# Thread update email

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-update-email/573563>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 5, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-update-email/573563 "2011-03-05T05:37:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**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 5, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-update-email/573563/1 "2011-03-05T05:37:46Z")

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I have an email about a thread update from thirty minutes ago, but the thread hasn’t been updated. I am understandably curious. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-update-email/573563/2 "2011-03-05T05:46:22Z")

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Maybe some spam was posted and removed. Which thread is it?

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**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 5, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-update-email/573563/3 "2011-03-05T06:25:21Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13535498#post13535498](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13535498#post13535498)

Here is the email:

Dear carnivorousplant,

Jackmannii has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - Madacascar Lace plant - in the In My Humble Opinion forum of Straight Dope Message Board.

This thread is located at:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=599492&goto=newpost](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=599492&goto=newpost)

Here is the message that has just been posted:

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—Quote (Originally by carnivorousplant)—  
I just acquired one, shipped from Arizona to Arkansas, and it had a rough trip.  
—End Quote—  
You didn’t buy it from these people ([Arizona Aquatic Gardens](http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/63/)) by any chance?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-update-email/573563/4 "2011-03-05T07:13:51Z")

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**Jackmanii** edited his post. Originally he wrote what you saw in the email, but he changed it to what you see there now.

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-update-email/573563/5 "2011-03-05T08:53:33Z")

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I guess I’d be quivering in anticipation of a reply on that topic as well.

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**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 5, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-update-email/573563/6 "2011-03-05T13:38:51Z")

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Thanks, Marley. 🙂