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What if an email was sent to OP when there is activity on their question?

It could be sent only if they aren't logged in (this could be a user preference). It could be a day's digest for comments (to prevent too much email sending).

It should be a different message for comments and answers. So answer notification email would be sent instantly (not waiting the for digest).


Because I think it would invite OPs to mark their answer as accepted. Sometimes, OP take days and weeks to come back to see if they had an answer. And sometimes, they never come back... Leaving lots of unaccepted answers.

I think and hope it is simple to implement. ;)

marked as duplicate by usr2564301, Tunaki, Luke, πάντα ῥεῖ, Unheilig Jul 23 '16 at 21:58



Were you looking for this checkbox?


If it doesn't appear, go to your account preferences and make sure "Email me my unread inbox messages" is checked.

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