How do I watch or subscribe to forums?
In order to stay notified of recent posts on a forum, the Watch option is helpful in doing so.
Note: New post notifications will be sent to the user's external/institutional email address, not via the Messages tool.
Go to Forums.
Select the Forums tool from the Tool Menu of your site.
Click Watch.
![Click Watch.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/000/977/original/16b80a0c-e90b-4549-8fe7-04b1c21ff7ca.png)
Choose your notification preference.
![Choose your notification preference.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/000/979/original/e170049e-1841-4d85-b403-a55b3f719313.png)
Select whether an email is desired for every new message posted on the Forum, every new message posted on a Forum that the user has contributed to, or turn off all notifications.
Click Save.
![Click Save.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/000/981/original/49973b06-91e4-4b89-becf-57d39e1fdfa1.png)