Is the some setting somewhere I can use to protect my e-mail address from being used for email notification or any other auto-generated SPAM

but then you don't get any notifications at the top of the page do you?

you still get them - you just won't get any sent to your email.

I did not see an option for emails. I don't like getting a thousand mug mails a day. My phone has been dinging like crazy since this site came up. I only want alerts here, not in my emails. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at September 29, 2016 7:49 PM MDT

me too!!

 how to turn them off?
by unchecking all of the boxes?

If it stops the alerts from showing here, what's the point of even having them? ? 

Luna said they will still be there

I have all my boxes unchecked and receive no emails from the new site now.  I am solely using the notifications 'bell' (which still updates) at the top of the page to see recent activity. 

 THANKS me too

http://answermug.com/members/settings/notifications

It says:

Notification Settings

Which of the these do you want to receive email alerts about?

You don't get a choice in your on-site notifications, but you choose what gets sent to your inbox. 

I agree with goat about the having to check every time you answer or reply to NOT get  notified because someone else answered the question.  I think the default should be not checked.  That was something I saw as a negative with the old site.  I only want notification if someone interacts with me by commenting on my answer.  I don't really care if other answer that question after me.  I know you are getting a million suggestions and I hate to be  1,000,001.  :)

YES

That sounds like just the thing. I have looked though, and cannot find it :(

http://answermug.com/members/settings/notifications

Thank you, I found it there.
It can also be found by clicking the red chekmark/open-menu-mark in the title line of the settings page.

I'm going to uncheck all of them and see if I still get alerts here. 

You should still get them.. I've turned them off since the start and I've been solely relying on the bell notifications.

Ok, I turned them all off except the one for when I get a message. I got the alert for this, so I guess i'm satisfied. Now I just need to go clean out all the countless emails I received since yesterday. 

Hahaha sounds like fun :P

I'll pay ya a dollar to do it for me. :)

Even so, I would still call this a "Happy End" to the problem ;-))

Nope, that wont work. I did it over and over to no effect.