email notifications of thread updates

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My SDC got updated last weekend, and since then I've been getting email notification whenever the "Question for Technician" thread is updated. I've posted to a number of other threads, and expected to get a notification for those threads also, but none have been forthcoming. What's up?

~SDC~
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I don't know. I'll ask TMan.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I'm an idiot. I figured out in the middle of the night last night that, on the same day SDC updated itself, I must have accidentally clicked on "watch thread" when I was trying to click on "quote". That probably explains it.

~SDC~
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Is there a way to "unwatch" a thread? I tried clicking on "Show My Watch List", but that just brought up what appeared to be an ancient (really ancient) thread with Frogboy talking about the GC alpha test program.

~SDC~
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
"Question for Technician" thread is updated. I've posted to a number of other threads, and expected to get a notification for those threads also, but none have been forthcoming. What's up?
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Ouch depending on when you clicked on the watch icon you could of had many emails.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
I think you just need to click the 'watch' icon again.
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Thanks, I just tried that, we'll see if it worked. ;)

~SDC~
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Ouch depending on when you clicked on the watch icon you could of had many emails.
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Fortunately it seems to limit itself to one email a day, no matter how many posts are made. Based on my own experience as a programmer (oh, excuse me, I'm now called a software engineer ;) ) I bet that change was made very early in the Stardock test cycle.

~SDC~
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Fortunately it seems to limit itself to one email a day,
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I personally think that when your watched read change status from read to unread posts, you get an e-mail. Next posts won't generate mail since the thread has already unread posts.