As a Magento User / Magento Site owner with a lot of stock to track, it can be useful to receive notifications when stock is getting low.
Go to CATALOG > MANAGE PRODUCTS and hit the ‘Notify Low Stock RSS’.
You will then be required to enter your username and password (that you use to log into Magento).
Then choose how you’d like to receive the RSS notification (for definition – see here – usually you can choose to receive by bookmark toolbar or outlook (see screenshots below) or you can choose another application.