In order to stay notified of recent posts on a forum, the Watch option is helpful.
Note: New post notifications will be sent to the user's external or Loyola email address, not via the Messages tool.
Go to Discussions.
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Select Discussions from the site Tool Menu.
Choose notification preference.
Select whether an email is desired for whenever a new message is posted on the Forum, for every new message posted on a conversation that the user has contributed to, or to simply no notification.
Select Save.
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Select Save to apply notification preferences.