Getting updates

Unless you are checking out Redmine on a regular basis—that is, once a day or even more frequently—it's easy to miss some important information, such as a new issue that was assigned to you, new data on an issue, changes in Wiki documentation, a new reply in a forum topic, and so on. Unfortunately, not all of such data can be found on a single page (say My page), and such pages can contain too much information to examine (for example, the Activity tab of the project). Therefore, in this section, we will discuss how to make sure that you will be notified about changes that are made to the objects you are interested in.

The email notifications

Personally, I find it convenient to be notified via email, as you get these kinds of notifications when you are ready for them (that is, you check for new messages and expect them to come). Users usually check their mailboxes once a day or even more often. There are many different tools that can help users get their emails in time. In email...