Sep 15 2017 02:37 AM
I've read a lot about the notifications issues in Planner, which currently is the single obstacle preventing us to implement this tool in our organisation. But I'm not entirely sure I have the same issue as has been described in discussions here, and at the Uservoice Planner site.
This is what I'm experiencing:
Is this part of the entire email notifications problem, or a separate issue? Is there a temporary workaround?
Jul 03 2020 06:44 AM
Yes this is very annoying. Disappointing to see that nothing have changed yet.
I've started creating plans but refuse to share them with my colleagues as I do not want to bother them with tons of email notifications. And as mentioned in 2017, this Planner's purpose (in our case) is to stop relying on email chains and have a better platform to interact and work together on a task. @tarcisioal
Aug 23 2020 05:19 PM
@Elias Larsson has anyone heard when they are going to fix this poor user experience?
Aug 24 2020 12:13 AM
@stephen_b78 This doesn't appear to affect us any more. I'm not sure if there was a fix implemented at some point, but comments are now only sent to the group address. I have a suspicion that tasks that were created when this setting was active back in 2017 still exhibit this spammy behaviour, but new tasks behave a little better.
Aug 24 2020 12:38 AM
@Elias Larsson that's great news for you :) Unfortunately I still get emails when I comment on new or old cards...
Aug 24 2020 01:07 AM
@stephen_b78 There's a setting on the group that might need some playing with too (Manage group email), you can reach it from OWA:
https://kb.mc3.edu/article/office-365-outlook-web-access-owa-managing-group-settings-1377.html
May 12 2021 04:08 AM
You can add the notification email domain to your blocked senders list
Jan 18 2022 10:42 AM
Feb 08 2022 06:32 AM
I just started using MS Teams and Planner 2 Weeks ago, and Now found this thread. I am still experiencing the same issue. How can this be unfixed after 3 years? It's such a stupid setting, seriously.
Pleas fix this soon, it makes working with teams a PITA ...
Feb 11 2022 12:50 PM - edited Feb 11 2022 12:54 PM
Same here. I just starting using Planer a few weeks ago, actually all the 365 apps. but now i an starting to regret it if the service is this bad. I also hate the fact that you cannot delete or edit comments like you can in most other similar apps, f.x. Trello.
FIX THIS!!...
Feb 12 2022 10:13 AM
I am also experiencing other weird issues, that should influence anyones decision when thinking of chosing MS Teams... against teams!
The most annoying issue:
Members of a team, that are assignee of a task, do not get notifications when someone comments on that task. Microsofts answer to this: In order to get notifications, you have to comment on a task first. After you commented the task, you are subscribed to the tasks comments. Great, so our workflow seriously is:
It works, but it's painfully stupid.
It's really weird, how something as fundamental as "notifications" can be so full of counter intuitive features. Why is there no rich setting area about notifications, but only this superficial one? In a PM Tool like this, I would expect to be able to customize my notifications to my exact needs. It is kind of ridiculous.
Please work on this ASAP ..
Jun 21 2022 04:07 PM
@Elias Larsson I know it doesn't fix all the issues, but the best solution I can think for receiving emails for your own comments is to create a rule in Outlook. It should be pretty simple because the email is sent from comment author's email. If the email is from my email address and contains "Comments on Task" in the subject, then it is moved to a folder. You could also just have the message deleted, marked as read, etc. I think this will make it a little more bearable until they [hopefully] fix the issue
Aug 09 2022 01:37 AM
Sep 16 2022 03:11 AM
Sep 23 2022 07:43 AM
5 Years later, and the issue still exist ! No chance to turn off notifications on comments. Microsoft is ridiculous at this point, you can see from the comment that they promised to fix this on 2017. This company is a joke !
May 04 2023 06:41 AM - edited May 04 2023 06:52 AM
Almost 6 years now. Plan settings still force notification emails to the group when a comment is made on a task... baffling.
Thankfully Outlook has the "email rules" so I can get rid of them easily, I guess.
Sep 26 2023 11:53 PM
6 years on and still no option to not be notified of my own comments.
Sep 27 2023 01:53 AM
In the past it took over 10 years for Microsoft to fix a bug in Notepad...
...so be patient: bug fixing is not their priority, changing menu colors is much more important for them!