Create Alerts

Email alerts are available only on discussion forums that do not have a Listserv enabled (Listservs allow for discussions via email). If you see an alarm bell icon instead of an envelope icon in the discussion forum, that forum allows for email alerts.

Alerts will send an email message to your external email address whenever a discussion forum or discussion thread is updated with a new post.

Alerts do not allow for two-way discussions, though.

Alerts will notifiy you of a new discussion update, but you cannot reply to alerts via your email program. You'll need to login to the website to respond to a discussion or start your own new discussion.

Email Alert

Set Up an Alert for a Particular Discussion Thread
Setting up an alert for a discussion thread will allow you to be emailed when only a particular discussion topic is updated.

Open up the discussion thread by clicking on the thread's title, and then click on the alarm bell icon located at the top of the discussion thread.

Once you've set up the alert, the icon will have a red X through it.

Setting up a discussion alert

To remove an alert, click on the alert icon again so that the red X disappears.

Deleting a discussion alert

Or, click on My Alerts in the My Network box, then Delete Alert next to the alert you'd like to delete.

Set Up an Alert for an Entire Discussion Forum
Setting up an alert for a discussion forum will email you whenever there is new activity throughout the entire forum, rather than just an individual thread.

Find the discussion forum you'd like to subscribe to, and then click on the alarm bell icon located at the top of the discussion forum.

Discussion forum alert

Once you've set up the alert, the icon will have a red X through it.

To remove an alert, click on the alert icon again so that the red X disappears.

Or, click on My Alerts in the My Network box, then Delete Alert next to the alert you'd like to delete.

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