Email notification not working

Drexl · 08-23-07, 07:17 PM

My email notification has not been working for the past couple of weeks. I believe it has something to do with a problem with my ISP's POP mail server. For about a week (maybe 3 weeks ago), the server was very slow and sometimes would not send the mail at all. I wonder if DVD Talk's system was getting error messages or something like that and stopped sending notifications.

I've tried changing my options back and forth from no email to email and nothing has worked.

Trevor · 04-29-08, 12:08 PM

Seems to be down or at least very slow this morning.

Trevor · 04-29-08, 10:22 PM

So am I the only one who hasn't gotten an email notification in almost 24 hours?

LASERMOVIES · 04-29-08, 11:33 PM

I'm having the same problem. No email notifications today.

Mr. Music · 04-30-08, 12:32 PM

ditto

DVDChris · 04-30-08, 01:54 PM

same here, I was looking forward to all my DVDtalk emails this morning, but nothing.

lotsofdvds · 04-30-08, 02:04 PM

None here either. Maybe they weren't family friendly enough.

Trevor · 04-30-08, 03:48 PM

I'd expect IB to let us know what's going on, but it is close to the weekend after all. Maybe Monday.....

Adam Tyner · 05-01-08, 02:00 PM

The e-mails I send through the review system aren't going through at all either, so it seems to be a server issue.

Baron Of Hell · 05-04-08, 03:04 AM

I think the email notifications were mean to some people so the mods turned it off. Just because you are a email doesn't mean you can be not so nice.

LASERMOVIES · 05-05-08, 03:16 PM

I don't know if it means it's fixed yet, but I received my first email notification today in almost a week a few minutes ago.

Mr. Music · 05-05-08, 04:45 PM

I just received one as well... although it was sent: Sat 5/3/2008 11:09 PM

ibtravel · 05-06-08, 03:11 PM

Thanks for all your comments here. We have indeed been having a problem with our outgoing mail server. There are a bunch of messages queued up, and it's working it's way through the queue, but it's taken it a few days to catch up. I'll check back in when I think we've resolved this.

Drexl · 05-06-08, 04:19 PM

Okay, that makes sense. I just lost my email notification for a few days too, now today it's back and I've gotten lots of messages, at one point 80 in one go.

Trevor · 05-06-08, 06:11 PM

I've received over 100 today. Hopefully we won't break the interweb.

Mr. Music · 05-06-08, 09:25 PM

The tubes were clogged on them there internets...

whotony · 05-06-08, 10:59 PM

i don't get email notices unless i am signed into and actually on dvdtalk.

other places, all i need is to be signed in and i get all email notices.

abintra · 06-16-08, 10:02 PM

Anyone else receiving hit or miss notices the past day or two?

Trevor · 06-17-08, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abintra

Anyone else receiving hit or miss notices the past day or two?

Yep.

Mr. Music · 06-17-08, 07:32 PM

yep yep.

abintra · 06-17-08, 08:45 PM

The last 5 days have all started to come flooding back now.

Baron Of Hell · 06-18-08, 12:21 AM

Well it looks like this feature is broken.

Trevor · 06-18-08, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abintra

The last 5 days have all started to come flooding back now.

Yep. Had been getting like 10 a day lately, then got 178 since last night.

abintra · 07-09-08, 09:11 PM

Is it helpful to the site to bump these everytime it happens or are they aware already anyway?

If so, email notifications seem to be having issues again.

abintra · 08-01-08, 08:40 PM

Don't seem to be receiving notices again.

Edit: For the first time since yesterday, just received two current ones since posting.

08-23-07, 07:17 PM	#1
Drexl DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 10,869	Email notification not working My email notification has not been working for the past couple of weeks. I believe it has something to do with a problem with my ISP's POP mail server. For about a week (maybe 3 weeks ago), the server was very slow and sometimes would not send the mail at all. I wonder if DVD Talk's system was getting error messages or something like that and stopped sending notifications. I've tried changing my options back and forth from no email to email and nothing has worked.

04-29-08, 12:08 PM	#2
Trevor DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 14,565	Seems to be down or at least very slow this morning. __________________ forum helps: current exclusives & comparisons threads - Challenge Compendium - DVD "upgrades" missing features from original release - DVDTalk Facebook personal links: unwatched - Spending - Academy Award Challenge list My Countdown Counting down to: when Pizza and Larry C. win contests here. 531 days 3 hours 24 minutes

04-29-08, 10:22 PM	#3
Trevor DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 14,565	So am I the only one who hasn't gotten an email notification in almost 24 hours? __________________ forum helps: current exclusives & comparisons threads - Challenge Compendium - DVD "upgrades" missing features from original release - DVDTalk Facebook personal links: unwatched - Spending - Academy Award Challenge list My Countdown Counting down to: when Pizza and Larry C. win contests here. 531 days 3 hours 24 minutes

04-29-08, 11:33 PM	#4
LASERMOVIES DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: California Posts: 6,500	I'm having the same problem. No email notifications today. __________________ My DVD Collection

04-30-08, 12:32 PM	#5
Mr. Music DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Manch Vegas, NH Posts: 2,813	ditto __________________ XBOX LIVE: Music72 PSN: Music72 8-Bit Brigade

04-30-08, 01:54 PM	#6
DVDChris DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: May 2002 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,499	same here, I was looking forward to all my DVDtalk emails this morning, but nothing. __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: TurdFerguson64 My Collection (This is getting ridiculous)

04-30-08, 02:04 PM	#7
lotsofdvds Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 4,790	None here either. Maybe they weren't family friendly enough.

