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readyeddy?
11/02/2011, 16:15
Is there a way to tone down the E-Mail notification? I'm getting as many as 6 notifications for a single post.
Are you talking about thread notifications? If so; you can change it to a Daily email notification (in Options). There's nothing in between "instant" and "daily" though.
readyeddy?
11/02/2011, 16:19
Are you talking about thread notifications? If so; you can change it to a Daily email notification (in Options). There's nothing in between "instant" and "daily" though.
I've tried that but I still get bombarded.
readyeddy?
11/02/2011, 16:31
On the other hand, it looks like I didn't save after I made the change, so maybe I'll try that again.
rorschachparadox
11/02/2011, 16:47
Are you talking about thread notifications? If so; you can change it to a Daily email notification (in Options). There's nothing in between "instant" and "daily" though.
Personally, I get bombarded both ways with up to 6 emails per actual notification. I've been meaning to check into it but never did when this thread popped up.
readyeddy?
11/02/2011, 23:30
Switched to daily notification and it's toned down a bit but I'm still getting multiple notices for single posts.
rorschachparadox
11/04/2011, 07:40
I got 12 daily notifications for a thread that had two posts... And a total of 37 notifications for 20 posts/threads. This thread sent me 2 notifications, which I found both ironic and amusing.
machineman
11/04/2011, 08:15
Can't you just turn off the notifications? I think I did.
I'm happy to get the notifications. Ones for individual threads just compound under one email entry in my gmail, so it isn't as if it's scrolling my Inbox by taking up multiple lines.
I could see where it might get annoying if someone were to be accessing all this via a phone or other, small, wireless device they were carrying around, but I'm only accessing my mail with desktop computers.
JohnnyAngel77
11/04/2011, 08:32
Make sure your settings are not set to automatically subscribe to a thread you post in. That's what I had to do a while back. I don't need to be notified every time somebody responds in a thread I post in. That's the only way to stop the notifications I believe.
rorschachparadox
11/06/2011, 00:26
I'm happy to get the notifications. Ones for individual threads just compound under one email entry in my gmail, so it isn't as if it's scrolling my Inbox by taking up multiple lines.
I could see where it might get annoying if someone were to be accessing all this via a phone or other, small, wireless device they were carrying around, but I'm only accessing my mail with desktop computers.
Yeah, I do almost all of my realms browsing from my phone. Makes it easier to just get a daily update to catch up on the convo. And I always go for instant notification on the Evidence threads, as well as the dial lists and Ranking the Figures threads, to keep up on the latest news and gossip.
And for what its worth, I have no problem getting 20 notifications overnight...as long as its for 20 subscribed threads. But I typically get 2-3 emails per actual notification, and the pileup is occasionally annoying.
On a different, somewhat related matter, I get daily notifications that include the same posts on multiple days. By that I mean that after day 1 I get the summary with the 20 posts from that day. Day two, I get the summary with 40 posts in it...tge original 20 that I've already read, and the next days convo as well. Is this normal? Are there settings for this?
Sentinel Mark V
11/06/2011, 00:49
I disabled notifications, so that when I subscribe to a thread by posting, I won't get emails about it. When I click User CP, I can still see updates to threads though :)
rorschachparadox
12/08/2011, 12:55
I'm not really a fan of dredging this up a month later, but I just got 10 email notifications per 3 posts to a single subscribed thread. I disabled notifications for most threads, but there are still a couple that I want notifications to...just not 30 notifications for 3 posts. Is there really no solution to this, and it's just something I have to endure?
readyeddy?
12/08/2011, 13:12
I'm not really a fan of dredging this up a month later, but I just got 10 email notifications per 3 posts to a single subscribed thread. I disabled notifications for most threads, but there are still a couple that I want notifications to...just not 30 notifications for 3 posts. Is there really no solution to this, and it's just something I have to endure?
I just got 7 notifications for this post.
That is so weird; I'm going to subscribe to some threads and test this out. hang tight.
