Are emails required for notifications?

[Latecomer 438]

I always keep this tab open, so it seems silly to clog up my inbox (or rather, my spam folder).

[Rikifive 23,472]

You can disable email notifications in the notification settings ^{(click your username in the upper right corner, select account settings and to the right you'll see notification settings)}.

There you'll find options to configure when you want to receive forum notifications and emails. You can either choose one, both or none, for each case set separately to suit your preferences better.  

[Venomous 18,813]

@Latecomer

Has the reply above sufficiently answered your question?

[Latecomer 438]

I think so. Still getting some spam, but I think I just need to disable the notification on each existing followed thread, right?

[Rikifive 23,472]

Possibly. If you've set them to send emails when you followed these, you'll have to update the preferences now.

Don't worry though, it's a quick process. 

To change the follow preferences, go to Manage Followed Content page ^{click your name in the upper right corner and select Manage Followed Content from the menu}.

To the right you can quickly select all followed contents on the current page...

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... and then at the bottom, click the bell icon and select your desired preference.  

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And that should get rid of these emails. 

[Latecomer 438]

5 hours ago, Rikifive said:

Possibly. If you've set them to send emails when you followed these, you'll have to update the preferences now.

Don't worry though, it's a quick process. 

To change the follow preferences, go to Manage Followed Content page ^{click your name in the upper right corner and select Manage Followed Content from the menu}.

To the right you can quickly select all followed contents on the current page...

  Hide contents

... and then at the bottom, click the bell icon and select your desired preference.  

  Hide contents

And that should get rid of these emails. 

But it won't stop me being notified on the page and in my browser?

[Rikifive 23,472]

The first option should be sending you notifications here on the forums (+browser if enabled); The two in the middle are email subscriptions and the last one should prevent you from getting anything.

So if you want to receive notifications, but not emails, select the first option. You might also need to configure notification preferences to adjust specific notifications accordingly to that.

[Venomous 18,813]

@Latecomer

Has your question been answered sufficiently?

[Latecomer 438]

1 hour ago, Bakugou Is My Man ❤ said:

@Latecomer

Has your question been answered sufficiently?

I'm not sure - I'm still getting spam. I think I set everything right, ,but it was a month ago so I can't remember precisely.

I tried changing another setting - hopefully it will work.

[Latecomer 438]

How's this for a screenshot?

 

 

Edited November 16, 2019 by Latecomer

[Latecomer 438]

6 hours ago, Bas said:

Scroll down at that page, then it will be shown for which of these you will get notifications on your website inbox, email inbox or both.

Thanks - that appears to be the key thing I was missing. Issue resolved!

[Troblems 5,608]

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