# I'm not getting any e-mails

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-any-e-mails/145388>\
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**Created:** [December 28, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-any-e-mails/145388 "2002-12-28T18:44:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-any-e-mails/145388/1 "2002-12-28T18:44:06Z")

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I’m subscribed to a few threads, but I haven’t recived any e-mails about them since Thursday.

What’s happening ?

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-any-e-mails/145388/2 "2002-12-28T21:38:20Z")

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from the thread [FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=2327233#post2327233):

> [@](#):
>
> …several people have complained that they get more than one e-mail / get no e-mails / the feature doesn’t work right.
> 
> Since the server is overworked we recommend that people not depend on this feature. Instead keep your popular threads in bookmarks, or, if you absolutely must, subscribe to them but don’t expect the e-mail.