Edit: I am now subscribed (instant) to this thread. let's see what happens.
readyeddy?
12/08/2011, 13:32
That is so weird; I'm going to subscribe to some threads and test this out. hang tight.
Edit: I am now subscribed (instant) to this thread. let's see what happens.
Well let me post again so we can test this out.
Well let me post again so we can test this out.
Nope; just the 1 email. Let me check the database to make sure that it's not allowing someone to subscribe multiple times tot he same thread. that might explain it. Especially if you have an "automatically subscribe to thread I reply to" set.
Let me check the database to make sure that it's not allowing someone to subscribe multiple times tot he same thread. that might explain it.
Nope; only unique records in the database; so that doesn't explain things.
You may be getting multiples because of the rapid-fire replies that people do. So if 5 people reply to a thread, you're going to get 5 emails just because you picked "instant" as the option. Is that the case?
readyeddy?
12/08/2011, 14:00
Nope; only unique records in the database; so that doesn't explain things.
You may be getting multiples because of the rapid-fire replies that people do. So if 5 people reply to a thread, you're going to get 5 emails just because you picked "instant" as the option. Is that the case?
That doesn't seem right because this thread was dormant for quite a while then with the one post, I got a single notification first, then six more on the same post later.
Sometimes I don't get any notifications.
Very odd; because based on this chain of replies, I have had the correct number of emails (2) based on my "instant" subscription.
Ad you say you're only getting 1 email based on this reply?
Same thing happens to me. I turned off notifications entirely, so any recent threads don't bombard me, but if an other thread flares up I get, like, 27 emails. It's crazy.
readyeddy?
12/08/2011, 14:05
Very odd; because based on this chain of replies, I have had the correct number of emails (2) based on my "instant" subscription.
Ad you say you're only getting 1 email based on this reply?
Your replies have only given me single notifications. But I'm not getting any notifications at all from other active threads I'm subscribed to.
readyeddy?
12/08/2011, 14:15
I just recieved 9 notifications for Uberman's post.
I just recieved 9 notifications for Uberman's post.
Wow ...
Then again; I just noticed that you're subscribed 4,776 threads?!? Is that even right?
readyeddy?
12/08/2011, 14:22
Wow ...
Then again; I just noticed that you're subscribed 4,776 threads?!? Is that even right?
I don't know how to check that but it seems reasonable. I never cancel my subscriptions.
Sentinel Mark V
12/08/2011, 14:34
I turned off subscription completely since I mainly rely on using the control panel to see any new posts.
When you turn off subscription, it doesn't actually turn off subscription, it just cancels the emails, so you can still click the control panel option to see your subscribed threads.
On the other hand, it looks like I didn't save after I made the change, so maybe I'll try that again.
You'd save more by switching to Geiko.
readyeddy?
12/08/2011, 17:36
You'd save more by switching to Geiko.
I saved more by ditching Geico.
rorschachparadox
12/08/2011, 18:10
Nope; only unique records in the database; so that doesn't explain things.
You may be getting multiples because of the rapid-fire replies that people do. So if 5 people reply to a thread, you're going to get 5 emails just because you picked "instant" as the option. Is that the case?
I've seen that happen in some cases, but not all are due to that. The three posts and 30 emails I mentioned earlier were from Crow's OHC thread, and there weren't 30 posts there! (If specific examples help, that was the latest one.)
I turned off subscription completely since I mainly rely on using the control panel to see any new posts.
When you turn off subscription, it doesn't actually turn off subscription, it just cancels the emails, so you can still click the control panel option to see your subscribed threads.
Yeah, but that's not really as useful...especially considering that reading email is much easier via phone than going through several links to read the same info.
Wow ...
Then again; I just noticed that you're subscribed 4,776 threads?!? Is that even right?
I don't know how to check that but it seems reasonable. I never cancel my subscriptions.
I think it's gone beyond "reasonable" when the site owner expresses surprise at the volume of your involvement! :D
readyeddy?
