# Subscribed thread email problems

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-thread-email-problems/269014>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 13, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-thread-email-problems/269014 "2004-10-13T15:12:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-thread-email-problems/269014/1 "2004-10-13T15:12:45Z")

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Okay, I checked the sticky and didn’t see this…

When I’m subscribed to a thread, I believe I used to get an email for the first new message posted, and no more until I went to the thread again. In fact, the email I receive says:

> [@SDMB email](#):
>
> There may be other replies also, but you will not receive any more notifications until you visit the forum again.
> 
> Yours,  
> Straight Dope Message Board team

However, I’m receiving one email per reply regardless of if I view the thread again, which adds up to a ton of emails on heavily trafficked threads.

Anyone else seen this? I don’t see any way to change the subscribed threads options… or am I missing something?

Thanks 🙂

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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 13, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-thread-email-problems/269014/2 "2004-10-13T17:20:19Z")

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Your settings are correct. Not sure what’s going on with the board, it seems to be a glitch. I’ll pass this on to Jerry. I can’t promise you anything more than that. Sorry to hear you’re having problems, I can imagine how annoying that is.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-thread-email-problems/269014/3 "2004-10-13T17:23:07Z")

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> [@TubaDiva](#):
>
> Your settings are correct. Not sure what’s going on with the board, it seems to be a glitch. I’ll pass this on to Jerry. I can’t promise you anything more than that. Sorry to hear you’re having problems, I can imagine how annoying that is.
> 
> your humble TubaDiva  
> Administrator

Thanks much!

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-thread-email-problems/269014/4 "2004-10-14T14:29:02Z")

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> [@dasgupta](#):
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> Anyone else seen this?

Definitely not alone.  
I either get one notification per reply like you are, or I get none at all.  
Some threads I’m subscribed to I rarely get notified and have to check it every day to make sure I didn’t miss a reply.

I just figured it was the mods way of keeping me from posting so much. 😉