I checked the FAQ and didn’t see anything about this, so:
I have automatic e-mail notification checked in my preferences, so that if I reply to a thread I’ll get informed about any answers. However, I don’t actually get notified. I figured that this was a feature that wasn’t working, and that I could always manually check, and didn’t think any more about it.
However, there was a thread (I think in GQ) about how people went about using the boards, and two things struck me.
1 - Most people said they did a “vanity search” to find out if there were any replies to threads in which they had posted. This led me to believe that e-mail notification wasn’t working for them, either. But what is a “vanity search,” and how do I do one?
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- Someone asked why people weren’t getting e-mail notification about replies. This led me to believe that it works for some people. So, does it? Does it work if you check the box below the quick reply window, but not if it is in your user preferences? Or does it work randomly?
Subscribe to this thread, for something I haven’t posted in, has always worked just fine for me, for what that’s worth. (Probably nothing!)
Thanks!
JtP