diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index fcc80a75..b77f3b95 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_USER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\userfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_BACKUP_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\backupfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_TEMPORARY_SERVER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\tempfiles",
-        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "true",
+        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "false",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_SEEDLEVEL": "small",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_TZ_OFFSET": "-7",
         "AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH": "C:\\data\\code\\postgres_13\\bin\\"
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs
index 4a282997..1630c08a 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                             if (Subscription.DeliveryMethod == NotifyDeliveryMethod.App)
                                 await DeliverInApp(notifyevent, Subscription.AgeValue, ct);
                             else if (Subscription.DeliveryMethod == NotifyDeliveryMethod.SMTP)
-                                await DeliverSMTP(notifyevent, Subscription.DeliveryAddress, ct);
+                                await DeliverSMTP(notifyevent, Subscription.AgeValue, Subscription.DeliveryAddress, ct);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
 
 
-        private static async Task DeliverSMTP(NotifyEvent ne, string deliveryAddress, AyContext ct)
+        private static async Task DeliverSMTP(NotifyEvent ne, TimeSpan ageValue, string deliveryAddress, AyContext ct)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                         TranslationKeysToFetch.Add("Server");
                     var EventTypeTranslationKey = "NotifyEvent" + ne.EventType.ToString();
                     TranslationKeysToFetch.Add(EventTypeTranslationKey);
+                    if (ageValue != TimeSpan.Zero)
+                    {
+                        TranslationKeysToFetch.Add("TimeSpanDays");
+                        TranslationKeysToFetch.Add("TimeSpanHours");
+                        TranslationKeysToFetch.Add("TimeSpanMinutes");
+                        TranslationKeysToFetch.Add("TimeSpanSeconds");
+                    }
+
+                    //get translations
                     var transid = await ct.UserOptions.AsNoTracking().Where(x => x.UserId == ne.UserId).Select(x => x.TranslationId).FirstOrDefaultAsync();
                     var LT = await TranslationBiz.GetSubsetStaticAsync(TranslationKeysToFetch, transid);
 
@@ -165,17 +174,21 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
                     var subject = $"AY:{AyaTypeTranslated}:{name}:{SubscriptionTypeName}";
 
+                    //Age relevant notification
+                    string AgeDisplay = "";
+                    if (ageValue != TimeSpan.Zero)
+                        AgeDisplay = $"({AyaNova.Util.DateUtil.FormatTimeSpan(ageValue, LT["TimeSpanDays"], LT["TimeSpanHours"], LT["TimeSpanMinutes"], LT["TimeSpanSeconds"])})\n";
 
+                    //var test=AyaNova.Util.DateUtil.FormatTimeSpan(new TimeSpan(2,3,4,5), LT["TimeSpanDays"], LT["TimeSpanHours"], LT["TimeSpanMinutes"], LT["TimeSpanSeconds"]);
 
                     IMailer m = AyaNova.Util.ServiceProviderProvider.Mailer;
-
                     var body = "";
                     //NOTE: if need any other exemptions besides backup status make a separate static function "CanOpen(NotifyEventType)"
 
 
                     if (ne.ObjectId != 0 || ne.EventType == NotifyEventType.BackupStatus)
                     {
-                        body = $"{AyaTypeTranslated}\n{OpenObjectUrlBuilder(ne.AyaType, ne.ObjectId, ne.EventType)}\n";
+                        body = $"{AgeDisplay}{AyaTypeTranslated}\n{OpenObjectUrlBuilder(ne.AyaType, ne.ObjectId, ne.EventType)}\n";
                     }
                     body += ne.Message;
 
@@ -196,6 +209,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                         await m.SendEmailAsync(deliveryAddress, subject, body, ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.Notify);
                     }
                 }
+                await NotifyEventHelper.AddGeneralNotifyEvent(NotifyEventType.GeneralNotification, $"Test of general notification system", "Error", null, ne.UserId);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/DateUtil.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/DateUtil.cs
index 8801355d..0cce4c2e 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/DateUtil.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/DateUtil.cs
@@ -122,6 +122,38 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         }
 
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns passed in timespan to human readable format
+        /// as short as possible using passed in time span translations
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static string FormatTimeSpan(TimeSpan timeSpan, string dayz = "days", string hourz = "hours", string minutez = "minutes", string secondz = "seconds")
+        {
+            if (timeSpan == TimeSpan.Zero)
+                return "";
+
+            var components = new List<Tuple<int, string>>
+        {
+            Tuple.Create((int) timeSpan.TotalDays, dayz),
+            Tuple.Create(timeSpan.Hours, hourz),
+            Tuple.Create(timeSpan.Minutes, minutez),
+            Tuple.Create(timeSpan.Seconds, secondz),
+        };
+
+            components.RemoveAll(i => i.Item1 == 0);
+            System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
+            foreach (var t in components)
+            {
+                sb.Append(t.Item1);
+                sb.Append(" ");
+                sb.Append(t.Item2);
+                sb.Append(" ");
+            }
+
+            return sb.ToString().Trim();
+        }
+
+
     }//eoc
 
 }//eons
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