message is sent to you}
                      3: \index{e-mail notifications}
1.1       raeburn     4: 
                      5: LON-CAPA can send new message notifications to your conventional
1.7     ! raeburn     6: e-mail accounts. You can choose the specific types of messages
        !             7: which will cause notifications to be sent to the e-mail addresses
1.1       raeburn     8: you provide. The specific types of message
1.7     ! raeburn     9: are: critical messages, standard messages or any message. The notification e-mail
1.1       raeburn    10: will include an excerpt of the text contained in the body of the original LON-CAPA
                     11: message.
                     12: 
                     13: To receive notification email do the following:
                     14: 
                     15: \begin{enumerate}
                     16: 
1.7     ! raeburn    17: \item Either move your mouse pointer over your name at the top left of the page, and select \textbf{Preferences} from the displayed dropdown, or click \textbf{Main Menu} on the Inline Menu and
        !            18: then select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} \textbf{Set user preferences}
        !            19: in the \textbf{My Space} group.
1.6       lira       20: \item At the \textbf{Set my user preferences} screen, click the
                     21:   \underbar{Message Forwarding and Notification} link in the \textbf{Messages and Notifications} group.
                     22: \item In the \textbf{Forward messages to other account(s) in LON-CAPA} section, check the checkbox labeled \textbf{Add new address} 
1.1       raeburn    23: \item Type a notification address into the text field
                     24:    labeled \textbf{Notification address}. This should be an Internet email
1.6       lira       25:    address like \texttt{user@example.com}
1.1       raeburn    26: \item Use the radio buttons to select which types of LON-CAPA message should
1.7     ! raeburn    27:  cause a notification email to be sent to the specified address. (See the Critical Messages section \ref{Course_Critical_Message})
1.1       raeburn    28: \item Choose whether you want any HTML tags contained in the original message body
                     29:  to be preserved in the excerpt included in the notification email.
1.6       lira       30: \item Click the \fbox{Save} button.
1.1       raeburn    31: \item Repeat this procedure to add more notification email addresses, one address at a time.
                     32: 
                     33: \end{enumerate}