How do I watch or subscribe to Discussions?
In order to stay notified of recent posts on a discussion, the Notifications option is helpful.
Note: New post notifications will be sent to the user's external/institutional email address, not via the Messages tool.
Go to Discussion.
![Image of the discussions tool.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/004/150/285/original/dbbffbeb-dc00-49d9-8cd0-b371646ddb77.png)
Select the Discussions tool from the Tool Menu of your site.
Click Notifications.
![Image of the notificaitons button.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/004/150/287/original/f39334b1-a9aa-4eac-951c-a5396b754738.png)
Choose your notification preference.
Select whether an email is desired for whenever a new message is posted on the Discussion, for every new message posted on a conversation that the user has contributed to, or to simply turn off all notifications.
Click Save.
![Image of the save button.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/151/072/original/3587a2d6-0e59-411c-96b6-aa6fd8115335.png)