Managing your notifications

The Watch function in Confluence indicates what you receive notifications on.  You can manage what you are watching here http://projects.tmforum.org/wiki/users/viewnotifications.action   

You can also access your settings anytime by clicking on Profile from the upper right drop down menu.

Default Notifications settings when a user joins a project

Each Collbaoration project has a Discussion section in the the page tree.  When you first join a project you will receive notifications when a new discussion post is created or a reply is made. 

Some projects have just a General discussion forum while other projects have both a general discussion form and forums dedicated to specific topics.  Initially project members get notification on all discussion forums,  

If you are only interested in one topic, "Life Cycle Model" for example, you can update your notifications to receive only those discussion posts.  To ensure you receive notification of new discussion topics, double check that "Watch Descendants" is selected on the topic page.

Daily Updates

The Daily Update is a nice way to get updates on spaces you watch. You can manage what you are subscribed to here http://projects.tmforum.org/wiki/users/viewmyemailsettings.action 

I have selected to subscribe to daily updates.

Here is an example of a Daily Update I get from Confluence, it allows me to see the "pulse" of projects that I am actively managing and others that I am only participating or just interested in.