Using Email Notification to read your responses.
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Originally posted by Jeffrey S. McCracken
Do I go to the Introduction Lounge everytime that I want to see who has sent a message for me?
Everytime you post a comment, you have a choice in your Message Box to turn on or off email notification whenever someone responds to the topic you commented in.
When you receive the email notifcation, just click on the link in the email and it will take you to the topic.
The email notification also has an option to cancel any further notifications for the single topic you subscribed to, or to cancel to ALL notifications from ALL topics you participated in. Read the email carefully before deciding.
However, if you click on the topic link that was emailed to you and you find it is a dead link, then it was probaby moved, merged, or archived. In these cases, simply go to the SEARCH button at the top of any page and type in your assigned User Name to locate every topic where your User Name appears, which will include the potential topics that were either moved or merged. If no luck, then the topic may have been archived because of a members infraction of the Forum Rules.
ANOTHER OPTION:
Or, whenever you return the forums after an absence at http://www.ipiu.org/forums/ , the very first thing you should do is look at the top of the main menu of all forums at http://www.ipiu.org/forums/ , and to the right top you should see your User Name and a "Welcome back" title. Below the "Welcome Back" is the button link of View Active Topics . Once you click on that, it brings up all the comments you missed since your last forum visit.
Also, don't forget that...
Ms. Stewart and other IPIU staff will be sending email on updates and topics that our pertinent to all of us. You don't just want to delete these emails you get if some are for assignments and other IPIU and PI information...
FYI
email notification problem
Dear Kathy,
I did receive a communication on Sat. that due to an upgrade, there were some glitches regarding people not receiving instant notifications on subscribed threads. I seem to be receiving most of mine now, with the exception of the introductory lounge. Are you receiving all your notifications as well?
Great Follow-up Technique.
I just wanted to note that I think the email follow-up system is great for important posts you are awaiting answers to. It seems much better than trying to find your way back into a particular forum each time. Thanks to the designer :)