What is "scheduledjob.desc.summaryEmail" for in confluence's scheduling jobs?

Question

We're using confluence 4.2 in a company.

In scheduled jobs "jobs scheduledjob.desc.summaryEmail" took about 30 minutes and it runs hourly by default?

I'm curious what this is for and could it disable the job safely?

Thanks in advance.

Sow Behl · Answer

We just tested it. It seems to impact the "Email Notifications of Updates to Confluence Content" as well.

JohnK · Answer

Some questions: * Just to confirm, the change will not impact the "Email Notifications of Updates to Confluence Content" (https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Subscribing+to+Email+Notifications+of+Updates+to+Confluence+Content). Correct? * But it will just impact the " Recommended Updates Email Notification" (https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Recommended+Updates+Email+Notification)?> * When will this issue be fixed?

SarahA · Answer

Hallo Suwon

I believe the purpose of that job is to produce the "recommended updates" email notification, also called the "summary email".

If you don't want Confluence to send the email, you can disable it for the entire site. This page tells you how:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Recommended+Updates+Email+Notification

I'd suggest that you disable the plugin as described on the above page, and then see if that job still runs.

I hope this helps. :)

Cheers, Sarah