In the Spring '16 release of HandsOn Connect, new fields were made available that allow for finer control of the automated emails send to volunteers and Opportunity Coordinators.

Turning off the workflows that send volunteers confirmation, reminder and feedback email can be done globally, but that means no emails of that type will be sent.  In the control panel its possible to  turn off email notifications to Opportunity Coordinators.  However -- this meant turning off these emails system-wide.  

System administrators can choose to make it possible for internal staff and/or premium portal users to suppress the sending of these emails for a specific occurrence.

By adding new fields in HandsOn Connect to the occurrence page layout, it becomes possible to suppress any or all of the following

Emails sent to Volunteers:

• Confirmation Email sent when signing up or expressing interest in an opportunity
• Reminder Email
• Post Opportunity (thank you and feedback) email.

Emails sent to Opportunity Coordinators

• Notification of volunteer sign ups
• Notification of volunteer removals
• Notification of volunteer added to waitlist.

Click here to read how to use this new functionality once you have enabled it.