The Bugzilla Guide - 2.17.5 Development Release
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# 3.9. User Preferences

Once you have logged in, you can customise various aspects of Bugzilla via the "Edit prefs" link in the page footer. The preferences are split into three tabs:

## 3.9.1. Account Settings

On this tab, you can change your basic account information, including your password, email address and real name. For security reasons, in order to change anything on this page you must type your current password into the "Password" field at the top of the page. If you attempt to change your email address, a confirmation email is sent to both the old and new addresses, with a link to use to confirm the change. This helps to prevent account hijacking.

## 3.9.2. Email Settings

On this tab you can reduce or increase the amount of email sent you from Bugzilla, opting in our out depending on your relationship to the bug and the change that was made to it.

You can also do further filtering on the client side by using the X-Bugzilla-Reason mail header which Bugzilla adds to all bugmail. This tells you what relationship you have to the bug in question, and can be any of Owner, Reporter, QAcontact, CClist, Voter and WatchingComponent.

By entering user email names, delineated by commas, into the "Users to watch" text entry box you can receive a copy of all the bugmail of other users (security settings permitting.) This powerful functionality enables seamless transitions as developers change projects or users go on holiday.

| The ability to watch other users may not be available in all Bugzilla installations. If you can't see it, ask your administrator.

## 3.9.3. Permissions

This is a purely informative page which outlines your current permissions on this installation of Bugzilla - what product groups you are in, and whether you can edit bugs or perform various administration functions.

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