# Email notification

**URL:** <https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/email-notification/250>\
**Category:** Open Discussions\
**Created:** [March 8, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/email-notification/250 "2019-03-08T10:44:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![micker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kanboard.discourse.group/micker/32/108_2.png) [@micker](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/micker)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/email-notification/250/1 "2019-03-08T10:44:50Z")

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Hello how to setup email notification for :

- project comment
- task comment
- upload new file in project
- upload new file in task  
For all projects  
regards

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**Author:** ![micker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kanboard.discourse.group/micker/32/108_2.png) [@micker](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/micker)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/email-notification/250/2 "2019-03-08T13:29:05Z")

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For now i didn’t receive any update  
does i need to add cron job, smtp rules ?

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**Author:** ![creecros](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kanboard.discourse.group/creecros/32/156_2.png) [@creecros](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/creecros)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/email-notification/250/3 "2019-03-08T13:58:11Z")

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You will definitely need to setup SMTP

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**Author:** ![micker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kanboard.discourse.group/micker/32/108_2.png) [@micker](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/micker)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/email-notification/250/4 "2019-03-08T14:11:50Z")

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i didn’t find a solution to initialize option to receive all notification for all projects … its not possible need to set in each project ?

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**Author:** ![creecros](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kanboard.discourse.group/creecros/32/156_2.png) [@creecros](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/creecros)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/email-notification/250/5 "2019-03-08T14:20:20Z")

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The option to receive notifications for all projects, is to simply not select any:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/kanboard1/original/1X/80458f3ea421ddc3eb116c1b4d2bbcf9ee229819.png)

Notice, it say’s, “I want to receive notifications **only** for those projects”

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**Author:** ![azoeller](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kanboard.discourse.group/azoeller/32/363_2.png) [@azoeller](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/azoeller)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:14am UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/email-notification/250/6 "2019-09-06T06:14:00Z")

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An opt out is a bit fuzzy on this one. It would be better to say “I want to receive notifications for these projects” and then by default all (new) projects are checked.

This is how most companies and services handle it. Therefore users are more used to it the other way around.

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**Author:** ![creecros](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kanboard.discourse.group/creecros/32/156_2.png) [@creecros](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/creecros)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/email-notification/250/7 "2019-09-06T12:07:34Z")

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I agree with your statement. Its confusing.

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**Author:** ![jinthakur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@jinthakur](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/jinthakur)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/email-notification/250/8 "2020-09-04T17:52:19Z")

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> [@creecros](#):
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> The option to receive notifications for all projects, is to simply not select any:

First you select notification web and email both so that you see notification on kanboard website and email both. then you don’t select any project but select only for task created by me and task assigned to me

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**Author:** ![creecros](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kanboard.discourse.group/creecros/32/156_2.png) [@creecros](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/creecros)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/email-notification/250/9 "2020-09-04T18:21:52Z")

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How to select your Notification method was never in dispute, or confusing 🤔, but yes, if you want to receive them by email and web, by all means, select those first.