Task ID in Subject of email alerts

Question

I want to get task ID in subject line of email alerts from a particular list.

How to do it? Which files I need to modify to get the desired result?

and

Will the change in default template will be for all list or it can be made for only particular list?

I use WSS 3.0

Thanks!

-saumil

Answer 1

There is a full tutorial on customizing the task alert email here: Customizing Alert Notifications and Alert Templates in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

1. Create a working copy of AlertTemplates.xml.
2. Edit the working copy that you just created.
3. Use the stsadm command to read the changed templates into the database. STSADM -o updatealerttemplates -url <http://urlname> -filename <your working copy filename>
4. Restart IIS.

And when you get some problems there is another tutorial here: Customizing Task alert email problem