Author Topic: Notification emails (Read 7821 times)

Ziggernaut · « **on:** January 14, 2008, 11:34:12 AM »

I just received in my email today 34 notification messages about threads/posts that are weeks old, that I never received notification about at the time they were posted. Any idea about why the very long delay? I deleted them and also, changed the settings in my profile, but it's a bit mysterious why I would be getting them now, so long after the events. Can anyone clarify?

Many thanks and God Bless,
Jeff

Entscheidungsproblem · « **Reply #1 on:** January 14, 2008, 12:19:52 PM »

I just noticed I am getting something similar. I have gotten one PM notice and one Chess game request, yet they were both from at least a month ago or so.

Robert · « **Reply #2 on:** January 14, 2008, 12:29:18 PM »

Mail server was backed up and I had to clear out an error which resulted in a backlog being sent out.

SOrry for the spam.
Robert

Entscheidungsproblem · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2008, 12:32:47 PM »

Quote from: Robert on January 14, 2008, 12:29:18 PM

SOrry for the spam.
Robert

No problem. I just got an PM notification about a chess game from you and I was wondering if I had a memory lapse.

Athanasios · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2008, 12:50:51 PM »

Hello,

I just thought my computer was having issues.

Ziggernaut · « **Reply #5 on:** January 14, 2008, 05:15:16 PM »

Quote from: Robert on January 14, 2008, 12:29:18 PM

Mail server was backed up and I had to clear out an error which resulted in a backlog being sent out.

SOrry for the spam.
Robert

Ok, thanks for clarifying!

stashko · « **Reply #6 on:** January 14, 2008, 10:27:44 PM »

I got like fifty of them maybe more......stashko..........no more please SmileyCentral.com" border="0

Athanasios · « **Reply #7 on:** January 14, 2008, 11:35:58 PM »

I had 74 on mine!!!

wynd · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:52:23 AM »

I've gotten them two or three days in a row now. Do you know how long it will go on?

Athanasios · « **Reply #9 on:** January 15, 2008, 10:09:53 AM »

I've received another 64. That's 138 so far!

stashko · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2008, 12:41:12 PM »

It looks to me since i wrote about 211 posted messages or responses ill get 211 ...any body thats written 2.000 or more or 1.000 will get that many back good luck.......stashko........ SmileyCentral.com" border="0

the slave · « **Reply #11 on:** January 16, 2008, 04:51:39 AM »

Argh - it's driving me mad - I got 8 in the last 9 mins

and 56 yesterday

ozgeorge · « **Reply #12 on:** January 16, 2008, 04:56:57 AM »

Sorry about the inconvenience guys.
Be patient. Robert is working on the problem.

stashko · « **Reply #13 on:** January 17, 2008, 05:12:09 AM »

The email are starting to flood inboxa....again........stashko SmileyCentral.com" border="0

Irish Hermit · « **Reply #14 on:** January 17, 2008, 05:15:40 AM »

Quote from: ozgeorge on January 16, 2008, 04:56:57 AM

Sorry about the inconvenience guys.
Be patient. Robert is working on the problem.

Glad that I found this thread!

I have just downloaded 30 e-mails with notification of replies to old threads, some of them back in November. Also notifications of PMs which are weeks old. Same flood of e-mail notifications has been happening for the past 4 days.

Would you like to me lay a heavy curse on the ISP and get rid of the snakes! We Irishman have the Power...!!

prodromas · « **Reply #15 on:** January 17, 2008, 06:11:07 AM »

Quote from: Irish Hermit on January 17, 2008, 05:15:40 AM

Glad that I found this thread!

I have just downloaded 30 e-mails with notification of replies to old threads, some of them back in November. Also notifications of PMs which are weeks old. Same flood of e-mail notifications has been happening for the past 4 days.

Would you like to me lay a heavy curse on the ISP and get rid of the snakes! We Irishman have the Power...!!

Thank God for Holy Father Patrick and his holy snake slaying skills!

Athanasios · « **Reply #16 on:** January 17, 2008, 09:05:23 AM »

Add another 60 to my tally. That makes 198 so far!

