Mimecast for Outlook - Notifications

This article contains information on configuring notification settings for Mimecast for Outlook, including administrator-controlled application settings, end-user preferences for disabling on-hold notifications, and examples of notification types for better customization.

Introduction

There are two ways to control notifications:

• For all end users, configure your Application Settings.
• Individual users can disable notifications for on-hold messages by setting a Preference.

Application Settings

Read this section in conjunction with the Configuring Application Settings page.

As an Administrator, you can control the number of notifications that your end users receive (e.g. for held messages) by amending the value of the Notification Level option in the Outlook section of Application Settings, via Mimecast Administration Console | Users & Groups | Applications.

This option has the following values:

Value	Description
Errors Only	Only notifications displaying error messages are displayed.
Warnings and Errors	Displays the same notifications as the Errors Only value, plus all warning messages, but not for held messages.
Information, Warnings, and Errors	Displays the same notifications as the Warnings and Errors value, plus all information messages (e.g., held messages). This is the default option.

End User Preference

As an End User, you  can set a preference to disable notifications for on-hold messages, by using the following steps:

1. Click on the Gear icon.
2. Click on the Preferences menu item.
3. Enable the Disable On Hold Notifications option.

Notification Examples

Notifications are being added and amended in each Mimecast for Outlook release. To help you decide the value to set in the Notification Level option, the table below gives some examples:

Area	Message	Type
AddIn	You have unsent Large File Send messages. Uploads will be paused and resume when you restart Outlook.	Warning
Continuity	Outlook entered/left continuity mode.	Warning
Export	Export to {0} completed.	Information
	Export to {0} completed with {1} failure(s). Please see the application log for details.	Warning
Managed Senders	Cannot trust sender {0} as it is already blocked.	Warning
Feedback	Your feedback has been sent successfully! Many thanks.	Information
	Your feedback could not be sent! Please contact your administrator.	Warning
Mail Message	Retrieving attachments for {0} message(s).	Information
	Download completed.	Information
	Download canceled.	Information
	Saved {0} of {1} email(s).	Information
	Preparing content for printing...	Information
	Sender blocked.	Information
	Domain blocked.	Information
	Spam reported.	Information
	Phishing reported.	Information
	Successfully released {0} item(s).	Information
	Successfully rejected {0} item(s).	Information