How to be notified for new posts in selected forums, or private messagesEach user has the ability to select various notification options for postings on the forum and private messages. Here is how you select the options available (assumes you are logged in to do this).
Personal Message Notification EmailsClick on your Forum Login Name displayed near the upper right and a drop-down appears. Click "Preferences" and a screen with various option settings appears. If you scroll down, you'll be able to click yes or no for the following options:
- Accept private messages from other users?
- By default should anything added to your Fllowed Lists be emailed to you?
- Do you want to be notified via email when you receive a private message?
You select what you want to be notified about, then scroll to the bottom and click "Submit"
Forum & Topic Notification EmailsClick on your Forum Login Name displayed near the upper right and a drop-down appears. Click "Followed Lists" and a screen with various option settings appears. There are three tabs at the top labeled "Followed Forums", "Followed Threads" and "Followed Users". Click the tab you want to setup, then click the link on the right side labeled "Edit Followed xxxx" where xxxx is the respective tab you selected.
To follow an entire forum,
- select "yes" or "no" under the "followed" column
- Select the desired posting or topic notification by clicking the drop-down in the "Email Notification" column
- Click the "Update Followed Forums" button at the bottom when finished making your choices
If you want to monitor a specific topic and not the entire forum:
- Open the desired topic while browsing the forum, or searching for it
- Just under the main menu is an option labeled "Thread Options" - click on it and select "Add Thread to your Followed Threads"
- You can later edit or delete followed threads via the menu sequence using the "Update Followed Threads" option button
