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Fly G
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Fly G asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 1 year ago

How do I stop YA from emailing me whenever someone else answers a question I answered?

I don't see it in options to check off under preferences.

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  • 1 year ago
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    Okay.......once again, let me copy my answer from the last 50 times I have answered this..............

    My experience has been, that it's not a matter of changing your preferences on your profile..........but there's a message that occasionally pops up , after you answer a question, that sez "Please email when someone else answers this question" (or something to that effect)

    You have to click on THAT when you see it to stop these damn notifications.

    The trouble is.....it only pops up once in a blue moon, and you have to catch it , when it does------because then it won't appear again , for god knows how long.

    Right now, I have 800 of them in my in box.......and I can't get rid of them.

    I click to delete, and it only delete's ONE at a time.......not ALL of them!!!

    I had over 900 of them, before I finally saw the message again, and thank GOD was able to turn the damn thing off.

    but now I still have over 800 of them, which I have to delete 1 by 1.

    Look for the message after you answer each question.....

    clicking or unclicking anything on your profile page  DOES NOTTTTTT STOP this problem. 

    Glad to help.......please ignore the other wrong answers here. 

    okay??? see?  3 Thumbs down, and people still saying you CAN'T TURN IT OFF!!!!   oh Lord Jesus  help me rid the world of willfully ignorant people who ignore facts staring them in the face. 

    You click on  THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS------

    Get email notifications when there are new answers to all questions I answered

    or rather, you  UNCLICK  the bloody thing, to stop those notifications!!!!!!!!!!!! 

    it appears  UNDER the source box......when you answer a question. 

    It appears  ***ALREADY**** clicked, meaning you WANT the notifications!  If you don't turn it the M****** F******  OFF.........you will be flooded with those notifications which are a B*tch to erase. 

    Is that  CLEAR enough for all the high and mighty know it alls here?  GEEEEZUS! 

  • 1 year ago

    Just uncheck the box next to "Get email notifications when there are new answers to all questions I answered." You could also go back to your previously submitted answers and uncheck the boxes there. This option is already pre-set by default and you can never find that under preferences.

  • 1 year ago

    i dont think you can, i just delete them

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    Email Notifications are Broken Even if you do see it as a Option a lot of people are Reporting they are still getting the Emails anyways the only thing you can do Unfortunately is Mark it as Spam to stop the Messages

  • 1 year ago

    When you answer you will see it at the bottom of your answer, just turn it off there.

    Just under "What's your source"  Looks like this.

    Get email notifications when there are new answers to all questions I answered

  • .
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    At the moment, you can't. All you can do is hope they fix the glitch that's causing users to be emailed when they don't want to be. You can set a rule in your email (depending on which email client you use) to send those emails straight to the trash or some other specific folder, so you don't get them in your inbox. Of course, it will also send any BA notifications to the designated folder as well.

  • Sharon
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    That is a glitch. You have to wait until they fix it. There is nothing you can do until then.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    When you answer a question there's a global option at the bottom where the submit button is. That checkbox is supposed to set the notification attribute for all your present and future answers. Make sure it's unchecked on your next answer. It's a weird place to manage an option for other answers, but that's how they do it.

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    You can't, I can't yahoo has gone berserk, sadly, maybe it will fix itself, looks like n one ay yahoo will

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    It's a glitch is Yahoo Answers. Right now there is no way to turn off those notifications. 

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