# Gmail Straight Dope problme

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-straight-dope-problme/299871>\
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**Created:** [April 18, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-straight-dope-problme/299871 "2005-04-18T11:57:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-straight-dope-problme/299871/1 "2005-04-18T11:57:22Z")

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I changed my email address for the boards to my gmail address. I got a few notifications, then one was catorgorized as spam. I added the sender to my contacts and now I am no longer getting notificaitons. Does anyone else have similar problems?

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**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-straight-dope-problme/299871/2 "2005-04-18T14:48:47Z")

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I just recently switched my account over to gmail and I’m not having any problems getting notifications, so it’s not a general gmail thing.

Sorry I can’t help more…

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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:** [April 18, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-straight-dope-problme/299871/3 "2005-04-18T16:10:09Z")

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I do not see a gmail address there; you appear to have an “.org” address.

your humble TubaDiva

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**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-straight-dope-problme/299871/4 "2005-04-19T05:15:51Z")

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That is because I changed it back to one of my home email addresses. Tonight I found that it was set to weekly notifications instead of instant notifications. I set it back to instant and then changed it back to gmail. I then looked at my options again and it was back to weekly, so I changed it back to instant.

I am quite sure I did not accidentally change it to weekly as that choice was on a page I did not go to until I was nosing around trying to figure out what was wrong.

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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:** [April 20, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-straight-dope-problme/299871/5 "2005-04-20T03:15:16Z")

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That is weird. Some sort of bug? I’ll go see if it’s been reported.

your humble TubaDiva