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The easiest method to stay up-to-date with Confluence content that you care to follow is to use the Watch feature, which operates for Pages, Blog Posts, and Spaces. Once you have enabled a Watch, Confluence will send you a notification by e-mail whenever anyone edits the content, creates a new page or blog post, or adds a comment. You can choose the individual pages, blog posts, and/or spaces that you want to monitor and you can stop watching them at any time.

Tip

If you prefer to receive notifications via RSS Feeds vs. E-Mail, please see the page " RSS Feeds-How to Create & Customize."

In general, when Watch is enabled, you will receive e-mail notifications for:

  • Content adds, edits, and deletions (unless the author ticks the 'Minor change' check-box).
  • Attachments uploaded, including new versions or deletions of an existing attachment.
  • Comments (Adds and Replies).
Warning
The format of the e-mails may contain some strange-looking commands in ellipses (called Wiki Markup), which is the way the pages are coded within Confluence. In its latest software release (v4.0
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, the company has improved the readability of the e-mail notifications; however, ICANN will not be able to upgrade to that version until some time in Q2-2012. Hopefully, even though it is a bit cryptic, you will be able to discern what has changed on the page that you are "watching" sufficient to determine if it warrants further attention
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To Watch a Page or Blog Post

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To start watching a page or blog post:

  • Go to the page or blog post.
  • Click the Tools menu at the top of the page.
  • Click the Watch icon in the drop-down menu.

To stop watching a page or blog post:

  • Go to the page or blog post.
  • Click the Tools menu at the top of the page.
  • Click the Stop Watching icon in the dropdown menu.
New Feature: you can now click on the Tools
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and select "Watch Page Family." This capability is useful when a page has many child (or descendant) pages and you would like to watch them all without having to click each one individually. There is a tab in the User Profile section where you can manage Page Family Watches
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To Watch an Entire Space

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Watch a space if you want to receive e-mail notifications of updates to any content in the space.

To start watching a space:

  • Go to any page in the space, open the Browse menu and select Advanced.
  • In the left-hand panel under Subscribe, click 'Start watching this space' (or Start watching all content).

To stop watching a space:

  • Go to a page in the space, open the Browse menu and select Advanced.
  • In the left-hand panel under Subscribe, click 'Stop watching this space'.

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