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Thread poster: kd42
kd42
kd42
Estonia
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English to Russian
Oct 11, 2023

Are forum posters notified if their post was quoted/replied?
I asked a couple of simple questions, quoting the source post, and got no reply.
Were the original posters notified?
 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 09:19
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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No Oct 15, 2023

kd42 wrote:
Are forum posters notified if their post was quoted/replied?

No.

The first poster is permanently subscribed to replies (it's impossible to turn off, which is why I still get notifications of replies to an old post in the scam forum that I posted 10 years ago, despite the fact that no-one is actually responding to MY post).

Angie Garbarino
Christel Zipfel
Philippe Etienne
 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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No Oct 15, 2023

A way of tagging specific people in a post would definitely be useful, especially for those like me whose posts are vetted/delayed.

[Edited at 2023-10-15 18:10 GMT]

Michele Fauble
Zea_Mays
 
Philippe Etienne
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Spain
Local time: 09:19
Member
English to French
When posters are notified Oct 17, 2023

...of any new message in a discussion thread, whether they are quoted or not, they enabled the E-mail tracking box in the thread and saved changes, a feature available to paid members only.
Besides Samuel's info.

Philippe

Zea_Mays
 
Eva Stoppa
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Germany
Local time: 09:19
English to German
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You can always tic the box Oct 20, 2023

Philippe Etienne  are you sure, this email notification ticking box is only available to paid members? I just tried it out and it seems to be working for me, too.
 
Eva Stoppa
Eva Stoppa  Identity Verified
Germany
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English to German
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Just got an email Oct 20, 2023

I just got notified by email that a reply to this topic has been posted by: Eva Stoppa. That's me!

Christopher Schröder
 
Philippe Etienne
Philippe Etienne  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 09:19
Member
English to French
Good Nov 22, 2023

Eva Stoppa wrote:
...That's me!

Therefore I'm wrong and you're right: the e-mail tracking option is available to everybody, which is handy.
I don't know where I got this false idea from, perhaps the feature was restricted to paid members at one point.
And I didn't tick it on this thread...

Philippe
 


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