JIRA administrator can configure the global settings of Email Notifications Digest for all users in the system.

Global configuration allows to turn on/off the digest for all users, define the maximum amount of updates per digest and default email digest schedule.

Global Email Notification Digest Configuration is available from JIRA Administration → Add-ons → Manage Add-ons → Email Notification Digest add-on → Configure button.

Global Configuration settings include:

• Enable Email Notifications Digest plug-in for:
  • All
    • Notification digest will be sent to all users in the system at specified date/time

• • Users in specific group
    
    • Notification digest will be sent to the users that belong to specific JIRA group only

  • Nobody

  •   Notification digest will not be sent to any user 

    
    

    If an admin switches off digest emails, users will not be able to switch it on in their personal configuration settings:

    
    

• Default Jira email notifications settings ^{(v2.2 and above)}
  
  • Email Digest add-on can manage default Jira email issue notifications per Jira project. By default, both Jira default email notifications and digest emails are enabled.
  • Keep "Enable default Jira email notifications"  to continue to receive default Jira emial notifications in addition to email digest then select this option.
  • Set it to on of the following three options to turn off the default Jira issue email notifications for all projects/ all except service desk projects or per selection below:

• Issue updates categories to include in digest  ^{(v2.0 and above)}
  
  • Choose which issue update events should be included into a digest email

• Maximum number of updates per digest
  • Defines the maximum number of updates in JIRA after which the digest should be sent to users' emails

  • Default number = 150

    The system will send a digest email immediately once maximum number of updates is reached.

    
    

• Email Digest Schedule
  • Defines date and time at which digest will be sent to users' emails
  • Click on a cell when you would like to receive a digest email.
  • Default values = 8 am, 7 pm Mon - Fri