How to disable email notification by default on Confluence 6.8+

Diego Figueroa

Hello,

 

We would like to add a mail server to our Confluence instance but in the past people have complained about the amount of spam they receive when changes are occurring on any space.

 

Is there a way to make the notification system opt-in by default or to at least turn off all e-mail through code or a setting unless the user specifically asks for email notifications?

 

Thanks!

AnnWorley

Hi! We don't have a setting or code to set the default email settings in the user profiles.

However, Confluence is not as spammy as it used to be, partly due to batching multiple edit notifications in one email. The defaults in Confluence 6.9 don't sign you up for much:

For more details on how each setting works, please see Email Notifications

To weigh in on a suggestion ticket that resembles your use case, please vote or comment on As an administrator, I want to be able to set default values for user Email settings