Create an Alert on a List or Library in SharePoint

Creating an alert on a Sharepoint List or Library is a useful admin tool in monitoring the changes made on  lists/libraries (although do note that creating too many alerts can result in all of them being ignored and rendering the mechanism useless).

To create an alert, first navigate to the list or library and then select Alert Me from the Actions dropdown menu:

The New Alert page (shown below) then allows you to configure the alert.
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