Always Unsubscribing

Tanstaafl · 01-25-2005, 01:42 AM

I'm willing to admit that I'm probably technologically incompetent. But I hate clogging up my email with subscribed thread updates. On my control panel, I assume that the default is to automatically add all threads that I have posted in to my subscription list. I would like to change that so that I don't have to remember to unsubscribe every time I post. Is there such a setting? Where is it?

If it is possible, I would like to be able to still add threads to that subscription list that I am particularly interested in or started, while still not having all the other threads listed automatically.

h88 · 01-25-2005, 03:16 AM

Go to the Control Panel > Edit Options > Default Thread Subscription Mode: Choose: "Do not subscribe"

astrix · 01-25-2005, 03:16 AM

In your control panel, go to "Edit Options" > "Default Thread Subscription Mode" > "Do not subscribe"

For a thread you do want to receive updates, just click on "Thread Tools" > "Subscribe to this thread" > "Instant Email Notification"

astrix · 01-25-2005, 03:18 AM

Wow h88. How did we manage to post at the exact same time?!

h88 · 01-25-2005, 03:22 AM

Cause you posted at the exact same minute :P

It happens not infrequently, don't worry.

TheDad · 01-25-2005, 11:53 AM

I like the Subscribed threads...it makes them easy to spot the ones where I've posted when I come onto the board. However, I turned off the e-mail notification. That combo seems to work.

h88 · 01-25-2005, 12:02 PM

Yeah I can't stop using it - I also subscribed to a couple of forums. . you know - the ones where I frequently hang out on. .

celebrian25 · 01-25-2005, 12:08 PM

I hate the subscribed threads. But then again i'm on cc so much, I automatically check up on what's being posted on every single forum every time I log on, which is usually 1-2 times a day. Subscribed threads just clog up my email

zantedeschia · 01-25-2005, 05:40 PM

Subscribed threads does NOT = email. Just change the email setting, but the subscribed threads will still show up in your control panel.

ecnerwalc3321 · 01-25-2005, 08:28 PM

subscribed threads show a red star by the thread you posted, right? And what does the yellow light mean?

yemaya13 · 01-25-2005, 08:32 PM

yellow lights show that there are new posts or threads

zantedeschia · 01-25-2005, 09:03 PM

the red star means you've posted in it before (which in term become temporarily/automatically subscribed, so yes)

Tanstaafl · 01-26-2005, 07:18 PM

Right, got it now. I never saw that setting. It is now set to subscribe but not email.

Thanks!