Dicussion Board alerts on lists when deleted?

Question

I'm recieving alerts from the list that has the expiration policy on it. Not sure if that has anything to do with why it's sending out alerts...

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I've checked SharePoint Manager and they seem legit. They do run whenever the expiration policy is scheduled to run. Why is the expiration policy job triggering alerts (if that's the cause)?

Answer 1

What are the alert settings for the list? Do users get notified if the item changes or deleted?

I believe that expiration, once reached, will edit the properties of the item, and thus trigger an alert. If the expiration deletes the item and the alert is set to notify on deletion, then the alert would trigger also.