Email notification won't turn off

[fried beef sandwich]

Well, basically the title says it all. The forum keeps sending me an email that someone has replied to a subscribed thread, even though I have the email notification option disabled in my control panel.

Just to make sure, I set it to "Yes", submitted it, and then set it to "No" and submitted it again, just in case this magic voodoo ritual would do anything.

[crazyfingers]

You need to go to your control panel and unsubscribe to the specific topic that you are subscribed to. And even, because of a software bug, a few more will likely pop up. It will likely take a few days for all of the emails to stop as topics that you are subscribed to die off.

[fried beef sandwich]

So... if I subscribe to a thread, it automatically sends me emails even if I turn off the email notification in the control panel?

[The Other Michael]

vBulletin knows that while on the surface you are rejecting the emails, in your heart you really desire a relationship with the thread.

Pretty amazing, isn't it?

cheers,
Michael
(who was suspicious of the whole "subscribing to threads" idea right from the start, and is pleased to see that there is still some justification for a certain level of software paranoia)

[Loren Pechtel]

Originally posted by fried beef sandwich
Well, basically the title says it all. The forum keeps sending me an email that someone has replied to a subscribed thread, even though I have the email notification option disabled in my control panel.

Just to make sure, I set it to "Yes", submitted it, and then set it to "No" and submitted it again, just in case this magic voodoo ritual would do anything.

It's very persistent. As others have said, you have to unsubscribe from all threads after turning off the e-mail notification. A wooden stake and some holy water would be advisable, also, on one system it took me two days to get it to quit sending them out.

[pescifish]

Originally posted by Loren Pechtel
A wooden stake and some holy water would be advisable,

I believe it is extremely critical that you perform some of these rituals on your birthday, so plan ahead.

[Maverick]

If you can't get anything else to work, ask a moderator of the forum to edit your post to "uncheck" the "email notification" option.

[fried beef sandwich]

Originally posted by pescifish
I believe it is extremely critical that you perform some of these rituals on your birthday, so plan ahead.

Guess I'd better do it today then (happy bday to me )

[crazyfingers]

Originally posted by fried beef sandwich
So... if I subscribe to a thread, it automatically sends me emails even if I turn off the email notification in the control panel?

Yes. The email notification option in your control panel does not turn email notification on and off. What it does is say whether or not you want the check box for email notification checked by default whenever you reply to a topic.

So now that you have unchecked the the Email notification by Default" box, you can still use email notification but you have to consciously subscribe to a topic either by checking the box when your reply to it or by clicking the "Subscribe to this topic" link at the bottom of a topic.