Subcriptions, etc.

[SteveColes]

The whole issue of subscriptions can become complicated, because, as usual vBulletin has provided a very full featured approach. With that comes complexity. Thsi whole topic deserves a complete tutorial in the FAQ forums, but for the next few weeks, I will not have time to do it or even search vBulletins lousy documentation to see if they have something close to it.

But perhaps I can clear up the issue that is the prime example.

The option in your profile to turn off subscriptions is not what most think it is. All you are doing is turning off new automatic subscriptions. Any subscriptions that are already in effect will continue to function as they were when they were orginally invoked.

Go to your user control panel and click on list subscriptions. If you want to stop those, you will have to delete them

 

[DaveO]

I think that the biggest problem folks are having with the thread subscriptions is the e-mail notification. That is very easily turned off in your User Control Panel. I could care less that I have 50 million subscribed threads collected somewhere, I am not affected by them. I don't know if it has any database ramifications though.
What you explained, Steve, makes sense. I have turned off subscribing to new threads but what I was subscribed to is still there, and as long as that thread is active it is still marked as a subscribed thread for me.
Dave

 

[SteveColes]

And if the subscribed thread had notification, you will STILL get the notifiactions

 

[Travis Porter]

I follow you. There is no table that tracks and updates based on your subscriptions and profile. Each thread has it's own subscription list hence if you are subscribed the thread never gets told to cancel your subscription.

 

[Splinter]

You can turn off the subscriptions to an individual thread using the "Thread Tools" drop down menu at the top of the thread that you are subscribed to.

 

[NCPete]

Cool. I think I have that one figured out now, tho' there were a few times the notification settings seemed to change themselves, on me... but it's all fixed now.