Esteemed Monks, I looked around (in vain) on PM to see if there is any way of "watching" a node, especially a question I have posted, or a response from me to a question? Ideally, get some notification on PM itself that someone has responded to the question/comment, or at least get an email?

Apologies if this is just me over-looking something, I did try to RTFM!

Right now, I have to through my list of postings, and check each one to see what responses have been made. Not a big deal, but can sometimes be a slow process, especially if PM is feeling a bit tired, and response times are, well, not very responsive.

Laziness is a Good Thing, after all....

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Re: "Watch" a node?
by marto (Cardinal) on Oct 29, 2010 at 15:46 UTC
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      OK, I missed that one - thanks.

      In fact, I did my search again and found a whole bunch of stuff. Looks like I need to RTFM a bit closer.

      One drawback I can see with this "bot" is that I have to tell it what nodes to watch - my laziness means I would like something that watches any node I create, without being told to do so explicitly.

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        but note that the watcher bot is currently down for maintenance.

        Update: Now that perlmonk.org (the host on which watcher's bot was being developed) has crashed and burned, I think it's safe to say that it is gone with the wind. Maybe some day I (or someone else) will attack this problem once more.

        What is the sound of Windows? Is it not the sound of a wall upon which people have smashed their heads... all the way through?
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        "One drawback I can see with this "bot" is that I have to tell it what nodes to watch - my laziness means I would like something that watches any node I create, without being told to do so explicitly."

        Perhaps this would be a nice user definable feature, and/or the option to click a link within a thread to indicate you wish to follow it.

        Sorry, I wasn't aware watcher was down, thanks jdporter for mentioning it.

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Re: "Watch" a node? (/msg's for replies)
by tye (Sage) on Oct 29, 2010 at 18:47 UTC

    Watcher? What was asked for sounds exactly like "/msg me when I get a reply", an ancient option now found on message settings.

    - tye        

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      Oh. Yeah. Maybe that should be on by default?

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        It should be for new users anyway.

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      That sounds like what I was looking for - many thanks!
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