\label{Prefs_Notification}
\noindent\textbf{Receive an external e-mail notifying you when a LON-CAPA message is sent to you}
\index{e-mail notifications}

LON-CAPA can send new message notifications to your conventional
e-mail accounts. You can choose the specific types of messages
which will cause notifications to be sent to the e-mail addresses
you provide. The specific types of message
are: critical messages, standard messages or any message. The notification e-mail
will include an excerpt of the text contained in the body of the original LON-CAPA
message.

To receive notification e-mail do the following:

\begin{enumerate}

\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
then select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} \textbf{Set user preferences}
in the \textbf{My Space} group.
\item At the \textbf{Set my user preferences} screen, click the
  \underbar{Message \& Notifications} link in the \textbf{Messages \& Notifications} group.
\item In the \textbf{E-mail notification of LON-CAPA messages} section, check
the checkbox labeled \textbf{Add new address}
\item Type a notification address into the text field
   labeled \textbf{Notification address}. This should be an Internet e-mail
   address like \texttt{user@example.com}
\item Use the radio buttons to select which types of LON-CAPA message should
 cause a notification e-mail to be sent to the specified address. (See the Critical Messages section \ref{Course_Critical_Message})
\item Choose whether you want any HTML tags contained in the original message body
 to be preserved in the excerpt included in the notification e-mail.
\item Click the \fbox{Save} button.
\item Repeat this procedure to add more notification e-mail addresses, one address at a time.

\end{enumerate}