Configure Global QCLF Notification Preferences

Every signed-in member has three global QCLF notification preferences: Email notifications, On-site notifications, and a separate Email me about reactions switch.

The current defaults are Email On, On-site On, and Reaction Email Off.

Change Global Preferences

  1. Open Notifications.
  2. In Notification Preferences, set Email notifications, On-site notifications, and Email me about reactions as desired.
  3. Select Save Preferences.
  4. Use Follow Delivery separately when you want to silence only one followed Topic or Category.

Email Notifications

Global Email is the master email gate for registered-user notifications. Even when a notification row was queued earlier, the delivery task checks the user’s current global Email setting before sending.

If Email is Off when a pending email is processed, QCLF suppresses that email instead of sending it. Re-enabling later does not automatically turn a previously suppressed delivery back into pending.

On-Site Notifications

Global On-site controls whether new registered-user events can create visible on-site notification state. When you switch On-site Off, QCLF changes that user’s currently pending on-site notification rows to disabled.

Re-enabling On-site affects later eligible events; it does not resurrect those already-disabled old pending rows.

Reaction Email Is an Additional Gate

Reaction events can still appear on-site when On-site is enabled, but reaction email requires both global Email On and Email me about reactions On. The reaction-email preference defaults Off.

How This Combines with Follows

Topic/Category follows also have per-follow Email/On-site switches. Follower delivery requires the global channel and the relevant per-follow channel to be enabled. Direct events such as mentions or replies to your content are not controlled by another person’s follow settings; they still respect your global channel preferences.

Community Discussion

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