# Subscription service

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-service/45121>\
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**Created:** [December 12, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-service/45121 "2000-12-12T01:51:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peace)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-service/45121/1 "2000-12-12T01:51:41Z")

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Recently, a fellow SDoper informed me that he was going to start a new thread in GD. Normally, I do no follow GDMB closely, but since I was interested in his topic, I checked GD twice/day. Fortunately, he included the name of the topic in the titleline, so I recognized it right away. But some people may give a thread a general or non-apparent name, so it would be harder to find (I know about Search).  
So, I wonder: it appears that automatic notification is no problem for SDMB. Could be a similar “Subscripton service” started? Like, I go to a Subscription page, and fill boxes: “Name”/“Keyword”, “Next 10 days”/"Permanemt, “Your email address”, Submit, and a notification arrives if/when the author or the topic starts?