# Email alert question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-alert-question/515736>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 30, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-alert-question/515736 "2009-10-30T16:03:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-alert-question/515736/1 "2009-10-30T16:03:57Z")

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Its no big deal really, doensn’t bother me, but I was curious why I get emailed twice about someone replying to a thread. And its the same reply. **Marley23** just showed up in my email box twice, and it was a duplicate notification about the same thing he said.

Like I said, no biggie, just curious.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-alert-question/515736/2 "2009-10-30T20:52:24Z")

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If I had to guess, I’d say it’s either an error or I edited my post and you got a second notification. Which thread was this?

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**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-alert-question/515736/3 "2009-10-30T21:06:42Z")

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Dear Translucent Daydream,

Marley23 has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - heroin addict mother desperately needs help - in the Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) forum of Straight Dope Message Board.

This thread is located at:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=537954&goto=newpost](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=537954&goto=newpost)

Here is the message that has just been posted:

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—Quote (Originally by Oregon sunshine)—  
Sorry for the semi-hijack, but I stopped by to note astonishment that what with the Constitution and all, someone can be arrested for “wandering in a drug zone” … :eek: Since when is simply wandering around a freakin’ crime??? Or are some areas now illegal to “wander” in?? I thought we had the freedom to pretty much “wander” wherever we want in public!!  
—End Quote—  
Given everything else that’s going on in the OP’s life, I wouldn’t take that description at face value. I don’t think anyone charged her with a count of “wandering in a drug zone.”

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Dear Translucent Daydream,

Marley23 has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - heroin addict mother desperately needs help - in the Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) forum of Straight Dope Message Board.

This thread is located at:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=537954&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:
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---Quote (Originally by Oregon sunshine)---
Sorry for the semi-hijack, but I stopped by to note astonishment that what with the Constitution and all, someone can be arrested for "wandering in a drug zone" ... :eek: Since when is simply wandering around a freakin' crime!?!? Or are some areas now illegal to "wander" in?? I thought we had the freedom to pretty much "wander" wherever we want in public!!
---End Quote---
Given everything else that's going on in the OP's life, I wouldn't take that description at face value. I don't think anyone charged her with a count of "wandering in a drug zone."
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-alert-question/515736/4 "2009-10-30T21:08:34Z")

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I don’t know what happened there. Maybe one of the admins can take a crack at it.