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Apr 14, 2009
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First of all, I'm probably just being dense on this, but I'm having trouble finding a description of this functionality. What does "watching" do and what does "subscribing" do?

I figured that watching simply created a list of all the topics you watch within your profile for easier access. I also imagined that subscribing would shoot out an email whenever such a topic was updated with another post. Am I way off?

What I'm trying to accomplish is a way to automatically email the topic creator / subsequent poster to that topic of any activity in that thread. I realize this may not be possible to automate easily which is why I was attempting to accomplish this manually through subscription. I never get an email though :(. My forum is going to be used within an intranet for a very small group of people (otherwise I wouldn't even consider automating this functionality due to other hazards).

CoolOther than that, this forum is wonderful! Thanks!

Apr 14, 2009
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you have the general sense on watching vs subscription… with subscriptions you receive email when the topic is udpated… with watches you do not, but you have a list of interested topics that you want to revisit regardless if its been updated (ie you need to take action)…

as to your second paragraph, you should check your email setup… if you add a new post to topic, all subscribed users will receive an email that the topic has been updated… its working, so I would begin verifying the email configuration stuff (have you checked the email settings on forum – options – email?)… is your wordpress setup sending other emails?

Apr 30, 2009
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i was also wondering if it would be possible for this forum plugin on wordpress if we can add watch and subscription to not only posts or topics but also to a forum. if there be any way on this please email me on liverzen@yahoo.com.

Apr 30, 2009
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no, not currently, but in 4.1 you will be able to set it up to auto subscribe you to any topic you post to.

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