I'm wondering about the notification feature on the site. I like that the bar at the top shows notifications, but I don't like that it sends me an email every time someone replies to a thread I've posted to. Is there a way to separate the notifications you get on the site from the email notifications?

There is an option at the bottom right of each thread that is defaulted to "Watch this topic for replies". Once you've replied, click on that and change it to "Stop watching this thread" (or something like that) and you will not get those emails. It used to be defaulted to not automatically send the emails. Perhaps an admin can speak to why the default changed.

I found that setting under my profile to stop receiving notifications. That turned off the emails, but it also stopped the notifications in the toolbar when I'm actually visiting the forum, too.