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Aussie Bob · 15th January 2007, 09:39 AM

Yeah I've noticed that too. I've been meaning to check into this, but it kind of suited me. I'm thinking that the replies posted are getting emails sent out, as well as the main post, to a forum you're subscribed to. Maybe it's kind of supposed to work like this?

mylinear · 15th January 2007, 12:53 PM

I don't know whether it is supposed to work like that or not. However, IMHO, I think instant notifications of each reply post in a thread could become quite annoying.

For example, in the Server forum, if you start a new thread at 2AM saying that the server will be rebooted at 8AM, I want to know about it. But then if many of us start replying to the thread throughout the night asking this or that, I don't necessarily want to be notified about the new replies... especially if we reply with "Ok" or "Thanks for telling us" etc etc.

I think we should be able to make the choice to subscribe to the thread. I guess we could just unsubscribe to the thread after it has been automatically subscribed to as well. Only problem with this is that if you happen to be away and don't catch the new thread, you will have many emails about the thread when you finally get to it. Also if you have such a setup, your PC or mobile will be beeping all night long.

Josh · 15th January 2007, 04:30 PM

I didn't receive any email notification in the announcement forum with the network outage the other day and I've got a subscription to it

Aussie Bob · 15th January 2007, 04:57 PM

You might have to resubscribe to the forum, since we added the fix.

Josh · 15th January 2007, 05:14 PM

I did, but I'll unsubscribe and subscribe again.

Josh · 17th January 2007, 05:02 PM

OK, forum subscription is working again. I'm also getting notification of replies (which I don't really want). Only some though, not all.

There's definately something up with that.

mylinear · 17th January 2007, 05:40 PM

I think Josh is the trouble-maker here... I was not getting reply notifications for the Sumith thread until Josh posted his reply. Then I was automatically subscribed to it.

Josh · 17th January 2007, 05:46 PM

and in case you missed that...

I didn't get a reply notification until the last reply by Rob.

Aussie Bob · 17th January 2007, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josh

OK, forum subscription is working again. I'm also getting notification of replies (which I don't really want). Only some though, not all.

There's definately something up with that.

I'm getting the first email with the opened thread, and then emails for subsequent replies.

mylinear · 17th January 2007, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josh

I didn't get a reply notification until the last reply by Rob.

Ok, then let's blameBob then....

Maybe its something to do with whether you are still logged in to the forum or not at the time of the new reply.

15th January 2007, 09:39 AM	#21 (permalink)
Aussie Bob Dotable Founder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Land down under Posts: 3,918	Yeah I've noticed that too. I've been meaning to check into this, but it kind of suited me. I'm thinking that the replies posted are getting emails sent out, as well as the main post, to a forum you're subscribed to. Maybe it's kind of supposed to work like this? __________________ ? Dotable ? "an island of normality in a sea of pimps and pirates" ?

15th January 2007, 04:30 PM	#23 (permalink)
Josh Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Farnham, Surrey, GB Posts: 820	I didn't receive any email notification in the announcement forum with the network outage the other day and I've got a subscription to it __________________ Joshua Powell

15th January 2007, 04:57 PM	#24 (permalink)
Aussie Bob Dotable Founder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Land down under Posts: 3,918	You might have to resubscribe to the forum, since we added the fix. __________________ ? Dotable ? "an island of normality in a sea of pimps and pirates" ?

15th January 2007, 05:14 PM	#25 (permalink)
Josh Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Farnham, Surrey, GB Posts: 820	I did, but I'll unsubscribe and subscribe again. __________________ Joshua Powell

17th January 2007, 05:02 PM	#26 (permalink)
Josh Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Farnham, Surrey, GB Posts: 820	OK, forum subscription is working again. I'm also getting notification of replies (which I don't really want). Only some though, not all. There's definately something up with that. __________________ Joshua Powell

15th January 2007, 12:53 PM	#22 (permalink)
mylinear Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 214	I don't know whether it is supposed to work like that or not. However, IMHO, I think instant notifications of each reply post in a thread could become quite annoying. For example, in the Server forum, if you start a new thread at 2AM saying that the server will be rebooted at 8AM, I want to know about it. But then if many of us start replying to the thread throughout the night asking this or that, I don't necessarily want to be notified about the new replies... especially if we reply with "Ok" or "Thanks for telling us" etc etc. I think we should be able to make the choice to subscribe to the thread. I guess we could just unsubscribe to the thread after it has been automatically subscribed to as well. Only problem with this is that if you happen to be away and don't catch the new thread, you will have many emails about the thread when you finally get to it. Also if you have such a setup, your PC or mobile will be beeping all night long.

17th January 2007, 05:40 PM	#27 (permalink)
mylinear Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 214	I think Josh is the trouble-maker here... I was not getting reply notifications for the Sumith thread until Josh posted his reply. Then I was automatically subscribed to it.

17th January 2007, 05:46 PM	#28 (permalink)
Josh Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Farnham, Surrey, GB Posts: 820	and in case you missed that... I didn't get a reply notification until the last reply by Rob. __________________ Joshua Powell

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