Members may watch specific forums, by clicking the unwatched icon. Forums that are watched will display the watching
icon.
Once the member is watching a forum, automatic notifications will be sent to them when:
- A new topic is posted to a forum
- A comment is posted to a topic in that forum
- A reply has been made to a comment that has been posted to a topic in that forum
The notifications are sent based on the member's contact preferences. When you select to watch a forum, if you have not yet picked to have notifications sent, preferences for forum notifications will be selected for you and you do not have to do this as an extra step. See Set Preferences for Forum Notifications for details.