Robert · « **Reply #17 on:** January 17, 2008, 02:50:51 PM »

This is turning into a passive aggressive complaint thread. I'll just disable the mail server this evening so no one has to worry about the problem.

Αριστοκλής · « **Reply #18 on:** January 17, 2008, 03:58:22 PM »

er...thanks, I guess...

Irish Hermit · « **Reply #19 on:** January 17, 2008, 06:29:31 PM »

Quote from: Robert on January 17, 2008, 02:50:51 PM

This is turning into a passive aggressive complaint thread.

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No! I have been receiving the slew of e-mails for 4 days. They arrive in clumps of about 30. I simply thought - there is a problem with OC's computer but they'll fix it sooner or later. Then when I saw this thread I shared my own experience.

stashko · « **Reply #20 on:** January 17, 2008, 06:54:37 PM »

Quote from: Irish Hermit on January 17, 2008, 06:29:31 PM

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No! I have been receiving the slew of e-mails for 4 days. They arrive in clumps of about 30. I simply thought - there is a problem with OC's computer but they'll fix it sooner or later. Then when I saw this thread I shared my own experience.

Father i sent you a email hope you got it..... stashko

the slave · « **Reply #21 on:** January 19, 2008, 04:17:49 PM »

None in today

Thanks to whoever sorted it out

and I hope I have not spoken too soon

stashko · « **Reply #22 on:** January 20, 2008, 06:22:46 AM »

im getting more and more i thought the problem was fixed stashko....... SmileyCentral.com" border="0

Anastasios · « **Reply #23 on:** January 21, 2008, 10:24:23 PM »

Quote from: stashko on January 20, 2008, 06:22:46 AM

im getting more and more i thought the problem was fixed stashko.......

When problems like this arise sometimes we think it is fixed and it is not really. You might be surprised how complex databases are.

We were going to disable all notifications but that will screw things up in other ways. So the workaround is anyone who is getting tons of notifications, please manually disable notifications for yourself in your profile.

if anyone does not know how to do this (it should be straightforward as I believe you had to tick the box to get them in the first place) post it here and I will disable them for you.

Basil 320 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:39:56 PM »

Just fyi---I'm not complaining. I changed my profile info., by deleting the requests for e-mail notices of replies to my posts; and I'm still getting the notices, even for posts submitted after I changed the requests for notices.

stashko · « **Reply #25 on:** January 26, 2008, 06:30:55 AM »

Mine have finally stopped ....stashko................. SmileyCentral.com" border="0

TinaG · « **Reply #26 on:** January 26, 2008, 10:38:37 AM »

I just got one yesterday so the worst seems to be over. Thanks to our wonderful OC Net tech wizards who keep us up and running. Problems with an exploding database just means OC Net is growing, thriving and spreading the Orthodox faith, and that's a wonderful thing.

wynd · « **Reply #27 on:** January 26, 2008, 11:38:01 AM »

Quote from: Anastasios on January 21, 2008, 10:24:23 PM

We were going to disable all notifications but that will screw things up in other ways. So the workaround is anyone who is getting tons of notifications, please manually disable notifications for yourself in your profile.

This was the first thing that I checked when I started having this problem, and the setting was already off. So this may not work for everyone.

Anastasios · « **Reply #28 on:** January 26, 2008, 12:35:35 PM »

Quote from: wynd on January 26, 2008, 11:38:01 AM

This was the first thing that I checked when I started having this problem, and the setting was already off. So this may not work for everyone.

Are you or anyone else still receiving a large # of notification emails?

Anastasios · « **Reply #29 on:** January 26, 2008, 12:45:45 PM »

Quote from: TinaG on January 26, 2008, 10:38:37 AM

I just got one yesterday so the worst seems to be over. Thanks to our wonderful OC Net tech wizards who keep us up and running. Problems with an exploding database just means OC Net is growing, thriving and spreading the Orthodox faith, and that's a wonderful thing.

Thank you for your kind words. The database is now 258 megabytes and has hundreds of thousands of lines of code...and the software that runs the database sometimes has bugs, so....sometimes it is a wild goose chase.

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