Enable e-mail functionality in task lists in SharePoint 2013

Recently I was set out to test if e-mail was properly configured in a SharePoint 2013 environment at a customer. Piece of cake, I thought. I created a task list and went to the advanced settings page to tick the "Send e-mail when ownership is assigned"-box. It was very hard since it simply wasn't there. Microsoft have removed the possibility to out of the box enable e-mail in task lists. Wonderful. Thankfully it is possible to enable this option with PowerShell, see http://bernado-nguyen-hoan.com/2013/04/26/enable-email-notifications-for-tasks-list-in-sharepoint-2013/. The property EnableAssignToEmail is available on the SPList object as well if you want to enable it with code.

Yet another day in SharePoint paradise...