What's "Subscribe to this forum" all about?

yankytrash · December 22, 2001, 06:58 PM

I don't really get what the "Subscribe to this forum" thing is all about. What does it do/what are the advantages?

Mostly, I'm interested in veiwing the new threads and new posts of the couple regular hang-outs I have (Art of Rifle, General, Legal, ...).

Is the subscribe-thingy the way to do it? How do I best utilize it?

labgrade · December 23, 2001, 09:47 AM

Never used the subscribe to forum feature, but I'd suspect that you would be notified, by an e-mail notice, that there are new postings to any threads in that forum. A click in your e-mail would take you to those postings.

I have used the subscribe to this thread feature, which allows you to get an e-mail alert whenever there is a new post for that specific thread. The e-mail notification thing when you post in a thread works the same way, but you don't have to actually have a reply to get notifications using the former method for thread updates.

I'm wondering if there's a feature that can undo an e-mail notification. A couple I've subscribed to didn't go in the direction I thought & don't really care to know any more. In the meantime, I just delete that e-mail notification & go on with life (such as it is

).

yankytrash · December 23, 2001, 10:16 AM

I guess that wouldn't be for me. I check TFL before I check my email, and more often than I check my email.

"...& go on with life (such as it is

)." So true, so true....

**Mal H** · December 23, 2001, 10:24 AM

labgrade - To unsubscribe to a thread, go to your user control panel ("user cp" button) and you will find a listing of all subscribed threads. Each one has an "unsubscribe" button under it.

I tried out the subscribe-to-a-forum thing last night to see what it does and got no email notifications of changes to the forum, and there were many. I guess the only thing it does is put only the forums you are interested in in a convenient list on the user cp. Looks like a feechur in search of a good use to me. Perhaps someone well versed in things vB has a better answer.

December 22, 2001, 06:58 PM	#1
yankytrash Senior Member Join Date: April 17, 2001 Location: Farnham, Va Posts: 2,183	What's "Subscribe to this forum" all about? I don't really get what the "Subscribe to this forum" thing is all about. What does it do/what are the advantages? Mostly, I'm interested in veiwing the new threads and new posts of the couple regular hang-outs I have (Art of Rifle, General, Legal, ...). Is the subscribe-thingy the way to do it? How do I best utilize it? __________________ Right turn, Clyde.

December 23, 2001, 10:16 AM	#3
yankytrash Senior Member Join Date: April 17, 2001 Location: Farnham, Va Posts: 2,183	I guess that wouldn't be for me. I check TFL before I check my email, and more often than I check my email. "...& go on with life (such as it is )." So true, so true.... __________________ Right turn, Clyde.

December 23, 2001, 09:47 AM	#2
labgrade Member In Memoriam Join Date: November 29, 1999 Location: west of a small town, CO Posts: 4,346	Never used the subscribe to forum feature, but I'd suspect that you would be notified, by an e-mail notice, that there are new postings to any threads in that forum. A click in your e-mail would take you to those postings. I have used the subscribe to this thread feature, which allows you to get an e-mail alert whenever there is a new post for that specific thread. The e-mail notification thing when you post in a thread works the same way, but you don't have to actually have a reply to get notifications using the former method for thread updates. I'm wondering if there's a feature that can undo an e-mail notification. A couple I've subscribed to didn't go in the direction I thought & don't really care to know any more. In the meantime, I just delete that e-mail notification & go on with life (such as it is ).

December 23, 2001, 10:24 AM	#4
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	labgrade - To unsubscribe to a thread, go to your user control panel ("user cp" button) and you will find a listing of all subscribed threads. Each one has an "unsubscribe" button under it. I tried out the subscribe-to-a-forum thing last night to see what it does and got no email notifications of changes to the forum, and there were many. I guess the only thing it does is put only the forums you are interested in in a convenient list on the user cp. Looks like a feechur in search of a good use to me. Perhaps someone well versed in things vB has a better answer.