Not getting notifications

[hheldorfer]

I'm suddenly not getting notifications of responses to topics. I checked my notification preferences and they haven't changed. Glitch in the system?

[bradl]

Couple of thoughts. Temporary slowdowns in outgoing mail are not uncommon as our web host funnels all mail through a few mail servers. Typically if something happens to one of the mail servers mail might be delayed for a bit and then arrive in a clump a few hours (maybe a day) later. I've been getting notifications of new registrations, so at some level things are working per normal.

Another thing that happens is sometimes our own mail filters start noticing auto-generated mail and flagging it as spam. Check your junk/spam folders to see if your mail program filtering them into junk mail.

Looking at your profile I see that your ISP is one that has in the past periodically blocked ALL mail originating at our web host. If I get reports of others using the same ISP not getting auto-generated emails I'll know that's what's happening. If that turns out to be the case, all I can do is tell our web host we're being blocked; all you can do is ask your web host to stop blocking dreamhost.

[KShep]

Me neither, but I haven't investigated. I just assumed I changed my preferences on accident. I will check all those things.

[hheldorfer]

Thanks for the info, Brad. I got a few notifications today, so maybe they're just delayed. Darned internet!

[bradl]

Yeah, it's a puzzlement sometimes. I "watched" a test forum topic last night (clicked the 'watch' button), posted to it from a test account, and then got a notification immediately.