Answers.Body: <p>Note that in 4.6 the in-app notifications have already been improved to display security updates as different from normal updates, and seperate display preferences for both.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/wZ2lW.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Note that a lot of work has happened on <a href="https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-13823" rel="nofollow">CRM-13823</a> that would facilitate this, primarily a rewrite of the System.check API.  That work will land in 4.7 - it's not merged in core, but can be found <a href="https://github.com/ginkgostreet/civicrm-core/tree/status-page" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
  
  <p>If you want the functionality you're describing now, and you run Nagios/Icinga, consider installing <a href="https://github.com/aghstrategies/com.aghstrategies.civimonitor" rel="nofollow">CiviMonitor</a>.</p>
  
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  <li>There is a security notification civicrm group that you can subscribe to on civicrm.org</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p><a href="https://civicrm.org/advisory/subscribe">https://civicrm.org/advisory/subscribe</a></p>
  
  <ol start="2">
  <li>Security updates and notifications have not been tied as yet. Definitely this would be a good addition to the project</li>
  </ol>
  
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Body: <p>In Drupal there is an option to have an email sent periodically when there are updates (in general, or only security updates) available:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/urrkY.jpg" alt="Drupal security notification"></p>
  
  <p>I know CiviCRM already checks for updates and obviously has some pretty complex email functionality.</p>
  
  <p>Have they been tied together in a similar way -- for example, to allow an email address or group to receive an email if a security release is ready?</p>
  
Tags: <security><admin>
Title: Is there a way to send an email about security updates?
ThreadText: # Is there a way to send an email about security updates?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-08)
  
  In Drupal there is an option to have an email sent periodically when there are updates (in general, or only security updates) available:
  
  ![Drupal security notification](https://i.sstatic.net/urrkY.jpg)
  
  I know CiviCRM already checks for updates and obviously has some pretty complex email functionality.
  
  Have they been tied together in a similar way -- for example, to allow an email address or group to receive an email if a security release is ready?
  
  **Tags:** security, admin
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2015-05-08. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  1. There is a security notification civicrm group that you can subscribe to on civicrm.org
  
  <https://civicrm.org/advisory/subscribe>
  
  2. Security updates and notifications have not been tied as yet. Definitely this would be a good addition to the project
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-05-09. Score: 3
  
  Note that in 4.6 the in-app notifications have already been improved to display security updates as different from normal updates, and seperate display preferences for both.
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/wZ2lW.png)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-05-08. Score: 3
  
  Note that a lot of work has happened on [CRM-13823](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-13823) that would facilitate this, primarily a rewrite of the System.check API. That work will land in 4.7 - it's not merged in core, but can be found [here](https://github.com/ginkgostreet/civicrm-core/tree/status-page).
  
  If you want the functionality you're describing now, and you run Nagios/Icinga, consider installing [CiviMonitor](https://github.com/aghstrategies/com.aghstrategies.civimonitor).
  
  
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