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@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased] ##
 
 ### Added ###
+- Standard logging for server side execution
+- Email notification if the `pycaosdb.ini` contains a `[caoscrawler]` with
+  `send_crawler_notifications=True`.
+- Creation of CrawlerRun Records that contain status information about data
+  integration of the crawler if the `pycaosdb.ini` contains a `[caoscrawler]`
+  with `create_crawler_status_records=True`.
+
 
 ### Changed ###
 
diff --git a/src/doc/getting_started/index.rst b/src/doc/getting_started/index.rst
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Getting Started
    Installation<INSTALL>
    prerequisites
    helloworld
+   optionalfeatures
 
 This section will help you get going! From the first installation steps to the first simple crawl.
 
diff --git a/src/doc/getting_started/optionalfeatures.rst b/src/doc/getting_started/optionalfeatures.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+Optional Features
+=================
+
+Email notifications
+-------------------
+
+The crawler can send email notifications if it made some changes or if
+new data was inserted. This is (currently) only available if the crawler
+runs as server side script of CaosDB. You need to add the following
+section to your ``.pycaosdb.ini``
+
+.. code:: ini
+
+   [caoscrawler]
+   send_crawler_notifications=True
+   public_host_url=https://example..eu
+   sendmail_to_address=someone@example.de
+   sendmail_from_address=caosdb-no-reply@example.eu
+
+This feature uses the ``sendmail`` functionality of
+``caosadvancedtools``. Thus, it uses the setting
+
+.. code:: ini
+
+   [Misc]
+   sendmail = /usr/sbin/sendmail
+   #sendmail = /usr/local/bin/sendmail_to_file
+
+to decide what tool is used for sending mails (use the upper one if you
+want to actually send mails. See ``sendmail`` configuration in the
+LinkAhead docs.
+
+Crawler Status Records
+----------------------
+
+The crawler can insert and update Records that contain essential
+information about the data integration process. This is (currently) only
+available if the crawler runs as server side script of CaosDB. To enable
+this, add the following to your ``.pycaosdb.ini``
+
+.. code:: ini
+
+   [caoscrawler]
+   create_crawler_status_records=True
+
+You also need to add the data model needed for this as desribed by
+``crawler_run_model.yml``.