25-08-2003 15:36									#1
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Are e-mail notifications working?

I'm subscribed to a couple of forums and I'm not receiving any e-mails.

	25-08-2003 16:14									#2
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AFAIK you only get e-mails for new posts in subscribed threads. Fortunately you don't get an e-mail for every new post in a subscribed forum. AFAIK the only advantage of subscribing to a forum is that you can access it from Apolyton's main page, saving you one mouse click.

	25-08-2003 17:01									#3
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They've just started to work.

	25-08-2003 18:44									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Maniac AFAIK the only advantage of subscribing to a forum is that you can access it from Apolyton's main page, saving you one mouse click.

Just save the forum as a bookmark and go right to it and eliminate having to load the main page.

	25-08-2003 19:47									#5
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Maniac, the point of subscriptions is that you don't have to go hunting for the new posts, I just click on the link and I'm straight into the thread I'm subscribed to, to the post that appears in the e-mail. So I don't have to go through the main page.

Saves a lot of time remembering what threads I have posted in.

	25-08-2003 20:03									#6
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I experience intermittent cutouts with the email feature as well, as does Flameflash IIRC. It usually sorts itself out.

	27-08-2003 18:50									#7
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This time I didn't make this thread...

It seems to cut in and out, DrSpike is right. What is more interesting is that some forums you get better service from than others.

For instance: community forum sucks on e-mail notification generally, as does AC-DG and the one sub-forum I'm part of there.

CtP-Multiplayer is a very good one for keeping up-to-date for some reason. When I do have a problem, if that one and anything in the Mac section aren't being sent to me I know there's a real problem with the notification.

	27-08-2003 18:54									#8
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quote: Originally posted by FlameFlash It seems to cut in and out, DrSpike is right. What is more interesting is that some forums you get better service from than others.

I have to say I have never experienced this. Either it works (for all forums) or it doesn't.

	27-08-2003 19:08									#9
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quote: Originally posted by poolking Saves a lot of time remembering what threads I have posted in.

You do know that all threads you've posted in, has a hole in the middle of the letter icon to the left of the name? That works good enough for me.

	27-08-2003 19:51									#10
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quote: Originally posted by poolking Maniac, the point of subscriptions is that you don't have to go hunting for the new posts, I just click on the link and I'm straight into the thread I'm subscribed to, to the post that appears in the e-mail. So I don't have to go through the main page.

Yeah I know that. You were talking about fora and not threads in your first post.

	27-08-2003 21:51									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Nikolai You do know that all threads you've posted in, has a hole in the middle of the letter icon to the left of the name? That works good enough for me.

I am aware of that, I think its more efficient for me because I don't always have the time to trawl through loads of new posts, only things that really interest me.

	27-08-2003 23:01									#12
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I could make the case that anybody that comes here has time, or they wouldn't be here.

	27-08-2003 23:28									#13
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quote: Originally posted by rah I could make the case that anybody that comes here has time, or they wouldn't be here.

Ok you got me there.