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Types of emails GitHub sends

There are several types of emails you can receive from GitHub, including notifications, account information, customer research invitations, and marketing communications.

Notification emails

You can choose to receive some or all of your activity notifications via email. For more information, see Sobre notificações. Notification emails can include:

  • Security-related activity on repositories you have admin access to
  • Activity on repositories you're watching
  • Conversations you're participating in
  • Conversations where you've been @mentioned
  • Pushes to pull requests you're participating in
  • Invitations to collaborate in an organization or repository
  • Your own activity, such as opening, commenting on, or closing issues and pull requests

You can also choose which type of email updates you'd like to receive on conversations you're participating in or watching. For more information, see Configurar notificações.

Account emails

If you've upgraded to paid products or features, then you'll receive billing receipts at the account's primary email address. For more information, see Gerenciar suas informações de pagamento e cobrança.

Customer research emails

GitHub occasionally seeks customers to participate in research sessions to help us build a better GitHub. These are conducted remotely, open to customers worldwide, and may include:

  • Feedback surveys
  • Research interviews
  • Usability testing sessions
  • Previewing early prototypes or concepts

These emails are infrequent and you can choose whether or not to participate. If you're interested in additional opportunities to participate in research sessions, you may add yourself to the GitHub Customer Research Panel. For more information, see GitHub Customer Experience Research.

Marketing emails

Ocasionalmente, o GitHub envia os seguintes tpos de emails de marketing:

  • Dicas e truques para começar a utilizar sua conta
  • Informações personalizadas sobre como se engajar em projetos ou novos recursos
  • Boletins informativos que você assinou

For more information, see Gerenciar e-mails marketing do GitHub.