# No e-mail notifications

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e-mail-notifications/327718>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 24, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e-mail-notifications/327718 "2005-10-24T20:13:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e-mail-notifications/327718/1 "2005-10-24T20:13:53Z")

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I’m on Yahoo, and haven’t been getting my instant e-mail notifications in several days. Is the postal hamster dead, or is Yahoo screwing up?

I checked the user CP, and that’s set up properly.

I just get sad that the only e-mails I got this weekend were to inform me of the tragic loss of many family members on the Sagbaba Expressway.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e-mail-notifications/327718/2 "2005-10-24T20:38:15Z")

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Not sure why you’re not getting your emails.

If they’re not parked in your spam filter, I can only assume the hamsters have eaten them.

Are you receiving the notifications now?

TubaDiva

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e-mail-notifications/327718/3 "2005-10-24T20:53:53Z")

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Just looked. I can get my paralegal degree, but no SDMB mail.

I’ll give it a little more time, since “instant” is relative.

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e-mail-notifications/327718/4 "2005-10-24T20:58:20Z")

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Discovered “[webmaster@straightdope.com](mailto:webmaster@straightdope.com)” in my blocked address list. I must have gotten carried away with spam over the weekend. I removed the block, and we’ll see what happens.

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e-mail-notifications/327718/5 "2005-10-25T03:33:12Z")

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I’ve seen several responses to a few threads I’ve participated in which have been posted since 5:00 PM eastern, and I have not gotten a single notification.

I even went so far as to clear all my blocked addresses. Didn’t help.

Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e-mail-notifications/327718/6 "2005-10-25T19:02:20Z")

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I had one, but it shrank without surgery. 🙂

Lemme check some settings and get back to you.

TubaDiva

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e-mail-notifications/327718/7 "2005-10-27T19:07:07Z")

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Still nothing…