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Email notifications for subscribed threads typically occur only once per new reply until the user revisits the forum, preventing inbox overflow. Users can manage their notification settings in the Control Panel to receive alerts for new posts and personal messages (PMs). PMs are private messages that allow users to communicate without sharing email addresses. The discussion also humorously notes a misunderstanding of the acronym "PM," linking it to premenstrual syndrome. Overall, the thread clarifies how email notifications and PMs function within the forum system.
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Sometimes I do not received an e-mail notification for a thread I am subscribed to after it gets to be several posts long.

I should receive an e-mail notification every time someone posts on a thread I am subscribed to until I unsubscribe, correct?
 
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I think you are only supposed to get a notification once when there is a new reply to a thread, until you visit the forum again. It keeps you from having an overflowing inbox if discussion gets active before you can get back to check.
 
I don't get email notification for PMs.
 
What are PMs?
 
ehrenfest said:
What are PMs?

Personal messages. They are a way to communicate in-forum, without exposing your e-mail address. Left click on a user name, and sending them a PM is one of the pull-down options. Also, in the upper right corner of the screen, you will see a link to your PM mailbox. Finally, in your Control Panel, you can set options to receive e-mail notification of new PMs and of new posts in threads that you have subscribed to.
 
ehrenfest said:
What are PMs?

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) (also called PMT or Premenstrual Tension):biggrin:
 

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