Notification issues

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Ok so part of this might be me being daft, but I tried to set the sites notifications to tell me when new posts are made to threads I've posted too or made, however the little on-site bell for notifications doesn't seem to show any updates, whilst my email is getting messages all the time about posts being made. 

Right now I've got it set up as follows:

• Send me news and informationEnabling this option will add you to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time.
• Automatically follow content
  • Automatically follow new content I post
  • Automatically follow content I reply to
• Method to use for content I follow automatically
  • A notification when new content is posted
  • One email per day with all new content from that day
  • One email per week with all new content from that week
  • Do not send me notifications
• Notification preferences
  • Show popup window when I receive a new personal message
  • Only send one email notification for content I follow until I revisit the community
  • Play a sound when I receive a notification

   

   

   

  I've also tried setting it to send no notifications; but I still can't get the forum itself to notify me rather than it trying/wanting to do it via email. I must be missing something basic because other forums do this without any issues so I know its a "me" end thing but I can't work out what i've got setup wrong.