6.0 Filr Email Notifications

Filr includes a Postfix mail server for outbound email notifications, as illustrated in Figure 6-1.

Figure 6-1 Filr Outbound Email Functionality

Although the default mail server should work well for most Filr installations, you can configure Filr to use your outbound SMTP mail server. For more information, see Configuring an Email Service for Filr to Use in the Filr 5.0: Administrative UI Reference.

Beginning with Filr 2.0, you can also customize parts of the email notifications that are generated by Filr. For more information, see Email Notification Template Customization in the Filr 5.0: Administrative UI Reference.

Filr-generated Notifications: Filr can notify users through email when items are shared with them and when changes occur on the Filr system to files and folders that they are interested in.
- Sharing Invitations: Filr users can have Filr notify other users when they share a folder or file with them.
  
  NOTE:To receive notifications, users must have a valid email address in their Filr accounts.
  
  Filr doesn’t verify that valid email addresses exist in target user accounts as a prerequisite for their being included in a notification list.
- Content Change Digests: Filr users can subscribe to email notifications, so that they automatically receive a message whenever content of interest changes.
  
  Filr users can subscribe others to receive notifications by configuring their folders to send email notifications to folder contributors.
  
  NOTE:To receive notifications, users must have a valid email address in their Filr accounts.
  
  Filr doesn’t verify that valid email addresses exist in target user accounts as a prerequisite for their being included in a notification list.
Emailing Folder Contributors: Filr users can send email messages to folder contributors.