Users can be notified about new messages received via the Messaging module by means of notification e-mails. The e-mails are based on the Messaging - Notification email e-mail template.

 

For this to work, the target e-mail address must be filled into a user's Messaging notification e-mail field. This can be done several ways:

 

•On the live site, it can be entered via the My profile web part.

•Users with access to the system's user interface can enter it in CMS Desk -> My desk -> My profile.

•Global administrators can edit this field of each user in Site Manager -> Administration -> Users -> edit () a user -> Settings.

 

When the e-mail address is entered into the field, a notification e-mail 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 messaging e-mail template

 

In 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 in their text:

 

•{% 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 the Development -> Macro expressions chapter of this guide for more information about macro expressions in Kentico CMS.

 

Related settings

 

In Site manager -> Settings -> Community -> Messaging, you can find the following settings related to the notification e-mails:

 

•Messaging sender e-mail - e-mail address that will be used as the sender address (From field) of the notification e-mails.

•Messaging e-mail subject - entered text will be used as content of the Subject field of notification e-mails.