# Threads responded to not subscribing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-responded-to-not-subscribing/109913>\
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**Created:** [May 20, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-responded-to-not-subscribing/109913 "2002-05-20T06:00:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-responded-to-not-subscribing/109913/1 "2002-05-20T06:00:01Z")

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Is there a reason that random threads that I respond to aren’t automatically subscribing? It seems like responding to a thread was an automatic subscription until about Wednesday of this past week.

jayjay

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-responded-to-not-subscribing/109913/2 "2002-05-20T23:12:10Z")

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It doesn’t happen automatically unless, in the user control panel (user cp) -\> edit options you set  
“Use ‘Email Notification’ by default?” to yes.  
I don’t recommend doing that (or even using e-mail notification) since, because of the server being overloaded, it’s unreliable, and causes more work for the server.