Need Clarification

[The_Vigilante]

I have been a member for several months plus now and have a question regarding subscribing to topics, etc. I am already subscribed to most of the sub-forums on BE. However, I need clarification on the following statement:

"Please note that if you wish to get email notification of any replies to this topic, you will have to click on the

"Track this Topic" link shown on the topic page, or by visiting the link below." I never have received any replies to the topic other than the first notification with any initial reponses to the topic. After that I never am notified of any other later responses to the topic-Is this the way it is supposed to be or not? The instructions above advise if I wish to get email notification of any replies to the topic I should click on the "Track this Topic" link shown on the topic page. I have done this and get taken to a page that indicates I am already subscribed. Note: Down at the bottom of the new topic page are the Post Options: I always check Enable email notification of replies. However, I have never received an email advising me of replies. What goes with that? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for any help or clarification.

[The_Vigilante]

49 views and no one can tell me how the forum is supposed to worK? Oh well!!

[dmwphoto]

I aint the smartest guy on the planet but what I think will happen is that you will get notification of a response. IF you visit the forum and read that and any additional response made up to that point it will reset to notify you again if reponse is received later. No additional notifications until you again visit the forum.

This is my guess based on other Vbulliten forums and not neccessarily correct here.

Dave

[dmwphoto]

by the way you need to edit your email settings in "my controls" before the above will work.

[kaiserb]

49 views and no one can tell me how the forum is supposed to worK? Oh well!!

Maybe we all figured intuitiveness would kick in. See the "Help" button in the upper right hand corner, it has fancy information about topics:

At the top of each topic, there is a 'Options' menu. Clicking this menu will expand the options menu.

From this menu, you can select from the following options:

Track this topic - this option will allow you to receive e-mail updates for the topic, see the 'Email Notification of new messages' help file for more information on this

Email this topic - from here you can email a link of this topic to someone by entering their name, email, and desired language.

Print this topic - this will present the current topic you are viewing a printer friendly format, removing most images and using a standard layout.

Download this topic - will show the topic in a number of different formats. 'Printer Friendly Version' will display a version of the topic that is suitable for printing out. 'Download HTML Version' will download a copy of the topic to your hard drive, and this can then be viewed in a web browser, without having to visit the board. 'Download Microsoft Word Version' will allow you to download the file to your hard drive and open it up in the popular word processing application, Microsoft Word, for viewing offline.

Subscribe to this forum - will allow you to receive e-mail updates for any new topics posted in the forum, see the Notification of new messages' help file for more information on this

You can also select one of three topic display modes:

Outline - shows you one post with a list of the remaining posts at the below it, in tree format.

Standard - this display mode shows the topic in the standard layout of one post above another, in the order selected by the administrator.

Linear+ - is similiar to standard with the added benefit of having the first post of the topic always shown at the top, no matter what page of the topic you are on.

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