Uploading image to xenforo media gallery watches entire category?

[sross]

Hi,

Can someone advise how to disable this? I have a mass of users complaining about it. With a busy site and gallery you can't have a single image upload subscribe a user to an entire category, they are getting hammered with notices. An image upload should auto-watch that image, but the entire category? really? Maybe I am missing a setting.

Thanks

 

[Martok]

This is a user option in Preferences:

Automatically watch categories that you add media to...

• and receive email notifications

I believe the user must set this as I can't find an option to set it by default for new users on registration.

Users can untick the option in their Preferences. This will prevent watching/emails for any new categories they upload to.

To unwatch/stop emails from existing watched categories they can go to

yoursite.com /watched/categories

and from there disable email alerts for watched categories or stop watching categories altogether.

 

[sross]

This is a user option in Preferences:

Automatically watch categories that you add media to...

• and receive email notifications

I believe the user must set this as I can't find an option to set it by default for new users on registration.

Users can untick the option in their Preferences. This will prevent watching/emails for any new categories they upload to.

To unwatch/stop emails from existing watched categories they can go to

yoursite.com /watched/categories

and from there disable email alerts for watched categories or stop watching categories altogether.

Thanks!

That being said I uploaded a test image here and it auto-subscribed me to the category. This was by default.

 

[Martok]

Thanks!

That being said I uploaded a test image here and it auto-subscribed me to the category. This was by default.

It's not set in my Preferences. If you don't think you set it in yours, it, might be worth checking with @Chris D if it's a default or not.

 

[Paul B]

Out of the box it will be checked automatically in preferences.

This is a vanilla install:

 

[TeflonDon]

Is there a way to disable this globally?

 

[Brad L]

I believe the user must set this as I can't find an option to set it by default for new users on registration.

Is this still the case? I'm also getting some complaints about notifications from a busy gallery category.

 

[Chris D]

FWIW, I think this has changed in XFMG2 - you never auto watch a category.

Otherwise, yes, you'd need to use the option mentioned by Martok.