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Is there an option to turn on auto-subscription to my own topics?

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Hello,

I could not find an option to turn on auto-subscription to my own topics. Is there a such option?

I would be really surprise if the answer is "No" :cry:

Thanks.
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UCP > Board preferences > Edit posting defaults > Notify me upon replies by default
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Re: Is there an option to turn on auto-subscription to my own topics?

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Oh my bad, I missed that one. Thank you very much!
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Re: Is there an option to turn on auto-subscription to my own topics?

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To turn it on for all users.

includes/functions_user.php

'user_notify' => 0, to a 1

If you update phpBB you may want to check that setting again.
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Re: Is there an option to turn on auto-subscription to my own topics?

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John connor wrote:To turn it on for all users.

includes/functions_user.php

'user_notify' => 0, to a 1

If you update phpBB you may want to check that setting again.
Thanks. This has an effect on topics that the user created or replied to, right?
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Re: Is there an option to turn on auto-subscription to my own topics?

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No. It has no effect on topics at all.
All it does is checkmark the "Notify me when a reply is posted" in the posting editor.
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Re: Is there an option to turn on auto-subscription to my own topics?

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Brf wrote:No. It has no effect on topics at all.
All it does is checkmark the "Notify me when a reply is posted" in the posting editor.
Thanks.
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It will work for new users, but users that are already signed up it won't activate the notifications. In order to do that to current users you have to do some database editing and I have no idea how to do that and a little leery about doing it.

If you have that code set to a 1, new users will get notifications for replies on their topics or topics they respond to without manually setting the notification feature. They will also get an E-mail.
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Re: Is there an option to turn on auto-subscription to my own topics?

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John connor wrote:It will work for new users, but users that are already signed up it won't activate the notifications. In order to do that to current users you have to do some database editing and I have no idea how to do that and a little leery about doing it.

If you have that code set to a 1, new users will get notifications for replies on their topics or topics they respond to without manually setting the notification feature. They will also get an E-mail.
Can we turn off email notifications by default? I see that it is turned on by default for "Someone replies to a topic to which you are subscribed" and "Someone creates a topic in a forum to which you are subscribed".

I think default notification settings deserved a place in the ACP. Hope for the next version :mrgreen:
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I see in includes/functions_user.php this line:

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'user_notify_type'		=> NOTIFY_EMAIL,
so I guess that changing NOTIFY_EMAIL to another value (what is it?) will disable the email notification by default?
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the whole idea here is to give the member the choice of whether they wish to get notifications of any kind especially email .

why take that away from your members. let them decide these types of things.

personally, If I was a member of a board that sent me all those notifications I would be looking for a way to turn them off as fast as I could.

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Re: Is there an option to turn on auto-subscription to my own topics?

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I changed NOTIFY_EMAIL to NOTIFY_IM and tested by registering a test user. Those two email notification options are still set by default. Moreover, although in my functions_user.php I have

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'user_notify_pm'		=> 1,
, the email option for PM is disabled by default!!!

A bug maybe?
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Re: Is there an option to turn on auto-subscription to my own topics?

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Lumpy Burgertushie wrote:the whole idea here is to give the member the choice of whether they wish to get notifications of any kind especially email .

why take that away from your members. let them decide these types of things.

personally, If I was a member of a board that sent me all those notifications I would be looking for a way to turn them off as fast as I could.

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I would like to disable them by default, not permanently. Of course the users should have the options to change later.
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Tested with two different newly registered account, both have the problem.
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Following up as I try and follow these instructions...

I go to UCP-->Board Preferences-->Editing Posting Defaults

But I'm just taken to this screen. What now?!?

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