Emailing out '.... just replied to your thread'

[wandrer]

Normally under UBB or other forum programs, an email is sent out to the first person who started a topic when someone replies to that topic. How does vBulletin go about emailing out notification of replies ?

I just got an email saying "Slasher has just replied to your thread entitled - So, how are you guys liking the graphics? ...." and I was a person who responded to the original topic - not the person who started the topic. Does that mean that vBulletin emails out to everyone who previously responded to the topic when a new person responds (as long as they check the box for email notification). When a topic with 10 responses (each by a different individual) receives its 11th response, does that mean that 11 emails are sent out (one to each of the 10 people who responded ?)

If so, what kind of load on a system would that be for a site like http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro

Humm....

[Menno]

In your profile you have the ability to select if you get messages form every topic you reply to. Just shut this of, and it won't bother you :) Under the text box (reply box) there's the 'email notification' checkbox

I don't think the load wil be to big- ultraboard has this option as well, and it seems to work fine

[John]

It probably would be a fairly heavy load if a lot of users have signed up to receive a reply, especially on busy boards. If you don't want replies to be able to receive email notification, you can just remove that option from the template. Easy as that... :)

John