# Turning off once you're on

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-once-youre-on/22103>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 12, 2000, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-once-youre-on/22103 "2000-06-12T10:35:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-once-youre-on/22103/1 "2000-06-12T10:35:55Z")

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OK, I’ve got myself in trouble. I set my defaults so that Email Notification is always on–now, how do I turn it off for some threads? The faq says you can turn it off by editting your post. That’s not possible is it?

It used to be an interesting thread. Now, it’s up to hundreds of replies that are just flames. I’m not interested in the thread anymore–and my mailbox is flooded with announcements that the thread has just been replied to.

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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:** [June 12, 2000, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-once-youre-on/22103/2 "2000-06-12T11:51:10Z")

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E-mail the forum moderator and tell them which post you turned on e-mail notification. They can edit that post and un-check the proper box.

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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-once-youre-on/22103/3 "2000-06-12T13:00:45Z")

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That may be a lot of work–especially since all my posts had the notification set, by default. It’s not just one thread either. I’ll try it.