# Inconsistencies in email notification

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconsistencies-in-email-notification/291126>\
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**Created:** [February 21, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconsistencies-in-email-notification/291126 "2005-02-21T04:57:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconsistencies-in-email-notification/291126/1 "2005-02-21T04:57:06Z")

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This has been bugging me for quite some time. Why is it that I _sometimes_ get multiple emails on single posts to a thread I’ve subscribed to. And why am I _sometimes_ not notified on subsequent posts to other threads?

I’ve checked my settings on my Control Panel, and they look fine. Any ideas?  
Seeker

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**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconsistencies-in-email-notification/291126/2 "2005-02-21T07:54:49Z")

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IANA Admin but I think I might know the problem. This is still a WAG though.

1. Someone does a multiple post by mistake. The system catches it on the boards now (and gives the duplicate post message) but the email still gets sent out. In this case the multiple e-mail notifications are all the same. This happens quite a lot.

2. If I am checking my subscribed threads without checking my email I would start to get other email notifications. This would explain multiple e-mail notifications that are different.

I think I’m right on the first one but I rarely check the boards before my email so the second could (and probably is) wrong.

Hope I helped.