12/09/2011, 12:34
I think it's gone beyond "reasonable" when the site owner expresses surprise at the volume of your involvement! :D
You make it sound like my involvement with this site is a bad thing.
I've only been a member of the site since 2004 and spend more time on this site then any other site on the web.
CarlosMucha
12/09/2011, 12:38
it is happening the same to me, but in forums with sexy pictures. :confused:
Nah; you probably are set to "auto subscribe to every thread I reply to" right? Maybe that's the problem. let me try that setting. Might be the missing link.
readyeddy?
12/09/2011, 15:18
Nah; you probably are set to "auto subscribe to every thread I reply to" right? Maybe that's the problem. let me try that setting. Might be the missing link.
I am indeed set to auto subscribe, but this didn't start happening until the past year or so.
Ok; I'll keep researching. I have to imagine this is a serve hiccup ... but we won't know until I buy new servers in a couple weeks and get them put in. In the meantime I'll check the code. :) Thanks!
wintremute
12/09/2011, 15:59
I just wanted to post here so that I can bomb reddyeddy's mailbox.
BOOOOOOOOOM!
readyeddy?
12/09/2011, 16:06
I just wanted to post here so that I can bomb reddyeddy's mailbox.
BOOOOOOOOOM!
Congratulations! You got me for 8.
rorschachparadox
12/10/2011, 07:31
You make it sound like my involvement with this site is a bad thing.
I've only been a member of the site since 2004 and spend more time on this site then any other site on the web.
Not my intent al all, my apologies. I was merely amused by Typhon's seeming surprise to the high number compared to your casual acceptance of it.
Wyldstaar
12/10/2011, 10:01
And here I thought it was just me. I have the same problem with multiple notifications. The emails are always all recieved at the same instant in my queue, and are in response to only one post. The number of e-mails varies anywhere from one to nine. Recieving only one does happen, but it is very rare. I usually get at least four. If there are actual multiple responses in the thread, each of those responses generates several notifications.
I can't help but notice that those who are saying they are having this problem are also generally those who have been here for a long time. Since I've been here since the early days, I'm also no doubt subscribed to a vast amount of threads, since I've always had my membership set to automatically subscribe to threads I post on. I don't want to turn it off, because I like the e-mail notifications.
mountaindood
12/12/2011, 07:44
And here I thought it was just me. I have the same problem with multiple notifications. The emails are always all recieved at the same instant in my queue, and are in response to only one post. The number of e-mails varies anywhere from one to nine. Recieving only one does happen, but it is very rare. I usually get at least four. If there are actual multiple responses in the thread, each of those responses generates several notifications.What Wyldstaar said.... exactly. The first page of my hotmail inbox this morning was filled mostly with reply notifications from HCRealms, and I don't post that frequently.
I actually found this thread today because I wanted to bring this issue to someone's attention.
I'm not sure how long it's been happening, but it's definitely been that way for a very long time, and it's finally starting to interfere with my 'normal' email usage.
I can see where it would quickly become a nuisance to a new user.
Hopefully you find a solution soon.
You see; I'm subscribed to this thread and I only get 1 notice. So weird.
Preacher13
12/12/2011, 09:47
I also have this problem. I don't even mind get notifications for every post, but not a dozen notifications repeating about one post.
I typically get like three emails for each post. Today it was especially crazy and I also got a dozen notifications.
Ok; I'll keep researching. I have to imagine this is a serve hiccup ... but we won't know until I buy new servers in a couple weeks and get them put in. In the meantime I'll check the code. :) Thanks!
New Servers ??? Plural ??? Anyone ever tell you you sound like Hugh Hefner ???
Oh, wait. You mean computer servers, right ? My bad. Thought you meant hot babes who do as you command when you command them to. Sorry for making such a glaring mistake.
aqhoffman
12/12/2011, 23:26
I am pretty good about keeping the number of subscribed threads down to a page or two at most. And I always change the subscription email notification setting to "none", "weekly", or "instant" (in the case of my trade thread or the store's schedule thread). When I post a reply in a thread, and forget to change the setting immediately, I have exactly the same problem...I'll receive the exact same notification 4 to 6 times a night, sometimes when its a thread that hasn't had any new responses since I last read it!
