what does "Watch this topic for replies" do on thi

[toneslee]

what does "Watch this topic for replies" do on this website (which can be found at the bottom of a post)? i thought it makes a list somewhere in my login account or somehow alerts me so i can more easily trace the ones i'm interested in piled up in those millions and millions of posts. can somebody pls explain, thanks?

[DocteurN]

No it doesn't make a list somewhere but send you a mail when a new message is posted in a thread.

[toneslee]

well, that's strange then, cos i've never received any notifications by email when there's a new reply (whether it's my own topics or ones i want to watch). i've just re-checked my "profile" and my email addrs is correct, and that all the notifications were "yes" (as attached). and every time i post, "Notify me when a reply is posted" is also ticked. is there another setting somewhere?

[levenum]

That's odd. I usually get duplicate notification (2 messages per update) but only for the last topic I posted to. I don't think they save a list, just one topic per user.

[Stabilo]

I watch about 15 topics & receive an email after each post. Although it would be nice to see all sucscribed topics in a list.

[toneslee]

so wot am i doing wrong?? can anyone see anything suspicious in my profile settings? :(

[levenum]

Your profile settings look ok. Does your email account have some kind of spam filter? It is possible that the messages get blocked for some reason by the mail server. You should try a different email (there are plenty of free ones out there)

[toneslee]

oh my gosh... I changed from a hotmail to another email addrs...and it's working, thanks a million. It must have been the hotmail spam filter. :D