File Upload Notifications
File upload notifications are a mechanism that allows group members to be automatically informed of new file uploads. Notifications can be set on a per-group basis and are only sent users who have a valid email.
Email Customization
There are several attributes that allow you to customize the email notification sent to users. The currently supported attributes are as follows:
- Subject The subject line for the email
- Body The message body for the email. There are several special keywords that can be used to dynamically add content to the message. The currently support keywords are:
- [date] The current date e.g., January 1, 2010
- [datetime] The current date and time e.g., January 1, 2010 12:00 GMT
- [firstname] The firstname for the sender.
- [lastname] The lastname for the sender.
- [uploader_firstname] The firstname of the user who uploaded the file.
- [uploader_lastname] The lastname of the user who uploaded the file.
- [filename] The name of the file that was uploaded.
- [ext] The extension of the file that was uploaded e.g., pdf, jpg, txt.
- [time] The current time e.g., 12:00 GMT
- Firstname The firstname for the sender.
- Lastname The surname for the sender.
- Email The email address. The message will appear to originate from this address.
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Figure 1. File upload notification window
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