# question about thread email alerts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-thread-email-alerts/195200>\
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**Created:** [August 14, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-thread-email-alerts/195200 "2003-08-14T17:50:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-thread-email-alerts/195200/1 "2003-08-14T17:50:12Z")

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When I catch up on my threads I do so by going through my email and clicking the thread links and deleting the message thus bringing up the next new thread alert message.

I hope that made sense 🙂

Now the very last link in the email is the ‘unsubscribe from all threads’ link. This is followed by a huge amount of white space which until this morning was where I always clicked to bring the email back to primary focus for deletion.

Now that entire white space is active as the unsubscribe from all threads link so I have unsubscribed from all my threads about 6 times today.

Just wondering if I’m the only person who has noticed this?

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-thread-email-alerts/195200/2 "2003-08-16T05:00:54Z")

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yes you’re the only one 😉

i catch up on threads using the button ‘user cp’, i route the mass of email alerts i receive to the dustbin as i haven’t found a way to turn them off.

now if they were to alert you only if someone is to mention your name on the other hand…

oh and i prefer alt-tab.