E-mail when a forum topic is updated

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   WordPlayposted 15 years ago

   Could HubPages add the option to be e-mailed when a forum topic is updated? That would save people from having to repeatedly check the thread or hubtivity to see if there's been a reply.
   
   Thanks!

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      bloodnlatexposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Why would you want 900 emails an hour?

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   Hope Wilbanksposted 15 years ago

   I agree, it would be nice. I have trouble remembering which ones I contributed to sometimes.

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   Mark Knowlesposted 15 years ago

   Good grief no thank you - some of these thread scan get at little heated.. Just hit the "your" button at the top of the page.

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      WordPlayposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I'm not suggesting that it should be mandatory to be notified by e-mail, just that a checkbox be put in every thread that allows the option. The default setting could be to have the box unchecked, so you'd have to actively choose it to get the e-mails. Most forums offer something like that.
      
      That would allow you to forego e-mails on heated topics!

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         Mark Knowlesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         LOL
         
         Well in that case....... I could just envisage 267 emails telling me a thread I had offended some one on had been updated.
         
         Seriously - there is a button at the top which allows you to see if there has been any activity on a thread you have been involved on. Would that not work in this case?

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            WordPlayposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            The other day I had an issue affecting about 100 of my hubs and it would have been great to just get e-mail notification that Paul had responded in the forum about it being fixed. It was important, because I had put text related to the error on a few of my hubs that were getting huge traffic and I wanted to remove that text as soon as it was no longer relevant.
            
            If I had e-mail updates on that thread, I could have just unsubscribed from it as soon as I got the answer I needed.

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      ngurecoposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      It's far much easier than clouding your inbox with hundreds of thread updates.

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         sunforgedposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         If you guys are truly daunted by such a prospect..you would probably benefit all round by taking a half hour to organize and set filters and labels in your inboxes.
         
         setting all hubpages.com mail to skip the inbox and go to a hubpages folder is not very difficult...but than again..hmm..checking that folder is just as much work as clicking the "your" tab
         
         I remove my support for a subscribe option but still sing the praises of proper inbox organization

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            Mark Knowlesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Sunforged - As usual - I am more impressed with you every time you say something.
            
            And not many people impress me.

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   sunforgedposted 15 years ago

   its pretty common to have a subscribe to comments or subscribe to thread option, im surprised we dont have one already.
   
   im embarassed, but I do check back at the "your" tab, more than i would like to admit..a subscribe option would be excellent..or even an rss feed
   
   
   It wouldnt effect my inbox as I have a pretty complex level of filters set up through gmail

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      ediggityposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I need to use this technique.  My Inbox looks like someone sneezed mail into it.

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         sunforgedposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         http://lifehacker.com/5167829/ten-must+ … r-download
         
         
         Lifehacker tends to explain stuff well..i only scanned the link but it seems to cover everything
         
         its so very easy..makes email so much more manageable

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            ediggityposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Sweet!

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               sunforgedposted 15 years agoin reply to this

               this link is within the post i already linked to...but just in case you miss it
               
               http://lifehacker.com/software/email/ge … 190416.php

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         wyanjenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         

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   rebekahELLEposted 15 years ago

   use the YOUR feature!! 
   much easier.

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