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Weekly alert schedules

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jacktripper

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Dec 5, 2001
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Newbie to Sharepoint:

When do Weekly alerts get sent? Is there a place to configure this? What about Daily ones? Is it always during a specific time?

I guess I am wondering if there is a way in the Admin to change these schedules, and if its system-wide or specific to each instance of an alert. I'm not seeing it in the documentation.

Thanks!
 
From the Sharepoint help file

Configure alerts for a virtual server
On the server that contains the virtual server, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
On the Central Administration page, under Virtual Server Configuration, click Configure virtual server settings.
On the Virtual Server List page, click the virtual server you want to configure.
On the Virtual Server Settings page, under Virtual Server Management, click Virtual server general settings.
In the Alerts section, next to Alerts on this server are, click On or Off.
Under Maximum number of alerts that a user can create, specify whether users can have a limited or unlimited number of alerts on the site.
If you want to limit the number of alerts users can create, click the option next to the text box and then specify the number of alerts a user can create.
If you want users to be able to create as many alerts as they'd like, click Unlimited number.
Click OK.
Important When you remove a user from a site after he or she has create alerts, you must manually delete any alerts that he or she has set up. This is also true for any lists or libraries where you change security settings to limit access. If a user has set up alerts for the list or library, he or she will continue to receive them after you change the security settings. It is important to delete these alerts to prevent unauthorized users from having access to site and user information.

Using the command line to configure alerts
You can manage alerts from the command line by using the GetProperty and SetProperty operations with Stsadm.exe. You can set the following properties to configure how alerts work.

Property Description
alerts-enabled Turn alerts on or off.
alerts-limited Specify whether users are limited to a specific number of alerts.
alerts-maximum Specify the maximum number of alerts users can create.
job-immediate-notification Specify how often to check for immediate alerts (in minutes).
job-daily-notification Specify the time of day (using a 24-hour clock) to send out daily alerts.
job-weekly-notification Specify the day of the week and time of day (using a 24-hour clock) to send out weekly alerts.

The following example shows the syntax to use to turn off alerts:

stsadm.exe -o setproperty -p <port> -pn alerts-enabled -pv false



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