# Notifications (Pro)

<div class="callout info" id="bkmrk-pro-version.-this-fe">**Pro version.** This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is covered under *Free version and Pro version*.

</div>Two kinds of mail: visitors hear about new versions, and you hear how often a download was fetched. Fileshelf sends both in the background – never while someone waits for a page.

## Subscribing to new versions

Logged-in visitors see **Subscribe to new versions** on the download page. When the download gets a new file, they receive a mail with the new version label and a link to the page. Every mail has an unsubscribe link that works without logging in. The number of subscribers is shown in the tab **Sharing**, section **Notifications**.

## Download reports

In the tab **Sharing** of a download, section **Notifications**, switch on *Report downloads by mail* and enter the recipients (empty: the author of the download). Instead of one mail per download a summary is sent, at most once in 24 hours.

<figure id="bkmrk-the-section-%E2%80%9Cnotific"> ![The section Notifications in the tab Sharing with the switch, recipients and the number of subscribers](https://docs.graup-it.de/uploads/images/gallery/2026-11/hMsdoku-26-benachrichtigungen.png) <figcaption>The section “Notifications” in the tab “Sharing”.</figcaption></figure>In the plugin **Fileshelf - Notifications** you set the throttle in hours and, optionally, an address that gets a report of *all* downloads.

## Sending

The scheduled task **Fileshelf - Send notifications** sends what is due every 15 minutes. Fileshelf creates it during installation; you find it under **System → Scheduled Tasks**. The links in the mails never take the address of a request on the website – a visitor could forge it. They come from the global configuration (*Live Site*) or, if nothing is set there, from the address under which you last opened Fileshelf in the backend (Fileshelf notes it then, also when installing).

<figure id="bkmrk-the-three-tasks-of-t"> ![The scheduled tasks of Fileshelf: send notifications, retention of the download log, delete addresses after the retention](https://docs.graup-it.de/uploads/images/gallery/2026-11/t9zdoku-27-aufgaben.png) <figcaption>The three tasks of the Pro version.</figcaption></figure>Edit the texts of the mails under **System → Mail Templates** (extension Fileshelf - Notifications).

[Deutsche Fassung](https://docs.graup-it.de/link/431)