# Feature OP-4654 - Allow author to mute email notification by making him a watcher

Project: OpenProject
Status: closed
URL: https://community.openproject.org/work_packages/OP-4654

## Planning

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Date |  |
| Priority | High |
| Target versions | 12.0.0 |
| Sprint | 12.0.0 |
| Backlog bucket |  |
| Votes | 5 |
| List |  |
| Roadmap |  |
| Relevance |  |

## OPEN POINTS / FEEDBACK

_No work packages_

## Features and Chunks

_No work packages_

## Bugs and other work packages

_No work packages_

## Technical Details

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Module |  |
| Feature Flag |  |
| Requires doc change | No |
| Enterprise plan |  |

## Details

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pull preview |  |
| Mockups |  |
| Found in mobile app version |  |
| Follow-up feedback e-mail |  |
| Accessibility | No |

## People

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Assignee |  |
| Accountable |  |
| Product manager |  |
| Developers |  |
| Designer |  |
| Ordered by |  |
| Signed off by |  |
| Interest by |  |

## Estimates and progress

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| PD (min) |  |
| PD (max) |  |
| Work |  |
| Labor costs |  |

## Description

**Current situation**

  - An author can not mute the email notification for a specific work package. The author can only deactivate the email notifications for all work packages.

**Requirement**  
**As an** author  
**I want to** be watcher for all work packages I create. I don’t want to receive email notifications for created work packages I am not watcher.  
**So I can** unwatch a specific work package.

**Acceptance criteria**

  - Rename the current notification setting to: "Only for things I watch, I am assigned or I am @-notified"
  - Make the author watcher of all new work packages the user created.
  - ~~When copying a project the user that copies the project is not added as watcher.~~ <mention class="mention" data-id="37799" data-type="work_package" data-text="#37799">\#37799</mention> 

**To be discussed**

~~As an author I might not want to become a watcher for some work packages that I create, for example when I create work packages for somebody else. Imagine you are in a meeting where one person protocols tasks as to-dos. That person act more like a secretary and is not interested in the future of the work packages. Then it would be beneficial to allow unchecking a preselected checkbox "Add me as watcher" in the work package creation form.~~ <mention class="mention" data-id="37800" data-type="work_package" data-text="#37800">\#37800</mention>