Add ability to throttle instant email on an update
 
   
  
 
 
When you have your settings set to instant email, every update made to a question will generate an email, even if it's a small typo change.
 
That can generate lots of unnecessary emails which don't really provide any substantive information.
 
I would like to add a feature that would only generate an email (on updates) if there is a minimum of X lines changed.
 
So if I set this parameter to "3" for example, emails would be sent if at least 3 lines were changed.
 
This would be a site wide setting set by the admin (not a per user setting!).
 
 
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        Some people will be surprised then if they do not receive an update... A per-user setting won't be a problem to make work, because it will add very little overhead on the cpu time. Maybe also add a "save as typo" option that will bypass email notification?
      
 
 Evgeny's avatar Evgeny (14 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 

        A per user setting would be ok, but I'd like a way to set the default setting.  I don't think a "save typo" to bypass is a good idea. It's one more button that most users won't know what to do with :)
      
 
 Benoit's avatar Benoit (14 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
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