Email notifications

Hi Rick, it is not actually a drop down box, more a "tick this box" set up, as Annie said "My Account" "Edit" tab. Although the format has changes in the copy and paste, this is what you should be reading.  It is waaaaaay down the bottom of the page.

HideComment follow-up notification settings
 Receive content follow-up notification e-mails
Check this box to receive an e-mail notification for follow-ups on your content. You can not disable notifications for individual threads.
Receive comment follow-up notification e-mails

Check this box to receive e-mail notification for follow-up comments to comments you posted. You can later disable this on a post-by-post basis... so if you leave this to YES, you can still disable follow-up notifications for comments you don't want follow-up mails anymore - i.e. for very popular posts.

Rick, I think what you have done sounds correct - leave the box unchecked, and select 1) No notifications.  But perhaps it only applies to threads you start/comment in after you make the changes? If that's the case, threads prior to your blanket change, you might need to individually opt out of in the actual thread (except your own generated threads, don't think you can opt out of past ones of those at all?).

I guess if, with your new notification settings in place, you start a new thread here called "test" or whatever, then someone replies to that, could test the theory that way by seeing if you get any emails.  Just a thought.