# Automatic email to administrator

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-email-to-administrator/35632>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 4, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-email-to-administrator/35632 "2000-10-04T16:11:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![VileOrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9e8a1a/32.png) [@VileOrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VileOrb)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-email-to-administrator/35632/1 "2000-10-04T16:11:49Z")

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When there’s a problem with the SQl or whatever I get a meesage saying that an email has been sent to an administrator. It also says click refresh to try again. If I click refresh a bunch of times, have I just sent a bunch of email to the administrator? Does this irritate the administrator? Can I apologize to the administrator for my part in creating a headache?

Hoping all is well,  
Vile

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**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-email-to-administrator/35632/2 "2000-10-04T18:04:20Z")

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I think it’s just a lie to make you think they care. The link nto the admin/tech staff is a blank mailto: (no address)

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-email-to-administrator/35632/3 "2000-10-04T21:54:02Z")

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Not true; the technical staff at the Reader gets those email notices.

They are aware of the problem. To quote from one of the techies:

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> Hello. It must be bad news when you hear from me, but the message board [has] grown too big too fast again and the MySQL server is having problems once again. I’ve (finally) located the problem areas (actually, it looks like 3 different areas), and it deals with when users create a post. It’s been acting up since last week, but it now has finally [been] taking it all down. It’s sort of similar to the problem I fixed last time. I’m currently working on a solution.

So now you know.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator  
_“Oh ye of little faith – and questionable personal hygiene.”_– Reverend Billy C. Wirtz