--- title: How To Notify a User in SciNote (using the @ mention) & View Notifications description: SciNote is a collaborative platform that allows you to post comments, tag and notify team members to speed up lab management, correspondence and delegate tasks. --- [Skip to content](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/how-to-notify-a-user-in-scinote#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Leave us a message](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![SciNote\_logo\_color\_2023.png\]](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hs-fs/hubfs/SciNote_logo_color_2023.png?height=40&name=SciNote_logo_color_2023.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Leave us a message](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - Contact us Contact us How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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To enable notifications via email: 1. **Click on your profile picture** in the top right corner 2. **Click** on **My Preferences** 3. **Switch** *on* the toggles to notify you for both **In-app** and **Email** notifications [![SciNote Notifications 1](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hs-fs/hubfs/SciNote%20Notifications%201.jpg?width=655&height=556&name=SciNote%20Notifications%201.jpg)](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hubfs/Settings.png?hsLang=en) ![SciNote Notifications 2](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hs-fs/hubfs/SciNote%20Notifications%202.jpg?width=688&height=142&name=SciNote%20Notifications%202.jpg) Once the notifications via email will be enabled, this is how it will look like:[![Email notification](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Email%20notification.webp?width=554&height=429&name=Email%20notification.webp)](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hubfs/Email%20notification.webp?hsLang=en)   To send a notification to a specific user through the **[smart annotations](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/how-can-i-use-smart-annotations-and-in-scinote?hsLang=en)**[:](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/how-can-i-use-smart-annotations-and-in-scinote?hsLang=en)  1. **Position** the cursor in any text field 2. **Type@** 3. 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