Email delays

jwalker · 12 February 2007, 09:55

JK, another wee issue. It's not a problem for me but I thought it best you know. The emailed notice of a thread update takes many days to arrive. I got 12 this morning, all arrived within a few seconds of each other and the last post in the threads they referred to dated from the 7th February.

John Kennett · 12 February 2007, 12:50

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Originally Posted by jwalker

JK, another wee issue. It's not a problem for me but I thought it best you know. The emailed notice of a thread update takes many days to arrive. I got 12 this morning, all arrived within a few seconds of each other and the last post in the threads they referred to dated from the 7th February.

Interesting! Please can you forward them to me with all the headers so I can investigate?

If you're using Outlook Express here's how to see all the header information http://8help.osu.edu/34122.html

Thanks!
John

Nasher · 12 February 2007, 13:28

John

I used to have the same thing at times, but not always.

Obviously hasn't been an issue since I opted out of receiving the notices.

Nasher.

Tim M · 12 February 2007, 20:29

Im the same; normally takes a few hours for the emails to come through. It's been like that for a while now.

John Kennett · 12 February 2007, 21:17

The forum software has been set to send thread subscription emails in batches to reduce the load on the server. This could account for a delay of a few hours, but not for several days.

In any case I'm not convinced that this is actually necessary, so I've changed the setting to instant notification and we'll see how it goes.

John

Biggles · 12 February 2007, 21:43

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Originally Posted by jwalker

JK, another wee issue. It's not a problem for me but I thought it best you know. The emailed notice of a thread update takes many days to arrive. I got 12 this morning, all arrived within a few seconds of each other and the last post in the threads they referred to dated from the 7th February.

Congestion Charging

jwalker · 12 February 2007, 22:50

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Originally Posted by John Kennett

In any case I'm not convinced that this is actually necessary, so I've changed the setting to instant notification and we'll see how it goes.
John

Well, I got instant notification of both of your PMs but no notification yet that this thread has replies. It's 10 to midnight. But, I got an email this evening which I would expect to have been sent during working hours...unless the guy is working late...so it could be at my end. I'll keep an eye on it to see if there is a clue. You could send me an email and note the send time and I'll check when it arrives.

jwalker · 19 February 2007, 09:00

There ya go Mr.Kennett, they all arrived at once. I just took them about a week.

John Kennett · 19 February 2007, 12:21

Can you forward them to me with the headers please?

John

jwalker · 19 February 2007, 18:43

I'm not sure how to preserve the headers. I'll send you one and see if it arrives intact rather that sending you a load of junk.

John Kennett · 19 February 2007, 19:22

OK, I didn't get the headers but don't worry about that, because I think I've worked it out.

Go into the Options section of your User Control Panel (here's a shortcut).

Under "Default Thread Subscription Mode" you have selected "Weekly email notification" and that's exactly what it is doing!

John

jwalker · 19 February 2007, 21:28

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Originally Posted by John Kennett

Under "Default Thread Subscription Mode" you have selected "Weekly email notification" and that's exactly what it is doing!

John

It's a trick! I didn't select that!!.....

It's good that it's sorted, though.

John Kennett · 19 February 2007, 21:42

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Originally Posted by jwalker

It's a trick! I didn't select that!!.....

No, of course you didn't.

The "options fairy" must have sneaked in whilst you were asleep and changed it for a laugh!

John

jwalker · 19 February 2007, 22:19

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