Please make it possible to have instant email notification to forums

[tdod]

I plan on becoming active in answering questions. Consequently, I would like to be instantly alerted (by email) when people post to certain forums.

If possible, i greatly appreciate it.

 

[adjacent]

I think subscribing that thread will do that.

 

[phinds]

Yes, you can select in your personal options to be notified by email to any posts in every thread to which you have subscribed. When you post in a thread yourself, you have automatically subscribed.

In other words, the forum already does what you want, you just haven't explored the options.

 

[berkeman]

tdod may be asking if there is a way to be notified of any new threads being started in a particular forum. [STRIKE]AFAIK, there is no way to do that.[/STRIKE]

EDIT -- See Greg's post below.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

What you can do is subscribe to a forum by using it's RSS feed. Found in the forum tools drop down at the forum level.

ex.

https://www.physicsforums.com/external.php?type=rss2&forumids=139

Plug it into an aggregator like Feedburner and away you go.