====== Email Subscriptions ======

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DokuWiki allows individual users to "subscribe" to page changes.  When a page is changed all users who have subscribed to that page will receive an email describing the changes.  The email shows the changes in [[wp>Diff#Unified_format|unified diff format]], a sample email is shown at the bottom of this page.

The subscription facility is controlled using the [[wiki:config#subscribers|subscribers configuration setting]].  It is turned off by default.

**Note for wiki admins**

Be careful in switching this facility on.  In a busy wiki, with both frequent changes and many subscribers, emailing the changes to those subscribers can put a heavy strain on the webserver.  In a public wiki it may also provide unscrupulous people with a way to send spam to your wiki's users.

[[wiki:syndication|RSS Feeds]] provide an alternative (and lighter) mechanism for receiving details of updates to the wiki.


===== Example email =====

<file>
... place a sample email here
</file>