# Not receiving 'new post' messages in subscribed threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 1, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436 "2014-05-01T13:35:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/1 "2014-05-01T13:35:56Z")
I haven’t received any messages about new posts being made in threads I’m subscribed to since 3:26 a.m. Eastern Daylight time on 4/30 even though I see some have been made. (And I normally get at least a dozen messages a day.) I’ve checked, and they aren’t being filtered out by my ISP or my email program (Thunderbird.) Has the board stopped offering this service? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/2 "2014-05-01T13:47:14Z")
I’ll ask Jerry to look into this. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/3 "2014-05-01T14:21:33Z")
Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/4 "2014-05-01T15:02:28Z")
Same deal with me. I haven’t received a single email from you folks since sometime yesterday. I have verified that I haven’t mistakenly done something like unsubscribed from threads and that there have been lots of my subscribed threads that have updated since I got my last email from you. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/5 "2014-05-01T15:30:50Z")
Last email I received from you was April 29, just after 10 pm ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/6 "2014-05-01T15:56:35Z")
Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/7 "2014-05-01T16:41:51Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/8 "2014-05-01T16:44:20Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > And according the message board there still has been no one joining since 1:59AM yesterday (a banned user **kirani** ). Tempted to make myself a sock to see if things are seriously broken, but I’ll be good. 😃 Brought up, and explained, in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722297) Since the mail server is down, confirmation email can’t be sent out. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/9 "2014-05-01T20:27:13Z")
Apparently someone has pulled the buttplug out of the server, as I got about 150 emails in just a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/10 "2014-05-01T22:46:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Brought up, and explained, in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722297) Since the mail server is down, confirmation email can’t be sent out. I realized that before you sent that message, which is why I deleted it as best I could. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/11 "2015-03-10T22:47:59Z")
Bumping my old thread because it’s happening again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/12 "2015-03-10T23:04:21Z")
Yep, same here. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/13 "2015-03-10T23:17:15Z")
The e-mail server seems to be down. We’re aware of it. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. Sorry for any inconvenience. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/14 "2015-03-11T13:16:20Z")
Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/15 "2015-03-11T14:25:31Z")
Thanks for the update! (I always dither over posting about this – it’s not an earth-shaking ‘must jump on it right away problem’, on the other hand, there was one time we lost phone service during and for three days after a snowstorm before we finally found out the phone co. had no idea there _was_ a problem to be fixed.) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/16 "2015-03-11T15:33:00Z")
Definitely report it- other functions also use the email server (like when new posters join and it sends out the confirmation email), so if it’s down it affects more than just the new posts notifications. You guys are the canaries in the coal mine! ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/17 "2015-03-12T00:47:06Z")
The e-mail server seems to be back up and running. Let us know if you have any more problems. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/18 "2015-03-12T01:13:28Z")
Oh dear god! So many emails all at once. Put the plug back in! ---
**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:** [March 12, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/19 "2015-03-12T02:33:10Z")
Thank you, comp geek. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436/20 "2015-03-12T04:34:38Z")
Woo hoo! So many messages – I must be loved. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-receiving-new-post-messages-in-subscribed-threads/687436.md?page=2)