# Damned SDMB...technical glitch? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 2, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-sdmb-technical-glitch/287987 "2005-02-02T15:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-sdmb-technical-glitch/287987/1 "2005-02-02T15:34:00Z")
Okay, okay… This has been a problem for a long time, but now that I’ve switched from Outlook Express to Thunderbird I can no longer access my Hotmail through a nice, convenient shell. So now a minor annoyance has become a major one. From what I understand, if I’m subscribed to a thread I should be notified when there has been a response. However, according to the emails from the SDMB… > [@SDMB](#): > > There may be other replies also, but you will not receive any more notifications until you visit the forum again. Wanna bet? I’ve got a Hotmail box stuffed with 'em. Visit the SDMB. Don’t visit the SDMB. I still get a message for (nearly) every reply to a thread. Anyone else having this problem or am I just lucky? Anyone find a way around this problem? -Joe, vexed ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-sdmb-technical-glitch/287987/2 "2005-02-02T19:30:22Z")
I have that problem, but it seems pretty random. I’ll either get an email for every freaking reply, or none at all and have to keep checking my subscription list (which has just hit 704 subscriptions as of now :eek: ). ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-sdmb-technical-glitch/287987/3 "2005-02-02T19:59:03Z")
I have a filter on my mail that takes all the notifies and sends them to a special folder. The to: address is always the same for notifies and different than things the mods would send (I think…) so you can get rid of one but not the other.