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BEWARE! With ISP's providing better spam protection on your personal computers it will be necessary to enter the web sites "From" address onto your computers address book with these forum addresses ([e-mail]) and ([e-mail]) so your Internet Service Provider (ISP) doesn't tag the reply emails as spam. It would also be recommended that you add both of these email "From" addresses to your "Gmail, Outlook or other web based email provider especially if you have the emails forwarded".

What happens is this forum sends out the reply email and your ISP will block it, "As Spam" because the host server is sending out thousands of emails from the web sites the server hosts. You may not get any messages about the email from this forum being blocked and in most cases you won't get any email about any messages being blocked. Email addresses that are in your computers address book will not get blocked.  and will go through even though your ISP marks them as spam. Cox, Comcast and various other ISP's tag a lot of emails especially forum emails as spam and this forum is hosted by an entity that has it's post reply emails tagged as spam even though the emails are not spam and contain no harmful viruses or Trojans. This kind of spam blocking will become even greater over the next several years and I like not getting all the ads and B.S. in my inbox but myself and millions of others don't get a lot of forum and web site reply emails because of this spam blocking. I entered this servers "noreply" emails into my address book and now it allows the two "From" email addresses to get through and the reply emails go fast into my inbox now.

If you use an email address like gmail, live.com, mail.com or any other email host the reply emails from this forum most likely will not be blocked but emails won't get forwarded to the inbox your ISP provides for you on your computer. In most cases with the email hosts you will get a "Delivery Status" message telling you the message could not be forwarded to your personal ISP if you have forwarding turned on or the email will be put in your junk folder. If you are not getting the reply emails from this forum in your hosted email inbox then your hosted email account is blocking them also and you will have to go through the settings to allow the emails from [e-mail] to be allowed. Most email sites like Google, Yahoo, Outlook and Mail.com will not block emails from this forum, "They Just Can't Forward Them Because Your ISP Has Tagged Them As Spam".

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Bookmarks and threads participated in are two different functions. If you reply to a post without bookmarking the thread you will only get 1 email every 24 hrs. with a list of all the threads you posted in that are not bookmarked. If you bookmark a thread and someone replies in the thread after you post you will get your reply email "Fast" if you have "[e-mail]" entered into your computers address book.

When you create a thread you must bookmark it in the "Actions" dropdown box at the top of the thread or the options cog wheel icon when you are creating the thread or you will not receive replies when someone posts in it. If you post in someone else's thread you must bookmark that thread in the "Action" dropdown box next to the search box if you want to be emailed when someone else posts after you on the spot. If you post in a thread and do not bookmark it any replies in that thread will go to the "Participated In" function and you will get any replies in a bundled email every 24 hrs. 

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About Bookmarks

Forum bookmarks are similar to the Favorites function of your internet web browser, and provide quick access to interesting message board content for future viewing. The forum bookmarks system allows you to add interesting threads to a bookmark collection and can be accessed with the Bookmarks button displayed in the menu at the top of the forum.

One advantage to using the online forum bookmarks rather than the favorites features in your web browser is that forum bookmarks are always available through your online forum account, regardless of which computer or internet connected device you are using. Another advantage is that you can receive notifications letting you know when topics you have bookmarked have been updated. These notifications range from having a notification come up on the forum, allowing you to see at a glance that a topic has been updated, or you can receive emails letting you know when topics have been updated. You can modify your notification options in your profile settings.

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To bookmark a thread, first navigate to a thread on the message board that you find interesting and would like to bookmark. Once viewing the thread, click the Actions drop-down menu found just above the first post of the thread, and from the menu select the Bookmark option. Once you choose the Bookmark option from the action menu, you will notice an Bookmark image display in the top-left hand corner of the thread, just above the post at the top of the page. You will also notice that the Bookmark option in the action menu has now changed to read Remove Bookmark, allowing you to remove the bookmark if made by accident.

Once you have a topic bookmarked, you can access the bookmarked thread at any time using the Bookmarks button found in the menu bar at the top of the forum. This button will only appear if there are topics bookmarked to your account.

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Managing Your Bookmarks

If you've had some topics bookmarked for a while, there may come a time where you will want to remove a bookmark, or mark a bookmarked topic as read to remove a forum notification. You can do this on the Bookmarks page by clicking the Bookmarks button in the top menu bar. On this bookmarks page, you'll find a complete list of all of the topics you have bookmarked on the forum.

To remove a thread from your bookmarks list, simply mouse over the name of the topic you would like to remove from the bookmarks list. Once you have your mouse over the topic you should see a checkbox appear to the left of the threads name; click on this box to check it. Once the box is checked, click on the Actions menu found at the top of the bookmarks listing, and then choose the Remove Bookmark option. Immediately after you choose the Remove Bookmark option, the selected topic will be removed from your bookmarks list. You can remove multiple threads from your bookmarks list by clicking the checkboxes found to the left of each listed topic that you would like to remove from your bookmarks prior to clicking the Remove Bookmarks option of the Actions menu.

Another thing you can do on the bookmarks page is mark a bookmark as either read or new. These options may be desired if you're in a rush and want to remind yourself to read it the next time you visit the forum, or if you're not currently interested in a topic that you have bookmarked and want to remove its notification from the forum without removing the thread from your bookmarks. To do this, mouse over a topic that you want to mark as read / new, and then check the checkbox that appears to the left of the thread title. Once the box is checked, click on the Actions drop-down menu and choose either the Mark as Read or Mark as New option, depending on the current status of the thread.

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Bookmark Notification Options

There are a couple of different methods that can be used to be notified when a topic you have bookmarked has been updated. You can be notified either with a notification bubble above the Bookmarks button in the top menu bar, showing you the amount of bookmarked topics that have been updated since your last visit to the forum, and/or you can receive and email letting you know when certain bookmarked topics have been updated.

To configure your notification options, visit the forum you frequent and login to your forum account. Once logged in, click the Profile button found in the top menu bar, and then click the Edit Profile button found on the next page. On the next screen, click the Notifications tab and you can view all of the different options that you can receive notifications about on the forum. Look for the when a bookmark is updated option, then check one or both of the boxes provided to the left of this area to indicate the type of notification you would like to receive. Once you have your notifications setup the way you want them to be, click the Save Notification Settings button found at the bottom of the page to complete the process.

Once saved, you will begin to receive notifications based on how you set them up. Keep in mind that you will only receive notifications when the bookmarked topics have been updated by other members; you will not receive a notification when you have posted in a bookmarked topic yourself.