Notification e-mails not coming (1 Viewer)

delia todd

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• Nov 12, 2012

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I had an e-mail notification of a thread update at around 9.40ish yesterday morning and there should have been another within the hour, but it didn't come and none since. The account is otherwise receiving and sending mail normally.

I've changed my e-mail address on BF to an old one (which I hate using as it receives so much spam into it) and notifications seem to be getting through on that one.

It's a Gmail account which is causing the trouble, and I use Thunderbird to read all my emails, I'd made no changes to either. I've looked on-line at my gmail account and the messages weren't there either and I don't see any settings options about handling spam on there.

Any ideas anyone?

 

delia todd

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• Nov 13, 2012

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No one? :-C

 

Jos Stratford

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• Nov 13, 2012

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Be happy, aren't notifications self-inflicted spam? Thus, your incidental twiddling with settings, albeit unknown to you, has thereby saved yourself from your previously intended twiddlings to receive the notifications. 3

 

delia todd

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• Nov 13, 2012

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LOL trust you Jos!

There's some I need though... doesn't matter about missing out on your thread I suppose

 

Andrew Rowlands

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• Nov 13, 2012

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Just testing ... ^^, hope you're subscribed to this one!

 

delia todd

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• Nov 13, 2012

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Yes, thank you Andy. I'm sorted now.

 

Larry Lade

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• Nov 13, 2012

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It seems when I start messing around with some of the settings then I usually end up with things going more awry than when I just leave things alone!

 

delia todd

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• Nov 13, 2012

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LOL Larry, I know what you mean, but I hadn't messed with anything. I'd received some notifications, as per normal.

Went out for a few hours and that was it - nothing coming through any more.

I think it was Gmail altering things themselves.

 

njlarsen

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• Nov 14, 2012

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D,
try check your Gmail account online (using a browser rather than a mail client), and when logged in, let the mouse hover over the inbox until it displays "more"; then move down and click "more", and then click "Spam". Most likely, your notifications have ended in there; I think Gmail have changed some settings in their spam filters lately, so for example, an answer from a car rental company I had contacted went into my spam folder. I am a little pissed with them, frankly!

Niels

 

delia todd

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• Nov 14, 2012

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Thanks Niels

There was nothing in the Spam folder. All we've done is add the various Birdforum identities to my Address book. They'd not got in there, of course, because you don't reply to the e-mails.