Receive email notifications from Aconex

By default, you'll receive notification emails when you receive a project mail in Aconex. You can also choose to be notified about overdue tasks.

Tip: The Size limit for notification attachments(MB) field only appears if you choose Entire Mail body with attachments in the Receive notifications via email list.

1. Click the Setup button on the Module Menu, and then under Configuration, click Preferences.
   
2. Scroll down to Personal settings, Notification, Select type of email notifications
   
3. Clear the checkbox in the Use Default Setting column.
   
4. Choose the type of notification you want in the Receive notifications via email list.
   • Notification only – email contains a link to the Aconex project mail (default).
   • Entire Mail body – email contains the entire project mail body. The project mail is automatically marked as read in Aconex.
   • Entire Mail body with attachments – email contains the entire project mail body and any attachments (to a maximum of 4 Mb by default). The project mail is automatically marked as read in Aconex. See Changing the size limit for attachments below.
   • None – notification emails won't be sent to you.
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5. To receive an email notification for overdue tasks:
   1. Scroll down to Personal settings, Notification, Receive email notifications for overdue workflows.
   2. Clear the checkbox in the Use Default Setting column. The checkbox in the Setting column is automatically selected.
       
6. Click the Save button.
   

Changing the size limit for attachments

If you have chosen to include project mail attachments in notification emails, you can limit the total size of all attachments. By default, the limit is 4Mb. If the size of all attachments exceeds the limit, the notification email will contain a link to the project mail, and won't have any attachments.

1. Scroll down to Personal settings, Notification, Size limit for notification attachments(MB).
2. Clear the checkbox in the Use Default Setting column.
3. Select the maximum total size of attachments for an email in the Size limit for notification attachments(MB) list.