One notification is all I want, and it most definitely is not a case of "instant" update setting responding to several posts in a short period of time. Glad someone brought it up, since I find myself deleting 6 emails on my Blackberry or PC instead of one.
scaryscrawler
12/12/2011, 23:35
Same thing happens to me. I turned off notifications entirely, so any recent threads don't bombard me, but if an other thread flares up I get, like, 27 emails. It's crazy.
27 is nothing. I got 79 e-mail on a single post in the Incredible Hulk pull thread. I guess it's time for me to turn off notifications.
rorschachparadox
12/16/2011, 12:33
29 notifications that this...
www.hcrealms.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6080105&postcount=129
...was posted. It's been the only post to the thread today (so far). I don't believe that I actually posted to subscribe, but if I did it ceetainly wasn't multiple times in this case...
Sorry reddyeddy...
I'm making changes to the site to accommodate as software update; stay tuned. This update will improve a lot of things, and hopefully fix this situation.
mountaindood
12/31/2011, 11:37
I disabled notifications, so that when I subscribe to a thread by posting, I won't get emails about it. When I click User CP, I can still see updates to threads though :)I had mine set to this for the last two weeks, but the problem didn't stop.
I still get a bunch of duplicate emails from time to time. If it becomes a problem, I guess I really should figure out my email filtering options.
Wyldstaar
12/31/2011, 12:06
I just recieved ten e-mail notifications regarding mountaindood's post.
readyeddy?
12/31/2011, 12:08
I just recieved ten e-mail notifications regarding mountaindood's post.
I earned 11.
mountaindood
12/31/2011, 12:27
I just got 10 notifications from Wyldstaar's post.
None from readyeddy?'s.
readyeddy?
12/31/2011, 12:42
I just got 10 notifications from Wyldstaar's post.
None from readyeddy?'s.
They're comin'. Give it time.
They're comin'. Give it time.
So, anyone getting those would see this, my first post here for the year 2012, ten times over ???
rorschachparadox
01/02/2012, 06:51
So, anyone getting those would see this, my first post here for the year 2012, ten times over ???
Nope. I got (daily) notifications sixteen times over.
scaryscrawler
01/02/2012, 12:16
Nope. I got (daily) notifications sixteen times over.
I got this post twenty-one times.
BudPalmer
01/02/2012, 12:18
Did you get a notice for this?
scaryscrawler
01/02/2012, 12:30
Did you get a notice for this?
yes, but only one. I was on HCrealms at the time so I'm wondering if that made a difference since it can normally be anywhere from 4 to 70.
mountaindood
01/04/2012, 20:28
Necessity is the mother of invention... and apparently the only motivation that I respond to.
When I got no less than 50 email notifications of this one comment (http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6118396&postcount=22), I decided to investigate how to disable them altogether.
7072
It turns out that previously, the changes I thought I had made were only to a specific thread.
readyeddy?
01/26/2012, 15:57
It seems the problem has been resolved.
scaryscrawler
01/26/2012, 16:17
It seems the problem has been resolved.
yep, it's been a few weeks since I last got multiple e-mails of a post.
wintremute
01/26/2012, 16:19
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM????
Wyldstaar
01/26/2012, 18:20
True enough. Good job!
rorschachparadox
01/26/2012, 21:55
Can't say I've noticed recent multiples. Although I've reduced the number of notifications altogether, so it could've been coincidence. But glad it seems to be working!
mountaindood
01/26/2012, 22:42
An instance when no news truly is good news.
I'm happy with the way things are working.
I'm actually glad there was an issue here, because I now prefer to get daily thread updates as opposed to the instant variety.
Damn you, Social Media !!!
rorschachparadox
01/29/2012, 22:21
Yay, I can set it back to daily updates and be happy again!
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