Home Forums Read-Only Forums New Users Super dumb question

I've been using MacFixIt forums since 2001 and still don't know how to tell if I got a new response to a listing other than go to my postings and click on each link. Shhh.... don't tell anybody, they might suspect I'm a 'slolerner.'

There are at least three ways to tell if there is a new response:

• Click on Topic Options at the top of the page and select Add Topic to your Watched Topics and you will receive an email every time there is a response with the content of the response in the email.
• Online when you look at the list of topics in a forum, those topics that have been responded to since the last time you were in that forum will have a manila colored folder icon. The icon for topics that do not have new material will be white folders.
• If you look at the rightmost column you will see the name of the last poster and the time that post was made which will work if your memory is good enough. Mine isn't.

Actually, that's only the case if you go to My Stuff -> Edit Preferences and check the Yes radio button under By default should anything added to your Watch Lists be emailed to you? (be sure to click the Submit button at the bottom of the page to implement the change) or go to My Stuff ->Watch Lists -> Watched Topics -> Edit Watched Topics and check the Immediately radio button under Email Notification for the specific thread you want to receive reply notifications for (be sure to click the Update Watched Topics button to implement the change).

By default, notification is turned off, both universally in your Preferences and case-by-case in your Watch Lists.

Thank you.