http://blogs.technet.com/b/sharepointdevelopersupport/archive/2012/05/29/a-case-of-custom-email-templates-not-used-when-alerts-are-created-from-code-in-sharepoint.aspxRecently, I had a case where customer was creating SPAlert object using SharePoint object model code and things were not working out well. What seem to happen was that whenever the condition that warrants alert trigger is met (e.g., an item is changeden-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/sharepointdevelopersupport/archive/2012/05/29/a-case-of-custom-email-templates-not-used-when-alerts-are-created-from-code-in-sharepoint.aspx#3568277Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:12:48 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3568277Mike<p>SharePoint custom alerts without coding and templates changing: <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.harepoint.com/Products/HarePointCustomAlerts/Default.aspx">www.harepoint.com/.../Default.aspx</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3568277" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/sharepointdevelopersupport/archive/2012/05/29/a-case-of-custom-email-templates-not-used-when-alerts-are-created-from-code-in-sharepoint.aspx#3559521Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:36:28 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3559521Dan<p>You wouldn&#39;t believe how helpful this post was to me. A HUGE time saver.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3559521" width="1" height="1">