I can't find anything anywhere to get atlassian to email issues to me, either when they change, or when they are new etc...
You can configure notifications.
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Creating+a+Notification+Scheme
Or subscribe to search results:
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Receiving+Search+Results+via+Email
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