# thread subscriptions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 20, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767 "2007-01-20T23:23:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767/1 "2007-01-20T23:23:28Z")

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Are email thread subscriptions working?  
I’m getting replies to a thread, but no emails.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767/2 "2007-01-21T02:17:48Z")

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We’ll see. I’ve subscribed to this thread as a test.

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**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767/3 "2007-01-21T02:32:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]  
We’ll see. I’ve subscribed to this thread as a test.  
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so, does it work?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767/4 "2007-01-21T02:35:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Sapo]  
so, does it work?  
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Yep.

> [@](#):
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> Hello Q.E.D.,
> 
> Sapo has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - thread subscriptions - in the About This Message Board forum of Straight Dope Message Board.

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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767/5 "2007-01-21T03:25:52Z")

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Well, thanks for the test.  
Maybe I should be annoyed with yahoo instead.

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**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:** [January 21, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767/6 "2007-01-21T20:46:27Z")

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Have you checked your spam folder?

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767/7 "2007-01-21T21:09:26Z")

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Some filters treat a URL with an IP as spam. Since we are using that construction (temporarily, I assume), your filter might be overly aggressive. Try putting the dope in your whitelist.

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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767/8 "2007-01-22T00:49:52Z")

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yup. It turns it out everything was in my spam folder when it wasn’t before.

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**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767/9 "2007-01-22T21:50:27Z")

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I’m not getting the e-mails either, and I haven’t noticed any in my spam folder.