Configure alert settings for a Web application in SharePoint Foundation 2010

Configure alert settings for a Web application in SharePoint Foundation 2010
Published: May 12, 2010 To help users keep track of changes that are made to a Web site, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 includes the alerts feature, which is an e-mail notification service. Users can configure which alerts they want to receive or send to communicate and track changes to items on a Web site.
Users can create alerts on the following items in a site: Lists Users are notified of changes to the list, such as when an item is added, deleted, or changed in a list.
List items Users are notified of changes to a particular item in a list.
Document libraries Users are notified of changes to the document library, such as when a document is added, deleted, or changed in a document library or when Web discussions are added, changed, deleted, closed, or started for a document.
Documents Users are notified of changes in a particular document such as when a document is changed, added, deleted, or closed.

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Users must have at least View Items permissions to use alerts. For more information about how to assign user permissions to a Web application, see Plan site permissions (SharePoint Foundation 2010) [ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287752.aspx ] .