One of the nice features in WSS v3 and MOSS is the ability to have SharePoint automatically e-mail people when you assign them a task. One of the first things you have to do for this to work is assign your SMTP server to handle outbound e-mails for SharePoint. If you did not do this while installing SharePoint, you can do it now by going to the SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration page. Select the Application Management tab and then select E-mail Settings. Enter your e-mail server in the Outbound SMTP Server field and select OK.

Okay, we're half way there.

Open your SharePoint site and go to your Task page.

1.  From the Tasks page, select the down arrow beside Settings

2.  Select List Settings

3.  On the Customize Tasks page, select Advanced Settings

4.  In the E-Mail Notification section, ensure Yes is selected

You should now be set to go. Enjoy!