Not getting Email notifications

Jbroad572 · February 16, 2007, 03:05 AM

I haven't received an email notification yet to any of my posts. Is this feature deactivated? The messages aren't going to my spam folder either. Just want to check.

Al Norris · February 16, 2007, 08:50 AM

JBroad572, I looked at your user profile and everything is set correctly. You should be receiving email notifications of the threads you subscribe to.

The caveat is that you must manually subscribe to the thread when posting. Have you done that? There are some options just below the edit box. One of those is the Thread Subscription Notification Type. It's a pull-down menu.

**Mal H** · February 16, 2007, 09:40 AM

Al, I thought that with "Instant Email Notification" selected (the one Jbroad5720 has selected), a member is automatically subscribed to a thread in which he posts. IOW, no need to manually subscribe to a thread.

It does appear that there is a bug in there somewhere, either on our end or on his end.

Jbroad572 - double check to be sure emails from TFL aren't being blocked somehow by your email app (spam filter, etc.)

**Mal H** · February 16, 2007, 09:45 AM

Test post 1.

I turned on automatic notification to see if I get an email.

[Added a few seconds later]
The system automatically subscribed me to this thread.

**Mal H** · February 16, 2007, 09:52 AM

Test post 2.
.
.
.
But, no email. Maybe it won't email if the new post is from the subscribed member. I'll wait until someone else posts here to check out that aspect.

**Bud Helms** · February 16, 2007, 09:58 AM

Here ya go ... test, test.

**Mal H** · February 16, 2007, 10:07 AM

Thanks, Bud, I got the email immediately.

Quote:

Bud Helms has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - Not getting Email notifications - in the Suggestions, Questions and Tech Support forum of TheFiringLine Forums.

This thread is located at:
http://www.TheFiringLine.com/forums/...5&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:
***************
Here ya go ... test, test.
***************

So, Jbroad572, I've gotta think the problem is on your end with your email process. Also, as I just determined, you won't receive an email when you post to a subscribed thread yourself.

Jbroad572 · February 16, 2007, 12:05 PM

That is really weird. I get all my other forum notifications and received the email verification, but still no replies. They aren't going to my spam folder or anything. I'm going to try changing my email address to my gmail and see what happens.

Jbroad572 · February 16, 2007, 12:51 PM

ok someone helpe me test it out ... leave a reply.

Jbroad572 · February 16, 2007, 12:59 PM

It's working now, just received a notification from another thread. Thanks !

**Mal H** · February 16, 2007, 01:04 PM

I'll bet your old email "service" was blocking what it considered spam by their own definition. What service was it?

February 16, 2007, 03:05 AM	#1
Jbroad572 Member Join Date: October 28, 2006 Posts: 28	Not getting Email notifications I haven't received an email notification yet to any of my posts. Is this feature deactivated? The messages aren't going to my spam folder either. Just want to check.

February 16, 2007, 08:50 AM	#2
Al Norris Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 29, 2000 Location: Rupert, Idaho Posts: 9,660	JBroad572, I looked at your user profile and everything is set correctly. You should be receiving email notifications of the threads you subscribe to. The caveat is that you must manually subscribe to the thread when posting. Have you done that? There are some options just below the edit box. One of those is the Thread Subscription Notification Type. It's a pull-down menu.

February 16, 2007, 09:40 AM	#3
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,949	Al, I thought that with "Instant Email Notification" selected (the one Jbroad5720 has selected), a member is automatically subscribed to a thread in which he posts. IOW, no need to manually subscribe to a thread. It does appear that there is a bug in there somewhere, either on our end or on his end. Jbroad572 - double check to be sure emails from TFL aren't being blocked somehow by your email app (spam filter, etc.)

February 16, 2007, 09:45 AM	#4
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,949	Test post 1. I turned on automatic notification to see if I get an email. [Added a few seconds later] The system automatically subscribed me to this thread.

February 16, 2007, 09:52 AM	#5
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,949	Test post 2. . . . But, no email. Maybe it won't email if the new post is from the subscribed member. I'll wait until someone else posts here to check out that aspect.

February 16, 2007, 09:58 AM	#6
Bud Helms Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia, USA Posts: 13,198	Here ya go ... test, test.

February 16, 2007, 12:05 PM	#8
Jbroad572 Member Join Date: October 28, 2006 Posts: 28	That is really weird. I get all my other forum notifications and received the email verification, but still no replies. They aren't going to my spam folder or anything. I'm going to try changing my email address to my gmail and see what happens.

February 16, 2007, 12:51 PM	#9
Jbroad572 Member Join Date: October 28, 2006 Posts: 28	ok someone helpe me test it out ... leave a reply.

February 16, 2007, 12:59 PM	#10
Jbroad572 Member Join Date: October 28, 2006 Posts: 28	It's working now, just received a notification from another thread. Thanks !

February 16, 2007, 01:04 PM	#11
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,949	I'll bet your old email "service" was blocking what it considered spam by their own definition. What service was it?