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It is now possible to mention another forum member in a post and an instant email is sent to that person saying that you had mentioned them.

 

Just start typing @member's name. After the first few letters you will see the possible choices and then select the correct one.

 

They will get an instant email provided that their notifications are set so that they haven't suspended all email notifications. There is also a tick box in notifications under "Influence Notifications - when someone mentions you" which members can untick if they don't want to get such emails.

 

You won't get an email if you mention yourself.

 

Any similarities with Twitter are of course coincidental.

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El Loro posted:
Roger the Alien posted:

"You won't get an email if you mention yourself"  

 "Any similarities with Twitter are of course coincidental"  

Thank you for the update El Loro  Very newfangled !

I did try it out on myself but didn't get an email.

But @Former Member

you should get such an email

  Thanks El loro.  Oooh I must check... the email I supplied for registration was ages ago, it might be out of date...

FM
Roger the Alien posted:
El Loro posted:
Roger the Alien posted:

"You won't get an email if you mention yourself"  

 "Any similarities with Twitter are of course coincidental"  

Thank you for the update El Loro  Very newfangled !

I did try it out on myself but didn't get an email.

But @Former Member

you should get such an email

  Thanks El loro.  Oooh I must check... the email I supplied for registration was ages ago, it might be out of date...

I assume it's sent to the email address you use to log in. It should be the one on your forum profile page:
https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/member-cp/update-profile

El Loro
Roger the Alien posted:
El Loro posted:
Roger the Alien posted:

  Thanks El loro.  Oooh I must check... the email I supplied for registration was ages ago, it might be out of date...

I assume it's sent to the email address you use to log in. It should be the one on your forum profile page:
https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/member-cp/update-profile

Thanks - it was indeed out of date so I changed it 

Does another @Former Member to see if you get this one as my previous one has probable vanished into the ether

El Loro
El Loro posted:
Roger the Alien posted:
El Loro posted:
Roger the Alien posted:

  Thanks El loro.  Oooh I must check... the email I supplied for registration was ages ago, it might be out of date...

I assume it's sent to the email address you use to log in. It should be the one on your forum profile page:
https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/member-cp/update-profile

Thanks - it was indeed out of date so I changed it 

Does another @Former Member to see if you get this one as my previous one has probable vanished into the ether

 Yes, it worked ta El Loro 

FM
Baz posted:

Oooo....I will have to remember not to mention anyone by name ....which I do regularly Thanks @El Loro  

Baz, yours hasn't gone through as a mention to be emailed to me. You can see that the @and my name aren't in blue hyperlink text.

When you start typing the @name you need to wait for the possible names to be listed and select from those to get @Baz

If for some reason you want to show it as just text rather than a mention just use Remove Link over the name to remove the link @Baz

El Loro
El Loro posted:
Baz posted:

Oooo....I will have to remember not to mention anyone by name ....which I do regularly Thanks @El Loro  

Baz, yours hasn't gone through as a mention to be emailed to me. You can see that the @and my name aren't in blue hyperlink text.

When you start typing the @name you need to wait for the possible names to be listed and select from those to get @Baz

If for some reason you want to show it as just text rather than a mention just use Remove Link over the name to remove the link @Baz

Ok  

Baz
El Loro posted:
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

....but no e-mail has arrived!

I did mention earlier that it doesn't work when you send it to yourself - I tried it to see if it would and it didn't.

Yes, but you didn't give any details, I needed to know at what stage of the process it didn't work.

Didn't let you choose your own name......?

didn't turn blue if you chose yourself......?

OR (as it turns out) lets you go through the process, but doesn't send an e-mail!

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:
El Loro posted:
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

....but no e-mail has arrived!

I did mention earlier that it doesn't work when you send it to yourself - I tried it to see if it would and it didn't.

Yes, but you didn't give any details, I needed to know at what stage of the process it didn't work.

Didn't let you choose your own name......?

didn't turn blue if you chose yourself......?

OR (as it turns out) lets you go through the process, but doesn't send an e-mail!

Fluffy,the last one.  I typed @ followed by El L, waited for the possible names to appear, then selected mine at which point it turned blue. When I posted it remained blue, the same as if I had mentioned someone else. But I got no email. I assume that the process identifies that you are mentioning yourself so that there is no point is sending an email to you.

 

It's much the same with liking a reply. If someone likes one of my replies I get an email. Although I can like one of my own replies which would be rather egoistic of me I would not get an email.

El Loro

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