About subscriptions

Subscriptions bring up-to-date Web content to you. When you subscribe to a Web page, Microsoft Internet Explorer adds the page to your Favorites list, and then checks the page for any changes according to a schedule you specify. You can then see which subscriptions have new content by looking at the icon next to the subscription in your Favorites list:

This Means
Subscription icon The subscription is up-to-date, and you’ve viewed the latest update.

Updated Subscription icon The subscription has been updated since you last viewed it.

Alert icon The subscription could not be checked for updates.

By default, Internet Explorer updates your subscriptions by using your preferences settings. You can change how often you want Internet Explorer to check your subscriptions for new content and how you want to be notified when new content is available.

You can also specify custom schedule and notification settings for individual subscriptions, and you can update your subscriptions at any time. If you want to view subscriptions offline, you can also choose to have the updated content automatically saved to your computer (for example, at night or when your computer is idle).

Subscribing to a Web page does not mean you’re required to pay fees. Some Web sites, however, require that you have an account with them before you can access the site. For those Web sites, you can have Internet Explorer automatically send account information — your user name, password, or domain — so you don’t have to enter this information each time you visit the site.

Subscribing to a Web page

Viewing an updated subscription

Updating subscriptions manually

Changing default schedule and notification settings

Sending account information automatically

Making a Web site available offline

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Subscribe to a Web page

  1. Go to the page you want to subscribe to.
  2. On the Favorites menu, click Subscribe.
  3. Do one of the following:

Tip After you subscribe to a page, the Subscription icon Subscription icon appears next to the page in your Favorites list.

Viewing an updated subscription

Changing default schedule and notification settings

Changing schedule or notification settings for a subscription

Sending account information automatically

Making a Web site available offline

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View an updated subscription

  1. Show the Favorites pane.
  2. In the Favorites pane, click the subscription you want to view.

Tip If the Alert icon Alert icon appears next to the subscription, Microsoft Internet Explorer was unable to check the subscription for updates. To find out why a subscription couldn’t be checked for updates, double-click the Alert icon Alert icon, and then click the Subscribe tab.

Updating subscriptions manually

Changing default schedule and notification settings

Canceling a subscription

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Update subscriptions manually

Changing default schedule and notification settings

Changing schedule or notification settings for a subscription

Sending account information automatically

Making a Web site available offline

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Change default schedule and notification settings

  1. On the Edit menu, click Preferences.
  2. Under Web Browser, click Subscriptions.
  3. In the Check For Changed Sites area, specify when you want Internet Explorer to check for new content.
  4. In the When A Site Has Changed area, specify how you want to be notified when new content is available.

Note Microsoft Internet Explorer applies your default schedule and notification settings to both subscriptions and tracked auctions. You can use custom schedule and notification settings, instead of the default settings, for a subscription or an auction.

Changing schedule or notification settings for a subscription

Changing notification settings for an auction

Changing update settings for an auction

Sending account information automatically

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Change schedule or notification settings for a subscription

  1. Show the Favorites pane.
  2. In the Favorites pane, double-click the icon next to the subscription.
  3. Do one or both of the following:

Changing default schedule and notification settings

Sending account information automatically

Making a Web site available offline

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Send account information automatically

  1. Show the Favorites pane.
  2. In the Favorites pane, double-click the icon next to the subscription.
  3. On the Account tab, enter your account information.

Note If you choose to send account information automatically, anyone who has access to your computer can visit the site by using your account information.

Subscribing to a Web page

Storing a site password

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Cancel a subscription

  1. Show the Favorites pane.
  2. In the Favorites pane, double-click the icon next to the subscription.
  3. On the Subscribe tab, clear the Check this site for changes check box.

Changing default schedule and notification settings

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