# So is the staff actually emailed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 26, 2002, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-staff-actually-emailed/144956 "2002-12-26T10:39:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-staff-actually-emailed/144956/1 "2002-12-26T10:39:25Z")
Around 1:45 AM (Pacific Time), I can’t access the SDMB because I guess it shuts down for maintenance (?). The error page it gives me says that an email is sent to the technical staff telling them about the problem. So do you guys wake up to an inbox full of the same notice? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-staff-actually-emailed/144956/2 "2002-12-26T10:52:05Z")
This was answered [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=133900&highlight=technical) ---
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-staff-actually-emailed/144956/3 "2002-12-26T11:00:54Z")
Dang it. I was feeling so good about myself for searching for that info too but came up with nothing. Thanks for doing the searching work right. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-staff-actually-emailed/144956/4 "2002-12-26T11:07:17Z")
You’re welcome, **Gopher**. I did a search on the word “technical” over the last 6 months here in ATMB, 'cause I was _sure_ I’d seen something before. Hope I didn’t come across all smarmy “Ha! Here it was before!” style. I really should have posted a bit more. (Doing that now! :)) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-staff-actually-emailed/144956/5 "2002-12-26T20:33:08Z")
It’s also mentioned a ways down in the ATMB thread [FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1959053#post1959053). ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-staff-actually-emailed/144956/6 "2002-12-26T20:35:13Z")
Sorry, I misread the OP. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-staff-actually-emailed/144956/7 "2002-12-26T21:09:11Z")
Yeah, I looked there too, **rowrrbazzle** , 'cause I thought it would have been included by now, alongside the rest of the tech FAQ. Could I make a suggestion, when the Admins and Mods have a bit of time, that a note about the topic on this thread be added into the FAQ? Might save another thread being generated, if the info is a bit more readily to hand. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-staff-actually-emailed/144956/8 "2002-12-26T22:04:59Z")
I’ll try to remember to add it in. Usually I put in the FAQ only items that affect the posters, and an e-mail being sent or not makes no difference to the people using the board. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-staff-actually-emailed/144956/9 "2002-12-27T04:28:35Z")
Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-staff-actually-emailed/144956/10 "2002-12-27T13:00:41Z")
Testing something…