I Got A Weird Email SDMB.

[Jim_B]

I just got a weird email apparently from the Straight Dope Message Board. I will share it with you all in its entirety:

Reply to thread ‘What is the Advantage of Painting Your Street Numbers on Your Curb?’…Dear Jim B.,

rnkrodk has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - What is the Advantage of Painting Your Street Numbers on Your Curb? - in the General Questions forum of Straight Dope Message Board.

This thread is located at:http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=188687&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:That was the reason I got it done. Luminous paint that is easy for emergency vehicles to spot unlike house numbers. My brother the fireman says it is true - they use the same principle with luminous reflectors in the middle of the road where the hydrants are.

There may also be other replies, but you will not receive any more notifications until you visit the forum again. All the best,Straight Dope Message Board‏

Anyways, I made it a URL link so you can all go there. As you can see, once there, there is no reply and no rnkrodk. I will try it again, but that is basically what I found. You’re not having a problem with your boards, are you (Mods?)?

The weirdest thing is its apparently from 2003. As I’ve said, I will look at it again more carefully.

[Marley23]

rnkrodk was a spammer. I deleted his post, but the notification was sent automatically as soon as he/she posted.

[Jim_B]

There’s another problem, although I guess it may be minor. I am not being notified about Marley23’s response to my post.

[Polycarp]

That is because Marley23 is a secret ninja poster, whose posts are not recognized as such by the software.

[Richard_Pearse]

I have a similar problem. I get notified about replies to very old threads but not replies to new threads. I have notification turned off.