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Is @Mention necessary when replying to someone in a comment?

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US Source Deployment PESdev Account Oct 10, 2017

When REPLYING to a Comment, and you want to ensure that the person whose comment you're replying to is notified, is it necessary to @mention them in the reply, or, in all replies does Confluence automatically notify all parties @mentioned in the original, upstream comment(s)?

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Brant Schroeder
Brant Schroeder Community Champion Oct 10, 2017

If the person is watching the page then they will be notified.  Otherwise to be safe an @mention is the best way to ensure that they get a notification.

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