Is there a way to receive task notification via email only when new task is created and assigned to a user? Don't want an email when an document/item is modified. Currently we get emails for both of the above situations, but we don't want a task notification email sent out when the documents are modified.

Hi, You can create a workflow to send alerts to a user a task is created and assigned to a user. I hope this will help you out. Thanks, Rahul Rashu

have u tried subscribing to list alerts when a new item is created ?Here to help.