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1tice2001
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April 16, 2009
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Re: Stop Email Notifications!

  • April 16, 2009
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Is anyone having the same problem I am? I clicked the link to start receiving email notifications, thinking I'd receive an email to alert me to the fact that someone had responded to my post, and when suddenly my email account was inundated with dozens of threads that had nothing to do with my particular question, I returned to the Forums website, turned off notifications... but it didn't take. It just won't allow me to stop receiving email notifications. Flaw in the programming.

Not the first time I've had problems on an Adobe web page. For having produced the best software in the world, they sure don't know how to use it correctly.

Thanks

Tice

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    Anonymous
    April 16, 2009

    I feel your pain.

    After you shut it off everywhere in your profile

    You must now turn off all the threads email notifications that you have visited.

    it will take a while.

    Curt Wrigley
    Curt Wrigley
    Inspiring
    April 16, 2009

    by Buko wrote:

    I feel your pain.

    After you shut it off everywhere in your profile

    You must now turn off all the threads email notifications that you have visited.

    it will take a while.

    Actually; re-read Dorothy's msg.  I didnt get it at first; but under your profile there will be a list of all email notifications (in addition to smailing lists).  Its pretty easy to check them all off there in your profile.  Its not necessary to go into each thread.

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    1tice2001Author
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    April 16, 2009

    Actually... it's still not working. So I think I might have to go into each thread. However... and here's a bonehead question, how do you do that exactly? Can you just point me in the right direction? I'm really not a computer bozo; but you'd think the producers of the best design software in the world could make this a better website. It really kinda sucks.

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    Anonymous
    April 16, 2009

    I'm not 100% sure that my hypothesis is correct, but as far as I've experienced, turning off e-mail notifications does not override the notifications already existing on specific threads.

    In other words, the notification change is for future threads -- you'll continue to get notifications on threads that you've previously replied to or had the notification on, but you won't get notifications for new threads, so the notifications will cease when the current threads cease to having postings.

    I believe I tested turning off notification for a specific thread too, but it didn't seem to work as I had expected and I haven't taken the time to do more testing.

    Sheila

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    1tice2001Author
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    April 16, 2009

    Thanks, that's what I kinda figured.

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    Anonymous
    April 16, 2009

    You want to look at preferences under the Your Stuff link to adjust setting there as you like. Then look at the Email Notifications tab in your profile and turn stuff off there. If there is still residual mail coming, go to the threads and/or forums they come from and see what the link in the actions box says. To not get mail, you want it to say something  about getting it. (NOT intuitive!)

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