# Undo email list?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo-email-list/80148>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 6, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo-email-list/80148 "2001-09-06T23:49:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo-email-list/80148/1 "2001-09-06T23:49:44Z")

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Once I’ve selected to be on the email list for a particular thread, is there a way to get off of it?  
Some of these go on forever, and I’ve lost interest. To put it mildly. 😉  
Peace,  
mangeorge

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo-email-list/80148/2 "2001-09-06T23:51:52Z")

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Well, that’s one sure way. I forgot to click ‘notify’ on this one.  
Sorry.  
Peace,  
mangeorge

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo-email-list/80148/3 "2001-09-07T01:28:41Z")

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Post to the thread. Unclick the email notification box. Submit post.

We’ll miss you at the races.

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo-email-list/80148/4 "2001-09-07T03:05:26Z")

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I have the idea–and I’m not sure from where–that you can’t undo it once you’ve done it, and that you have to ask a mod to go in and change it. I’m absolutely positive I might be right about this.

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**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo-email-list/80148/5 "2001-09-07T16:06:36Z")

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It seems you’re right. (See **Coldfire’s** post [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=56239), and **UncleBeer’s** [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=58620) and [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73103).)

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo-email-list/80148/6 "2001-09-07T22:48:21Z")

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My question has been answered. Thank you all very much. I can live with it.  
Maybe someday there’ll be a “suspend email notification” box. (hint)  
🙂  
Peace,  
mangeorge

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo-email-list/80148/7 "2001-09-08T01:50:15Z")

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And maybe someday there will be peace on Earth…a time we can put aside petty superficial differences and walk arm-in-arm into the future as brothers and sisters…with liberty and justice and dignity and love for all…

But, hey, if not, then a “suspend email notification” option might be better than nothin’.