Keeping track of interesting treads

[Rob Beckers]

You have found a really interesting thread and would like to keep up with new posts to it. However you don't want to check multiple times a day just to find out if someone has posted something new.

The forum has a tool that helps make this easy; At the top of the list of forum postings is a toolbar. One of entries in there is "Thread Tools". Click it, and you will see a drop-down list. Select the "Subscribe to this thread" option and the forum will automagically send you an E-mail every time someone posts a new message to the thread.

In the "User CP" menu there is another option that does something similar; The "Default Thread Subscription Mode" option will let you automatically subscribe to threads you start. Very convenient!

How easy can life get...
Enjoy, and keep those posts coming!

-RoB-

[Joe Blake]

Thanks for that Rob.

Because I LIKE to wander through all the different boards I'm akin to, I don't necessarily need the automagic notifications, but just to compare it to other boards (and for general info) how long 'twixt a post going up and the notification email going out? (On another board I work this can take up to 12 hours.)

Thanks,

Joe

[Rob Beckers]

Hi Joe,

This should be instantaneous. There can be a delay on the recipient's side, because some mail servers will queue mail for a while before passing it on to the proper mailbox. Of course, all this assumes you have a working E-mail address set up in your user profile (http://www.greenpowertalk.org/usercp.php) (and there are no anti-spam mechanisms on your side blocking these messages). I know for a fact that there are dozens of members of this forum that do not have a working E-mail address listed here...

-RoB-