# What's the dif between instant e-mail notification and daily?

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**Created:** [October 5, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dif-between-instant-e-mail-notification-and-daily/267719 "2004-10-05T20:22:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dif-between-instant-e-mail-notification-and-daily/267719/1 "2004-10-05T20:22:32Z")

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I like to keep up with a thread, and when I post, I check the box marked “instant e-mail notification.” But it seems this only lasts one day. However, if I check “daily e-mail notification,” I think I’ll miss all the posts today, until I get one notification that alerts me to them all. How do I get what used to be continual notification that a thread is growing, even over several days? xo C.

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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 6, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dif-between-instant-e-mail-notification-and-daily/267719/2 "2004-10-06T02:13:39Z")

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Asked and dang answered, see above.

your humble TubaDiva  
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