Is it possible to still watch a space but not receive emails?

Question

My company recently subscribed to Confluence Cloud. I am interested in receiving notifications only within Confluence for spaces that I'm watching, but I do NOT want to receive emails. I've unchecked all the boxes in my email settings, but the way Confluence is set up - you still get an email every time you watch something. This is a problem with the software. There should be a clear division between email settings and watches. If you choose to watch a space, you should get notifications in the software and be able to turn on and off emails for watching. Is this possible?

I love everything else about Confluence as a new user, I would really just like to be able to turn off emails but still be "watching" certain spaces within my Confluence dashboard notifications.

Bill Bailey · Answer

Watching means getting emails. So if you don't want emails, you have to unwatch. Without emails, watching servers no function.

The other alternative is to set up a rule in your email client to filter/file the Confluence notification emails to a folder. Then you can either easily delete or review later.

Christina Trocco_t2zwnp · Answer

I understand the concept of getting emails when I'm watching a space. I've noticed that it also shows up under watching in my notifications within Confluence. I want to just have that and not emails. That was my question. I guess it is not possible at the moment to configure that. But I wish Atlassian could add a feature for it.

Alexey Matveev · Answer

Hello @Christina Trocco,

If you watch a space, then you get a email each time when something changes. Actually if you want to receive emails for changes, you push the watch button and become a watcher. If you do not want to receive emails, just unwatch the space.