[Vijaya Posts: 6,411 Status: Offline BEAUTY WWW]

I used to get an email notification if I got a message, but for the past couple of months I haven't even though there are messages. I checked my profile and clicked on it for good measure, but I still don't get notified. I do check my email regularly, but I don't always sign into the BB if I'm busy. What else do I need to do?

Thanks for your help,
Vijaya

[olmue Posts: 3,346 Status: Offline WWW]

I'm curious about this, also. Notifications have suddenly stopped for me, too.

[Mindy Alyse Weiss Posts: 3,285 Status: Offline A long journey - but I'm determined to get there!]

The same thing happened to me! 

[got art Posts: 20 Status: Offline WWW]

Just wanted to add that I got email notification this morning. (Wonder who it was from???) And, then, when I just signed in, I got prompted to check out my messages. But, I've had 7 messages since I joined - years and years ago. I was looking yesterday to see if I could see what I wrote in a message - and if I actually sent it. I thought I pressed send and then it disappeared - I was worried that I had pressed delete. Is there a place to see what messages you have sent? Or, that they actually went out? Anna     See, I don't do a lot of messages, LOL.

[olmue Posts: 3,346 Status: Offline WWW]

I think if you *send* a message and want to keep a record, you have to specifically check a box for that message for it to be saved in your outbox. Otherwise, yes, it evaporates once it's sent.

We've had a couple of board updates lately. I wonder if the send notifications function got turned off then?

[Mindy Alyse Weiss Posts: 3,285 Status: Offline A long journey - but I'm determined to get there!]

I took a peek and haven't figured out how to fix it yet.  Hopefully, we'll figure it out soon!

Got Art--if you go into your profile, you can change your personal message options to save a copy of all outgoing messages as your default, so you don't have to click a button with each message you send.

[got art Posts: 20 Status: Offline WWW]

Thanks, Mindy! Knew the answer was somewhere! LOL   

[Mindy Alyse Weiss Posts: 3,285 Status: Offline A long journey - but I'm determined to get there!]

You're welcome.

[olmue Posts: 3,346 Status: Offline WWW]

Ah, thanks from me, too, Mindy.

While I was there, switching my own outbox to save automatically, I checked to make sure I was supposed to be receiving notifications via e-mail. It's all set up to do that. But, it's not happening. So I think the problem (of not getting notifications) is somewhere above that.

[Liz Posts: 1,126 Status: Offline]

I've also noticed- speaking abt the emailing feature - that I can no longer email a topic to myself.

Does anyone else have that problem? 
 

[Marissa Doyle Posts: 3,006 Status: Offline Charles Bewitched: out now! WWW]

There was a recent program upgrade by the company that hosts the Blueboards, and I wonder if there isn't some connection there. In the meanwhile, it would be interesting to know what mail servers people are using, to see if there's a connection to that.  Are you on Yahoo, or g-mail, or...?  This doesn't seem to be a universal problem--I've continued to receive notifications of PMs--so maybe it's something external.

[jeffman]

FWIW, I have been receiving notification of PMs in just the last few days. My email server is my personal web server, not a big public thing like Yahoo.

[Vijaya Posts: 6,411 Status: Offline BEAUTY WWW]

I use IE and Yahoo ... and will wait patiently to get things ironed out. It's not like I get hundreds of messages or anything
Thank you,
Vijaya

[ButterflyGirl Posts: 489 Status: Offline @kidlitSarah sarahfloydbooks.com]

I'm on AOL and do not receive notification, it only pops up when I log onto the BB.  Got Art mentioned a concern about accidentally deleting a response.  If a message was sent, under the subject line there will be a statement, "You have forwarded or responded to this message." 

[Mindy Alyse Weiss Posts: 3,285 Status: Offline A long journey - but I'm determined to get there!]

Vijaya--I'm on Yahoo also, and wondered if that might be the problem.  Does anyone on Yahoo receive e-mail notifications?

So far, we have an AOL without notifications, too. 

[olmue Posts: 3,346 Status: Offline WWW]

I've never tried e-mailing a topic to myself (what a fab idea, though! I wish I'd known that was possible; then I wouldn't have spent time cutting and pasting to save a thread of answers I really needed). However, I can weigh in on the other question--I have hotmail, and I've never had problems until just recently.

[Ree Posts: 303 Status: Offline No Boxes WWW]

I used to get them, but they stopped. I have comcast.

Susan

[Mrs. Jones Posts: 1,320 Status: Offline]

Somebody can send a message to me as a test. I'm on AOL and I use Safari - MAC.

[Marissa Doyle Posts: 3,006 Status: Offline Charles Bewitched: out now! WWW]

Sent you one, Ena.