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Often, the functionality of a user's mail reader determines what the user's notification preference should be. Some mail readers can only display plain text, others can display HTML formatting, while still others can only display HTML formatting in an attachment. The following notification preferences are available:

• Plain text mail (MAILTEXT) - The notification message appears as plain text, with no attachments. See: Plain Text E-mail.

• HTML mail with attachments (MAILHTML) - The notification message appears as HTML-formatted text, with at least one standard attachment that is a link to the notification in the Notification Details web page. If the notification message has 'Content-Attached' message attributes, these attributes appear as additional custom attachments to the message. See: HTML-Formatted E-mail with Attachments.

• HTML mail (MAILHTM2) - The notification message appears as HTML-formatted text, but does not include any standard attachments. If the notification message has 'Content-Attached' message attributes, however, these attributes appear as custom attachments to the message. See: HTML-Formatted E-mail.

Attention: If you wish to view notifications with HTML formatting, but your mail reader is not able to interpret HTML formatting in the mail message body, change your notification preference to 'Plain text mail with HTML attachments' (MAILATTH). The MAILATTH preference delivers an HTML-formatted version of the notification as an attachment to the plain text notification.

• Plain text mail with HTML attachments (MAILATTH) - The notification message appears as plain text, with at least two standard attachments. One attachment is an HTML-formatted version of the message, and the other is a link to the notification in the Notification Details web page. If the notification message has 'Content-Attached' message attributes, these attributes appear as additional custom attachments to the message. See: Plain Text E-mail with an HTML Attachment.

• Plain text summary mail (SUMMARY) - The message is a plain text summary of all open notifications. To respond to the individual notifications in the summary, you must access the notifications from the Worklist web page.

• HTML summary mail (SUMHTML) - The message is an HTML-formatted summary of all open notifications, with a link to the Worklist web page as well as links to each notification in the Notification Details web page. To respond to the individual notifications in the summary, you must access the notifications from the web pages. This notification preference is currently available only in the version of Oracle Workflow embedded in Oracle Applications.

• Do not send me mail (QUERY) - The notification mailers do not send you e-mail notifications. Instead you must query and respond to your notifications from the Worklist web page.

Attention: You can always query and respond to your notifications from the Worklist web page, even if you set your notification preference to send you mail.

In Oracle Applications, you can run a diagnostic test to check that all users with a notification preference to receive e-mail have an e-mail address defined. See: Oracle Workflow Diagnostic Tests.

See: Reviewing Notifications via Electronic Mail, Oracle Workflow User's Guide

See: Viewing Notifications from a Web Browser, Oracle Workflow User's Guide

See: Reviewing a Summary of Your Notifications via Electronic Mail, Oracle Workflow User's Guide

See: Implementing Notification Mailers

See: Outbound Notification Mailer Processing

See: Inbound Notification Mailer Processing

See: Plain Text E-mail

See: HTML-Formatted E-mail with Attachments

See: HTML-Formatted E-mail

See: Plain Text E-mail with an HTML Attachment