# Easy Question on E-mail Notification

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-on-e-mail-notification/123405>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 11, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-on-e-mail-notification/123405 "2002-08-11T15:51:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-on-e-mail-notification/123405/1 "2002-08-11T15:51:17Z")

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If I use the E-mail Notification feature will I recieve an e-mail every time someone replies to the entire thread or only when they reply to my specific post?

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-on-e-mail-notification/123405/2 "2002-08-11T16:10:50Z")

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Entire thread. It has no way of know what is specifically said to you.

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**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-on-e-mail-notification/123405/3 "2002-08-11T17:57:53Z")

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Thanks…I thought that it might only operate when someone used the “quote” function on my post.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-on-e-mail-notification/123405/4 "2002-08-11T22:10:21Z")

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Note that this feature is not 100% reliable. Also, from the thread [FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=2327233#post2327233):

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> Since the server is overworked we recommend that people not depend on this feature. Instead keep your popular threads in bookmarks, or, if you absolutely must, subscribe to them but don’t expect the e-mail.

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-question-on-e-mail-notification/123405/5 "2002-08-13T01:07:40Z")

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Or check your “user cp” for any threads you have replied to at any time. That should be valid.