# Thread Tools Not Working?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-tools-not-working/389217>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 24, 2007, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-tools-not-working/389217 "2007-01-24T08:30:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-tools-not-working/389217/1 "2007-01-24T08:30:25Z")

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Why can’t I “Email This Page” anymore? I get a message telling me I don’t have permission to access it, which hardly seems fair since I am, after all, a Charter Member. Hmph!!

I used to use this function all the time before The Change; am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-tools-not-working/389217/2 "2007-01-24T09:40:49Z")

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They’re not working for me either. I tried to subscribe to an old thread that I thought was amusing and couldn’t bring up the menu. I’m using Windows XP and Firefox 2.0.0.1, if that helps.

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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:** [January 24, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-tools-not-working/389217/3 "2007-01-24T16:36:18Z")

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We turned that function off, as it was being used to send harass other people through spamming.

Sorry about that.

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**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-tools-not-working/389217/4 "2007-01-24T17:09:22Z")

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[QUOTE=TubaDiva]  
We turned that function off, as it was being used to send harass other people through spamming.

Sorry about that.  
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Well, drat. I don’t suppose there’s a way to make it something only paying members could use? Most sites have this function (NY Times, Yahoo, retail sites), and it’s the way you guys have gotten at least a couple of your paying members (I had emailed them threads and they got “hooked” the way people do 😃 ). Just my $0.02.

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**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-tools-not-working/389217/5 "2007-01-24T17:22:22Z")

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Why not use your browser to “e-mail this page”? Am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-tools-not-working/389217/6 "2007-01-24T17:42:06Z")

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[QUOTE=kayT]  
Why not use your browser to “e-mail this page”? Am I missing something?  
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No, it was just more convenient. Just like clicking on the emoticon you want is easier than typing in the symbols.