# I'm being stalked by a thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 4, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-thread/67569 "2001-06-04T20:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-thread/67569/1 "2001-06-04T20:37:10Z")
subtitled: “Things in thread notifications that really bug you.” I’m being stalked by a thread. Sort of. In order to not to overload my e-mail, I’ve turned off the ‘Use ‘Email Notification’ by default’ function in my profile. This has worked for most threads where I can check the responses at my leisure, and no more clogged e-mail box. Not so with the thread “Things in movies that really bug you”. I am still getting e-mail notification that “\ has responded …”. Only one other thread has been clamoring for my attention (“Return of the Princess Bride Jedi”), but that one seems to have calmed down. I took Tubadiva’s advice and turned off the "Allow Bulletin Board Administrators and Moderators To Send You Email Notices?’ function also, but this thread is still sneaking through. Mods? Administrators? What is happening here? ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-thread/67569/2 "2001-06-05T00:20:09Z")
I recall this sort of thing happened to me a while back. I think the fix was to post in the thread again, this time with your email notification off. I think the thread – in it’s earnest innocence – still longs to send you email, not realizing you have grown weary of it’s company. I think it’s best to go back to the thread, post one more time to rebuke it’s advances and tell it to get on with it’s life. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-thread/67569/3 "2001-06-05T01:09:40Z")
Everytime someone brings up Coldfire’s “May 5th” thread, I know about it via email. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sulawesi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@sulawesi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sulawesi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-thread/67569/4 "2001-06-05T05:13:38Z")
The same thing’s been happening to me… No, I don’t have anything worthwhile to post, why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-thread/67569/5 "2001-06-05T12:04:36Z")
You should be all set now, screechie. I’ve turned off e-mail notification in all your posts to that thread. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-thread/67569/6 "2001-06-05T13:02:11Z")
Thank you very much, Uncle Beer. It was getting a little creepy. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-thread/67569/7 "2001-06-05T16:07:11Z")
Okay, for future reference, simply posting a new reply to a thread doesn’t seem to have any effect. A moderator must edit **each** of a user’s posts in that thread and unselect **any and all** e-mail notification check boxes that were checked by the user.