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E-mail me when someone replies checkbox on Idea exchange

The "E-mail me when someone replies" checkbox in this forum doesn't really make sense when there's not the option to reply to a comment, does it?

 

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EDIT: What the checkbox relly does is that it sends you an e-mail when somebody comments on the idea. The text should adhere to it.

NOTE: When you're tagged, only the tag notification is sent.

OPEN: What is the behaviour when you untick one/all the checkboxes in your past comments by editing them - does the last edit take prelevance or does just one tick make the difference?

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Connect Moderator

Hello @CaptainHook, perhaps what is reaaly meant is: email me when someone alse aslso submits a comment to this post?

 

In case you would like to test that: I have checked the checkbox on this comment, so just add another comment and I will then let you know if I received an email.

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Level 8

Good idea, @JanVanHaver, let's try it! 

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I have received an email @CaptainHook, but because you mentioned me, not because a comment was added (judging from the email subject line). Please add another comment without mentioning me 😀

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Level 8

Sure, Jan, didn't realize that. 

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Good News @CaptainHook; I received an email informing me that you had added a comment in the thread (as well as a notification in my notification stream). So, the checkbox is useful, but the wording is confusing. A better phrase could be 'Email me when someone else adds a comment to the post'.

 

This testing process also shows that the 'someone mentioned you' notification has higher priority that the 'someone added a comment' notification - but that makes perfect sense of course.

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Hey @CaptainHook and @JanVanHaver,

 

Thanks for testing this out guys.

 

@CaptainHook, please feel free to edit your post to make it more relevant to the suggestion you want to make.

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Level 8

Thanks for your suggestion, @GeorgesHR, will do.

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Status changed to: Closed

Hi @CaptainHook,

 

We would like to thank you for your idea, but we did not manage to implement it in time. According to our Idea Exchange policies we are going to close your idea.

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