# Notifications ExaVault notifications send emails when activity on your account requires your attention, like a file being deleted from a shared folder or a document being uploaded to a time-critical project. Notifications are delivered as digests on a schedule you choose, from every few minutes to every few days. ## Path Notifications Path notifications generate emails when file activity occurs within a specified path, or within every path the user has permission to access. File activity from any user or external contact that matches the path notification is included. Notifications can be triggered by any combination of file activities: creating a new file, overwriting a file, reading a file, moving a file, copying a file, or deleting a file. Emails are only sent to users for activity within their home directory. ## User Notifications User notifications monitor what a user does and what changes are made to one or all user accounts. The activities that can trigger the notification are any combination of authentication activity (logging in or logging out), changes to a user account (new user created, user updated, user deleted), and file activities (creating a new file, overwriting a file, reading a file, moving a file, copying a file, or deleting a file). When you create a notification for any user, it is triggered by all users logging in or logging out, and by any changes made to any user accounts. The notification email includes file activities only when the paths are accessible to the user who receives the notification. ## Group Notifications Group notifications monitor what a group member does and what changes are made to one or all user groups. The activities that can trigger the notification are any combination of changes to a user group (new group created, group edited, group deleted), and file activities by a group member (creating a new file, overwriting a file, reading a file, moving a file, copying a file, or deleting a file). When you create a notification for any group, it is triggered by any changes made to any user groups. The notification email includes file activities only when the paths are accessible to the user who receives the notification. One use for group notifications is to monitor exchange flows with external parties. Create a group that represents the external users who connect to your site, then add the relevant user accounts to that group. Create a group notification triggered when a member of that group downloads or uploads, and the activity is sent to the users responsible for monitoring the flows. Users who receive the notifications are notified only about activity in the paths they can access. ## Link Notifications Link notifications generate emails when a share link is visited by a web visitor, so the sender can track whether a recipient has received the link. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.exavault.com/using-exavault/notifications.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.