# turning off email notification

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-email-notification/166740>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 5, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-email-notification/166740 "2003-04-05T22:18:51Z")\
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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:** [April 5, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-email-notification/166740/1 "2003-04-05T22:18:51Z")

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i’m sure this has been asked before but i can’t find it ^^;

i don’t use email notification (when i post and at user options) but i receive emails telling me of new posts/replies everytime, is there anyway to turn it off?

i do subscribe to threads however, is this why i’m getting the emails? is there anyway to turn it off while still using the subscribe feature (i find it easier to keep track of some topics this way…) thxs 🙂

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-email-notification/166740/2 "2003-04-05T22:21:08Z")

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Click the User CP button at the top right of this page, then click Preferences. You can uncheck the box which makes Email Notification on by default.

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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:** [April 5, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-email-notification/166740/3 "2003-04-05T22:31:47Z")

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i had already checked ‘no’ under “Use ‘Email Notification’ by default?”

i think it’s because i’ve subscribed to the thread. can i be greedy and keep my subscription to the thread while not wanting email notifications? thxs thxs 😃

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-email-notification/166740/4 "2003-04-06T02:10:44Z")

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Ohhh, you want your cake, and eat it to. No, 'fraid not, buddy. 😛

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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:** [April 6, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-email-notification/166740/5 "2003-04-06T18:18:27Z")

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you mean the cake’s not for eating? aww… 😉

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-email-notification/166740/6 "2003-04-07T17:07:41Z")

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E-mail notification and subscription are essentially the same thing. Except that a subscription allows members to receive notification of new posts to a thread _without_ having made a post of their own to it. I use the subscription feature to keep an eye on potentially troublesome threads.