Managing Unwanted Email Notifications on Forums

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Users have reported receiving unwanted email notifications for watched threads and quoted posts despite having the notification settings turned off in their profiles. One user, Dave, expressed frustration over the sudden influx of emails and attempted to disable them without success initially. After further discussion, he was advised to manage notifications directly through a specific link on the forum. Ultimately, Dave found that following this advice resolved the issue, stopping the unwanted emails. The conversation highlights the importance of checking notification settings and provides a solution for managing email alerts on forums.
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hi @Greg Bernhardt

Don't know if you have made some changes ?
3 days ago I started receiving email notifications to watched threads/alerts of quoted posts etc
I have never had these before and I cannot seem to stop them.
email notification option is turned off in my profile preferences
and I have repeatedly clicked on the link in the bottom of the email to stop emails
yet they still come
If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you may disable emails from this thread or disable all emails.

using the disable all emails option takes me to a www page to update settings which I doregards
Dave
 
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When you post a new thread check to see if the "receive notification" checkbox is ticked
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
When you post a new thread check to see if the "receive notification" checkbox is ticked

Hi Greg :smile:

no its not.
but this isn't even really about threads I started, the email notifications are occurring for any thread that I have responded in

cheers
Dave
 
Try going to
https://www.physicsforums.com/watched/threads

and disabling the email notifications from there
 
Hi Greg

Thanks,
have done that now and will see if that solves the issue
was just strange that it started sending emails all on it's own without any prompting from me hahaha
no big deal, was just strange :wink:

cheers
Dave
 
final update ... that solved the issue

thanks :smile:
 
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