04-30-08, 03:48 PM	#8
Trevor DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 14,565	I'd expect IB to let us know what's going on, but it is close to the weekend after all. Maybe Monday..... __________________ forum helps: current exclusives & comparisons threads - Challenge Compendium - DVD "upgrades" missing features from original release - DVDTalk Facebook personal links: unwatched - Spending - Academy Award Challenge list My Countdown Counting down to: when Pizza and Larry C. win contests here. 531 days 3 hours 24 minutes

05-01-08, 02:00 PM	#9
Adam Tyner DVD Talk Reviewer/ Moderator Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Greenville, South Cackalack Posts: 13,300	The e-mails I send through the review system aren't going through at all either, so it seems to be a server issue. __________________ "When you're in your twenties, you wonder what everyone's thinking of you. When you're in your thirties, you don't care what people think of you. And when you reach your forties, you find out no one was ever thinking of you in the first place." -Patton Oswalt

05-04-08, 03:04 AM	#10
Baron Of Hell DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Seattle and sometimes hell Posts: 3,374	I think the email notifications were mean to some people so the mods turned it off. Just because you are a email doesn't mean you can be not so nice. __________________ "Truth has become unacceptable and dissent unpatriotic" PS3 Tag: Baron-Of-Hell Steam: Baron_Of_Hell SSBB: 4425-3985-1734 TWITTER: BaronOfHell

05-05-08, 03:16 PM	#11
LASERMOVIES DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: California Posts: 6,500	I don't know if it means it's fixed yet, but I received my first email notification today in almost a week a few minutes ago. __________________ My DVD Collection

05-05-08, 04:45 PM	#12
Mr. Music DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Manch Vegas, NH Posts: 2,813	I just received one as well... although it was sent: Sat 5/3/2008 11:09 PM __________________ XBOX LIVE: Music72 PSN: Music72 8-Bit Brigade

05-06-08, 03:11 PM	#13
ibtravel Administrator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 13	Thanks for all your comments here. We have indeed been having a problem with our outgoing mail server. There are a bunch of messages queued up, and it's working it's way through the queue, but it's taken it a few days to catch up. I'll check back in when I think we've resolved this. __________________ Nate from Internet Brands Tech

05-06-08, 04:19 PM	#14
Drexl DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 10,869	Okay, that makes sense. I just lost my email notification for a few days too, now today it's back and I've gotten lots of messages, at one point 80 in one go.

05-06-08, 06:11 PM	#15
Trevor DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 14,565	I've received over 100 today. Hopefully we won't break the interweb. __________________ forum helps: current exclusives & comparisons threads - Challenge Compendium - DVD "upgrades" missing features from original release - DVDTalk Facebook personal links: unwatched - Spending - Academy Award Challenge list My Countdown Counting down to: when Pizza and Larry C. win contests here. 531 days 3 hours 24 minutes

05-06-08, 09:25 PM	#16
Mr. Music DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Manch Vegas, NH Posts: 2,813	The tubes were clogged on them there internets... __________________ XBOX LIVE: Music72 PSN: Music72 8-Bit Brigade

06-16-08, 10:02 PM	#18
abintra DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,817	Anyone else receiving hit or miss notices the past day or two?

06-17-08, 07:32 PM	#20
Mr. Music DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Manch Vegas, NH Posts: 2,813	yep yep. __________________ XBOX LIVE: Music72 PSN: Music72 8-Bit Brigade

06-17-08, 08:45 PM	#21
abintra DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,817	The last 5 days have all started to come flooding back now.

06-18-08, 12:21 AM	#22
Baron Of Hell DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Seattle and sometimes hell Posts: 3,374	Well it looks like this feature is broken. __________________ "Truth has become unacceptable and dissent unpatriotic" PS3 Tag: Baron-Of-Hell Steam: Baron_Of_Hell SSBB: 4425-3985-1734 TWITTER: BaronOfHell

07-09-08, 09:11 PM	#24
abintra DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,817	Is it helpful to the site to bump these everytime it happens or are they aware already anyway? If so, email notifications seem to be having issues again.

08-01-08, 08:40 PM	#25
abintra DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,817	Don't seem to be receiving notices again. Edit: For the first time since yesterday, just received two current ones since posting. Last edited by abintra; 08-01-08 at 09:22 PM.