When I assign a task to someone, do they get an email?

[Debbi Crum]

This post (from 2012) says that "When you assign a task to a teammate they’ll receive a notification with a description of the task as well as a link to the Confluence page where it is located...." 

http://blogs.atlassian.com/2012/09/confluence-101-keep-your-team-on-track-with-tasks/

I assigned a task to a co-worker to test this, but he didn't receive anything. 

We're running Confluence 5.10.8

[Rob Woodgate]

Follow Randy's excellent troubleshooting suggestions, and also make sure that you have actually assigned the task to the co-worker - they need to be the first user mentioned in the task, and you need to use a mention.

[Randy]

• Are email notifications getting to any other users?  If not, verify your outbound email settings
• If this these notifications are only missing for this single user, check the following:
  • Is the email associated with his account correct?
  • Does he have permission to view the space/page that the task was created on?
  • Did the notification get filtered into the user's email spam folder?