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Paul Hjul

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the default email notification settings are a little daft and I am battling to get to a "don't fucking email me" situation in my preferences
 
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biometrics

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the default email notification settings are a little daft and I am battling to get to a "don't fucking email me" situation in my preferences
It's a default Xenforo installation, I'm happy to tweak settings. What is bothering you? I know had the annoying thing of being subscribed to threads automatically, but turned that off.
 

Paul Hjul

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you sound a little tense 😬
confused more than tense, changed my prefs earlier to switch off email but keep alerts and getting emails

its not a crisis but I suspect something in Xenforo is being daft

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biometrics

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confused more than tense, changed my prefs earlier to switch off email but keep alerts and getting emails

its not a crisis but I suspect something in Xenforo is being daft

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You are likely "watching" some threads. Check the notification. Then open the thread and check at the top right for Unwatch.

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I must check but it may be a default to "watch" threads you start or reply to.
 

Paul Hjul

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looks like watched threads are emailed off regardless of other preferences - want the thread to give me an alert in the forum but not an email
 

biometrics

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looks like watched threads are emailed off regardless of other preferences - want the thread to give me an alert in the forum but not an email
I'll happily file a bug report if you can show me the issue to demonstrate to the developers.
 

Paul Hjul

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I'll keep an eye - have this thread unwatched and the covid thread still watched

murpheys law is that its working now
also possible that I cocked up preferences earlier but last email I got was at 22h38
 

biometrics

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I'll keep an eye - have this thread unwatched and the covid thread still watched

murpheys law is that its working now
also possible that I cocked up preferences earlier but last email I got was at 22h38
My email provider is a bit crap, so there may be delays. Need to move to a new domain & email host. I've used Pair.com since the 90's but they don't sell .co.za domains. Mmm...
 

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the default email notification settings are a little daft and I am battling to get to a "don't fucking email me" situation in my preferences
I just created a rule that deletes them
But now I have gone and unticked the email options
 

biometrics

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I’ve disabled the auto watch option when you create or post to a thread for new users. Existing users can disable it in their settings.
 
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