Each user (with and without administrator permissions) can change the default global settings of Email Notifications Digest plug-in to be applied to his account only.
To configure personal settings click on user profile icon in JIRA and select Digest Email from menu:
→ The system will navigate you to Email Notifications Digest - Personal Configuration page:
Personal Configuration Settings
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Include my changes in Digest
In case when notifications are switched off in JIRA, user can enable or disable getting notifications about his/her changes in JND.
Include these issue events in digest
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In case when user wants to get the notifcations notifications only when the issue is assigned to him/her, he/she should check 'Someone assigned an issue to me' checkbox.
Someone mentioned me in a comment
When checked, user who is not a project lead and not a watcher of an issue, and gets tagged in a comment by someone, should get a notification.
For Maximum number of updates in Digest and Email Digest Schedule settings see Global Digest Configuration v1.0-v2.0
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Personal Configuration settings override global digest settings for a specific user they are specified. The only exception is Enable Digest Email setting: if an admin switches off digest emails, users will not be able to switch it on in their personal configuration settings. |
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