# Why wasn't I e-mailed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 12, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905 "2001-08-12T14:33:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/1 "2001-08-12T14:33:23Z")
The last time the board was hacked, in early 2000 (?), I got an e-mail warning me to change my e-mail. Since I was on haitus from the SDMB at the time (damn real life), I don’t know how long after the fact it was sent out, but all seemed well when I rëemerged from my self-imposed exile in June 2000. On Friday, the board was hacked. Since I’m more active on the boards than I was last year, I knew about it rather quickly, via LiveJournal, 3FMB, and the Unaboard. But, I didn’t get an e-mail appraising me of the situation, neither at the time, nor afterwards when order was restored. What’s up with that? (Note: the above is not a critique, just a bored Doper on a Sunday morning pondering.) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/2 "2001-08-12T15:37:07Z")
Mine came last night. Subj: Change your Straight Dope Message Board password Date: 08/11/2001 10:54:07 PM Central Daylight Time From: [webmaster@straightdope.com](mailto:webmaster@straightdope.com) Is your email address in your profile the same one you normally use to receive email? I don’t recall receiving one before. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/3 "2001-08-12T18:35:50Z")
I didn’t get one either. Apparently some of us just aren’t important enough for them to bother…or maybe it’s a hint of some sort, like back when Party members in the Soviet Union were demoted by being put in charge of power stations. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/4 "2001-08-12T18:53:37Z")
All registered members in good standing were emailed last night. There were also notices placed on the board and on the Straight Dope Front Page. I don’t know why you weren’t notified. Do you have the “Receive mailings from admins” option checked in your profile? Is the email address in your profile correct? We also have no control over what happens between the Straight Dope server and your computer; all we can do is hit the button and hope for the best. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/5 "2001-08-12T18:59:33Z")
I didn’t get an email. My address is correct and I have email notices turned on. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/6 "2001-08-12T19:26:34Z")
I didn’t get one either. Not complaining, but thought I’d just confirm the trend! ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/7 "2001-08-12T19:36:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\*Do you have the “Receive mailings from admins” option checked in your profile? > > Is the email address in your profile correct? > > We also have no control over what happens between the Straight Dope server and your computer; all we can do is hit the button and hope for the best. \*\* Yes, and yes. Like I said, I knew what was going on, but I just wanted to make sure that those who don’t log on religiously were in the loop. ---
**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/8 "2001-08-12T19:50:31Z")
Just so you know, I am another one with email notification enabled and a correct email address who didn’t receive a notification. I had already changed it anyway, so it doesn’t matter. But even if some emails didn’t make it, I can’t believe anyone could miss the information. It’s all over the board. ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/9 "2001-08-12T19:51:13Z")
:adopts ludicrous pseudo-German/Austrian accent for no good reason: Nein. I em fullfillen all of zein criteria. I hef not receiveden mein notification of passworden failuren. Nein. :drops accent as it’s too difficult to transliterate: And if anyone “logs on religiously”, it’s me… lolly lolly lol. But I did change my password already anyway, plus I’ve been hanging around most of the time since… so maybe the computer knew I was already as well-informed as I was likely to get? Nein? Just einer thoughten. Maybe I em too believen ze all-poweren of zein computeren. (Hacken? Sassen frassen rassen…) ---
**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/10 "2001-08-12T19:56:53Z")
I also didn’t get one, although I get the newsletter every Friday without fail. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/11 "2001-08-12T21:01:33Z")
Correct email, check. Allow email, check. No email here either. Not a big deal, and who knows. Shub-Internet may have just been hungry that day. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/12 "2001-08-12T21:32:34Z")
I did’t receive an email either, but this is pretty common. I have found that the spam filters at my university, while EXTREMELY efficient, also will screen out some other bulk mailings. Could this be a common cause for failure to get the email from this board? ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/13 "2001-08-12T21:40:58Z")
I received the e-mail - I checked after seeing this thread. It didn’t end up in my Junk Mail folder on Hotmail, which means I probably have the filter turned off in SD’s case. That may not be the case for a bunch of you all, since we so rarely get mass emails from the Board. Did you check in your “spam filter” folder, if you have one? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/14 "2001-08-12T21:42:15Z")
It’s a possibility, more than a possibility, in fact. Thanks be to all the gods for spam filters, but this might be one of the times they’re not so useful. I’m going to poll the mods and see how many of them got the message, 'cause I didn’t either. We MIGHT send it out again. Stay tuned. your humble TubaDiva Administrator Then, of course, those that get two will be all offended . . . along with those that didn’t get the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/15 "2001-08-12T22:12:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*Did you check in your “spam filter” folder, if you have one? \*\* I filter my e-mail on the client, rather than on the server. And, I double-checked, it didn’t get filtered out to my spam folder. My OP was more for the sake of those who **do not** come here everyday to see the notices than for those of us who wonder what the hell we’re supposed to do when the board is down. (And before you give me a smart-ass answer, Jeff, she’s not coming back for three weeks. :p) ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/16 "2001-08-12T22:58:45Z")
I checked my spam box as well–nothing. One possibility…I did change my e-mail since I’ve been here. I assumed at the time that doing so would change it for all purposes, but could the notice have gone to my original account? I no longer have it, so I can’t check. (And no matter what, I am _not_going to a power station–you’ll have to shoot me instead.) ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/17 "2001-08-12T23:36:00Z")
No email here, and none caught by my spam filter…and everything is correct here too… Keith ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/18 "2001-08-13T15:58:12Z")
I don’t see what’s wrong. **Tuba** specifically said “members in good standing”. I haven’t seen any of _those_ yet in this thread. And I’m not holding my breath for mine either. pan ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/19 "2001-08-13T17:33:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > **All registered members in good standing were emailed last night.** I don’t recall getting one, I have notifications on, and I generally receive the little notices when someone posts in a thread I’ve posted to. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905/20 "2001-08-13T17:57:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kabbes \* > \*\*I don’t see what’s wrong. **Tuba** specifically said “members in good standing”. I haven’t seen any of _those_ yet in this thread. > > And I’m not holding my breath for mine either. > > pan \*\* I didn’t get one either, not that it matters - and how do THEY know anything about my posture? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-e-mailed/75905.md?page=2)