# multiple emails

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-emails/263782>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 9, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-emails/263782 "2004-09-09T13:34:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-emails/263782/1 "2004-09-09T13:34:15Z")

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When I get the email notifications to threads I am subscribed to I often get multiple copies sent to me. Sometimes it can be up to 5 identical emails coming to me at once. It can be very annoying and it fills up my mailbox. Does anyone else have this problem? What is causing it?

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**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-emails/263782/2 "2004-09-11T09:12:44Z")

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Dunno why it happens,but I sometimes get 'em too.Although I don’t remember getting more than two at a time for any one thread.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-emails/263782/3 "2004-09-15T15:16:09Z")

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I guess this is a question without an answer ☹