# Messages from the 'Dope

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-the-dope/990974>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-the-dope/990974 "2023-10-02T01:01:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-the-dope/990974/1 "2023-10-02T01:01:01Z")

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What is the deal with getting notifications from the Straight Dope before I log onto my PC?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-the-dope/990974/2 "2023-10-02T01:05:12Z")

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Is this recent? Do you have email notifications enabled?  
Profile\>Preferences\>Emails

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-the-dope/990974/3 "2023-10-02T01:07:27Z")

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I have email notifications enabled. I get a message on the lower right of the screen before I logon to the computer. I believe Facebook does the same thing. Perhaps they use the IP address, I don’t know if that changes on a home network.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-the-dope/990974/4 "2023-10-02T02:25:50Z")

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It means you have notifications for the Dope turned on. You would have had to click yes when prompted at some point.

I’m not sure which browser you use, but usually you can change those setting by clicking the icon to the left of the URL. I myself always turn Notifications off on websites—the sole exception being Gmail.

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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-the-dope/990974/5 "2023-10-02T02:29:40Z")

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If Chrome permissions are here:

chrome://settings/content/notifications

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messages-from-the-dope/990974/6 "2023-10-02T16:46:45Z")

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Thanks.