# Do banned members get notification emails on subscribed threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 11, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980 "2013-02-11T15:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/41 "2013-02-18T12:04:35Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > So I took up Mr. giraffe on his offer. During my temporary ban on the Gee-Bo, I received no email notifications. . . . Well, thanks for taking one for the team. As they used to say back in the day, “Asked and answered.” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/42 "2013-02-18T14:15:25Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Well, thanks for taking one for the team. As they used to say back in the day, “Asked and answered.” I experimented yesterday also. The reason you don’t get any email notifications is that you have to log in to the board first. And, when you log in, you get shown a screen that says “You’re banned.” Kinda a catch 22. If you delete your cookies, you can read the board, but you still won’t get email notification. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/43 "2013-02-18T15:06:29Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I experimented yesterday also. The reason you don’t get any email notifications is that you have to log in to the board first. And, when you log in, you get shown a screen that says “You’re banned.” Kinda a catch 22. > > If you delete your cookies, you can read the board, but you still won’t get email notification. But I don’t have to log on to get e-mail notifications about PMs. Often I get them and then go to log on so I can respond in a timely manner. Why would it be different for thread notifications? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/44 "2013-02-18T15:27:02Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Can I just say that “Banned Members” would be a great band name? Yes. Yes you can. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/45 "2013-02-18T18:30:57Z")
Thanks for the answer. So emails don’t go out to banned members. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/46 "2013-02-18T18:37:48Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I believe as a general rule the mods here don’t actually delete threads, just move them to a hidden forum, in which case your post count won’t change. The exception to this would be if the mods are using the Delete Post as Spam function to wipe out all of a spammer’s posts in one fell swoop: that would actually delete the thread and your post count would be subsequently reduced. I don’t think that this is true. When you make a post, your post count increments. That doesn’t change when a post is deleted. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/47 "2013-02-18T18:42:31Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I don’t think that this is true. When you make a post, your post count increments. That doesn’t change when a post is deleted. I thought the same thing, but Random Precision tested this by posting a soon-to-be-deleted spam thread and confirmed that the count decreased when it got deleted. [Link.](http://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=29495) ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/48 "2013-02-18T21:24:57Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I don’t get this. If we ban someone we remove them from the community. Who cares about their access to anything? We removed them for a reason. So, given that, there’s no objection to talking about banned non-troll, long-term posters any more? I mean, if they’re no longer part of the community and they were removed from a reason and “who cares about their access”, it seems a reasonable conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/49 "2013-02-18T22:08:00Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I don’t think that this is true. When you make a post, your post count increments. That doesn’t change when a post is deleted. There are, AFAIK, three ways in which a post or thread can he “deleted” in VBulletin. 1. It can be moved to a hidden forum. In this case, it’s out of view of members, but not actually deleted, so the post count doesn’t decrease. 2. It can be “soft deleted.” It doesn’t necessarily have to be moved off-thread, but can be rendered invisible to everyone except mods and admins. It’s still physically on the forums, so no reduction in post count. 3. In the case of spam, it can be physically removed from the database completely, never to return. This will decrease the member’s post count. ---
**Author:** ![Bones\_Daley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@Bones\_Daley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bones_Daley)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/50 "2013-02-19T18:11:05Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Can I just say that “Banned Members” would be a great band name? I have always thought that Aerosmith should have renamed themselves “Banned In Boston”, ab initio… if they _ **had** _ done, they might have made the big time … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980.md?page=2)