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steveb1
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Please help - notification reply issue

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I don't know if this is the proper place for this issue - I tried contacting some moderators/admins but got no reply (and I think the current issue might explain that):

Each time I post, I check the "receive notification of reply" box. However, this function has not been working for me for probably three months or so. My posts do appear, but I have to specifically re-visit them regularly to see if anyone has replied; whereas formerly I would receive an automatic e-mail notification of reply.

... So if you could please advise, it would be much appreciated.
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Kim O'Hara
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Hi, Steve,
This may be an (unintended, of course!) consequence of the upgrade to our server and software, December 18 onwards. Does that timing fit, or did the problem start earlier?

:namaste:
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Kim O'Hara wrote:Hi, Steve,
This may be an (unintended, of course!) consequence of the upgrade to our server and software, December 18 onwards. Does that timing fit, or did the problem start earlier?

:namaste:
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Thanks for your attention, but it began in October or thereabouts.
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But was there any change in your e-mail account maybe? Are there also no notifications in your spam folder?
And did you check the settings in your user control pannel on DW: are the notifications still allowed?
I don't know how this happens but I had it on other boards that such settings changed.
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Nope, no changes to my email, and my DW profile reads:
= = = = =

Contact steveb1

E-mail address:
E-mail steveb1
PM:
Send private message

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Control Panel - I don't see a specific email category listed, but this is what is displayed:


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I do receive email notifications from other websites, so I know it's working at least with them.
Thanks for your attention to all this.
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I thought this feature had never worked...
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Paul wrote:I thought this feature had never worked...
Really? If that's a common experience, maybe I was one of the lucky ones for whom the feature had worked consistently for a couple years... I dunno.
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I don't think this worked for me either, when I tried it a long time ago...
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Kim O'Hara
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Okay ... I never tried it before but I have turned it on now.

:coffee:
:coffee:

:smile:
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Kim O'Hara wrote:Okay ... I never tried it before but I have turned it on now.

:coffee:
:coffee:

:smile:
Kim
Thanks for working on this... thanks to all who have contributed.
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It worked! :smile:
Hello Kim O'Hara,

You are receiving this notification because you are watching the topic,
"Please help - notification reply issue" at "Dharma Wheel". This topic has
received a reply since your last visit. You can use the following link to
view the replies made, no more notifications will be sent until you visit
the topic.
If you want to view the newest post made since your last visit, click the
following link [etc] ...
That's good news for us, because it suggests the DW software is working okay. Not so good for you, Steve, because it means the problem is probably at your end.
Is it possible your email's spam filter settings changed without your knowledge? Can you check your spam folder?
The sender you are looking for is "david@thedhamma"

:coffee:
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It works intermittently for me (not sure why) and usually comes through in the spam folder.
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Kim O'Hara wrote:It worked! :smile:
Hello Kim O'Hara,

You are receiving this notification because you are watching the topic,
"Please help - notification reply issue" at "Dharma Wheel". This topic has
received a reply since your last visit. You can use the following link to
view the replies made, no more notifications will be sent until you visit
the topic.
If you want to view the newest post made since your last visit, click the
following link [etc] ...
That's good news for us, because it suggests the DW software is working okay. Not so good for you, Steve, because it means the problem is probably at your end.
Is it possible your email's spam filter settings changed without your knowledge? Can you check your spam folder?
The sender you are looking for is "david@thedhamma"
:coffee:
Kim
Okay :) !!! Thank you Kim, and everybody who worked on/checked in on this thread. Yes, it would not surprise me if the problem is on my end. As you suggested, I'll try to check it out. Thanks again for the research, patience, and help!
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Kim O'Hara wrote:It worked! :smile:
Hello Kim O'Hara,

You are receiving this notification because you are watching the topic,
"Please help - notification reply issue" at "Dharma Wheel". This topic has
received a reply since your last visit. You can use the following link to
view the replies made, no more notifications will be sent until you visit
the topic.
If you want to view the newest post made since your last visit, click the
following link [etc] ...
That's good news for us, because it suggests the DW software is working okay. ...
I remembered this little experiment and went back to check the email account DW sends stuff to (which is not my primary account).
It looks like I have been getting notifications pretty reliably - anywhere between 70% and 100% of the time. It's nice to know it keeps on working, but I have turned the feature off, since going to "View Active Topics" http://www.dharmawheel.net/search.php?s ... ive_topics suits me so well and gives me the same information.

:coffee:
Kim

[edit: typo]
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mzaur
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Re: Please help - notification reply issue

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Weird. I never had this work for me either. Checked spam and nothing. I never get emails for topic notifications or new PMs.
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Ayu
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The notification system seems to be down.
http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.ph ... 06#p313914
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