# Legit email from Straightdope?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legit-email-from-straightdope/938600>\
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**Created:** [March 24, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legit-email-from-straightdope/938600 "2021-03-24T18:04:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legit-email-from-straightdope/938600/1 "2021-03-24T18:04:52Z")

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I haven’t opened it yet but I just got an email saying “a brief summary since your last visit”. I’ve never had an email like that so I’m not sure if I should delete without opening or read it.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legit-email-from-straightdope/938600/2 "2021-03-24T18:12:08Z")

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There is the potential for email like that from the software, you can check your preferences and then under Emails.

One option is  
**Activity Summary**  
When I don’t visit here, send me an email summary of popular topics and replies

I’m guessing you have it checked off. If you don’t want these Emails, uncheck it.

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**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legit-email-from-straightdope/938600/3 "2021-03-24T18:26:57Z")

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Thank you!

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legit-email-from-straightdope/938600/4 "2021-03-24T18:36:44Z")

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No problem, I wish I had a direct way to send you to the link, but the “my” option doesn’t work for that one.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legit-email-from-straightdope/938600/5 "2021-03-26T10:43:41Z")

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I get those too every now and then. It seems like if I don’t sign in for more than a day or so, I get one. I’m not interested in getting these, but they happen infrequently enough that I haven’t bothered to stop them, and probably won’t.