# I am not getting e-mail notification. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 7, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-getting-e-mail-notification/107758 "2002-05-07T19:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-getting-e-mail-notification/107758/1 "2002-05-07T19:05:16Z")
I am not getting e-mail notification when someone responds to a thread I have also responded to. I am subscribed to all of the boards and have the appropriate option checked. Can anyone explain? Have I done something wrong. Bob ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-getting-e-mail-notification/107758/2 "2002-05-09T01:16:26Z")
Have you ever gotten any? Sometimes when the database is busy e-mails can get lost. Do you or your mail server have a spam filter that might be intercepting the thread announcements? Also realize that an e-mail will only be sent once regardless of the number of posts in a thread you’re watching, until you return to the board, at which point the e-mail “flag” is reset. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-getting-e-mail-notification/107758/3 "2002-05-09T02:00:29Z")
Interesting. I got a message that you had replied to this thread but that it the only one I have gotten since the board came back up. Thanks. Bob