# Email templates The following Orbit actions will generate an email: - A reset password request - Sharing an Orbit item - Stop sharing an item - Shared item updated - New user registration - Account locked Orbit includes a set of default email templates for each action. You can create your own custom email templates by adding a modified set of files to the emailTemplates folder. > [!NOTE] > > The standard location is `C:\inetpub\wwwroot\OrbitAPI\emailTemplates`, but you can change it in the settings. ## Creating your own email templates To create a custom email that persists between updates, rename the file: remove the `Template` suffix and add the `Custom` prefix. The default file names are: - ResetPasswordRequestNotificationEmailTemplate.html - SharedNotificationEmailTemplate.html - UnsharedNotificationEmailTemplate.html - UpdatedShareNotificationEmailTemplate.html - UserRegistrationRequestNotificationEmailTemplate.html - AccountLockedEmailTemplate.html The equivalent custom file names are: - CustomResetPasswordRequestNotificationEmail.html - CustomSharedNotificationEmail.html - CustomUnsharedNotificationEmail.html - CustomUpdatedShareNotificationEmail.html - CustomUserRegistrationRequestNotificationEmail.html - CustomAccountLockedEmail.html > [!NOTE] > > Orbit recreates the default files on each release, but leaves any custom files untouched. Orbit also includes text versions of the files. It doesn't use the `.txt` version of a file if a `.html` version is present. It also doesn't use a default file if a custom file is present. Orbit checks for files in the following order, and uses the first one it finds: `CustomSharedNotificationEmail.html` \> `CustomSharedNotificationEmail.txt` \> `SharedNotificationEmailTemplate.html` \> `SharedNotificationEmailTemplate.txt` Text Only ```text {{User.Firstname}} has shared {{Shareable.Title}} with you

Orbit share

Hi,

{{User.Firstname}} has shared the Apteco Orbit {{Shareable.ShareableTypeLowercase}} {{Shareable.Title}}, from the '{{Api.DataView}}' DataView with you.

{{Shareable.UpdateMessage}}

View {{Shareable.ShareableTypeLowercase}}

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