From 05526608ac0fbad3a871a2653271abb05eea111e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "jocuri%softhome.net" <> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:23:15 +0000 Subject: Documentation patch for bug 268613 - Update paragraph related to email prefs tab; patch by Shane H. W. Travis , r=vladd. --- docs/xml/using.xml | 152 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 133 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/xml/using.xml') diff --git a/docs/xml/using.xml b/docs/xml/using.xml index 8f616597a..e00ab2bd7 100644 --- a/docs/xml/using.xml +++ b/docs/xml/using.xml @@ -619,30 +619,144 @@
Email Settings - On this tab you can reduce or increase the amount of email sent - you from Bugzilla, opting in our out depending on your relationship to - the bug and the change that was made to it. + + This tab controls the amount of email Bugzilla sends you. - + + + The first item on this page is marked Users to watch. + When you enter one or more comma-delineated user accounts (usually email + addresses) into the text entry box, you will receive a copy of all the + bugmail those users are sent (security settings permitting). + This powerful functionality enables seamless transitions as developers + change projects or users go on holiday. + + + + + The ability to watch other users may not be available in all + Bugzilla installations. If you don't see this feature, and feel + that you need it, speak to your administrator. + + + - You can also do further filtering on the client side by - using the X-Bugzilla-Reason mail header which Bugzilla - adds to all bugmail. This tells you what relationship you have to the - bug in question, - and can be any of Owner, Reporter, QAcontact, CClist, Voter and - WatchingComponent. - - By entering user email names, delineated by commas, into the - "Users to watch" text entry box you can receive a copy of all the - bugmail of other users (security settings permitting.) This powerful - functionality enables seamless transitions as developers change - projects or users go on holiday. + In general, users have almost complete control over how much (or + how little) email Bugzilla sends them. If you want to receive the + maximum amount of email possible, click the Enable All + Mail button. If you don't want to receive any email from + Bugzilla at all, click the Disable All Mail button. + - The ability to watch other users may not be available in all - Bugzilla installations. If you can't see it, ask your - administrator. + + Your Bugzilla administrator can stop a user from receiving + bugmail by adding the user's name to the + data/nomail file. This is a drastic step + best taken only for disabled accounts, as it overrides the + the user's individual mail preferences. + + + + If you'd like to set your bugmail to something besides + 'Completely ON' and 'Completely OFF', the + Field/recipient specific options table + allows you to do just that. The rows of the table + define events that can happen to a bug -- things like + attachments being added, new comments being made, the + priority changing, etc. The columns in the table define + your relationship with the bug: + + + + + + Reporter - Where you are the person who initially + reported the bug. Your name/account appears in the + Reporter: field. + + + + + Assignee - Where you are the person who has been + designated as the one responsible for the bug. Your + name/account appears in the Assigned To: + field of the bug. + + + + + QA Contact - You are one of the designated + QA Contacts for the bug. Your account appears in the + QA Contact: text-box of the bug. + + + + + CC - You are on the list CC List for the bug. + Your account appears in the CC: text box + of the bug. + + + + + Voter - You have placed one or more votes for the bug. + Your account appears only if someone clicks on the + Show votes for this bug link on the bug. + + + + + + + + Some columns may not be visible for your installation, depending + on your site's configuration. + + + + + To fine-tune your bugmail, decide the events for which you want + to receive bugmail; then decide if you want to receive it all + the time (enable the checkbox for every column), or only when + you have a certain relationship with a bug (enable the checkbox + only for those columns). For example: if you didn't want to + receive mail when someone added themselves to the CC list, you + could uncheck all the boxes in the CC Field Changes + line. As another example, if you never wanted to receive email + on bugs you reported unless the bug was resolved, you would + un-check all boxes in the Reporter column + except for the one on the The bug is resolved or + verified row. + + + + + Bugzilla adds the X-Bugzilla-Reason header to + all bugmail it sends, describing the recipient's relationship + (AssignedTo, Reporter, QAContact, CC, or Voter) to the bug. + This header can be used to do further client-side filtering. + + + + + Two items not in the table (Email me when someone + asks me to set a flag and Email me when someone + sets a flag I asked for) define how you want to + receive bugmail with regards to flags. Their use is quite + straightforward; enable the checkboxes if you want Bugzilla to + send you mail under either of the above conditions. + + + + By default, Bugzilla sends out email regardless of who made the + change... even if you were the one responsible for generating + the email in the first place. If you don't care to receive bugmail + from your own changes, check the box marked Only email me + reports of changes made by other people. + +
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