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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: 
1.9     ! bisitz     13: To receive notification e-mail do the following:
1.1       raeburn    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
1.8       bisitz     21:   \underbar{Message \& Notifications} link in the \textbf{Messages \& Notifications} group.
                     22: \item In the \textbf{E-mail notification of LON-CAPA messages} section, check
                     23: the checkbox labeled \textbf{Add new address}
1.1       raeburn    24: \item Type a notification address into the text field
1.9     ! bisitz     25:    labeled \textbf{Notification address}. This should be an Internet e-mail
1.6       lira       26:    address like \texttt{user@example.com}
1.1       raeburn    27: \item Use the radio buttons to select which types of LON-CAPA message should
1.9     ! bisitz     28:  cause a notification e-mail to be sent to the specified address. (See the Critical Messages section \ref{Course_Critical_Message})
1.1       raeburn    29: \item Choose whether you want any HTML tags contained in the original message body
1.9     ! bisitz     30:  to be preserved in the excerpt included in the notification e-mail.
1.6       lira       31: \item Click the \fbox{Save} button.
1.9     ! bisitz     32: \item Repeat this procedure to add more notification e-mail addresses, one address at a time.
1.1       raeburn    33: 
                     34: \end{enumerate}