| Direct Message email notifications 09:57 - Nov 28 with 1342 views | GavTWTD |
We currently send you an email if you're not online and someone sends you a DM. I think it's causing an issue with Microsoft and their services (Hotmail, Live, Outlook etc) and we get blocked often. Getting that unblocked is a pain in the ... We use this server also for password resets and new accounts so it's an issue for me.
Would it cause anyone an issue if we turned this off?
(putting in football category so more see it) |  |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 10:09 - Nov 28 with 1253 views | Ryorry |
Caused me a problem about 18 months (?) ago as you know - wasn’t getting any alerts through to my hotmail account, so switched alerts from TWTD to my secondary, not microsoft, account. I imagine most people have a second email they can switch to? |  |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 10:21 - Nov 28 with 1184 views | Keno |
Does this mean I won't know you've banned me so can just carry on using the site?
in which case go for it! |  |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 11:01 - Nov 28 with 1098 views | GavTWTD |
| Direct Message email notifications on 10:09 - Nov 28 by Ryorry |
Caused me a problem about 18 months (?) ago as you know - wasn’t getting any alerts through to my hotmail account, so switched alerts from TWTD to my secondary, not microsoft, account. I imagine most people have a second email they can switch to? |
How important is it that you get a notification I guess is my question.
Perhaps if you log on regularly then you don't need an email, but if you have an unread one that you've not seen in a couple of days then perhaps that could trigger an email. Or just send one out if that person hasn't logged in in 24hrs.
I can't really ask people not to use MS accounts, but I'll have a think about how to reduce the amount of emails we send out for this.
I do want to change the format of the page to be more of a whatsapp style conversation rather than email exchange. | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 11:06 - Nov 28 with 1076 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Direct Message email notifications on 11:01 - Nov 28 by GavTWTD |
How important is it that you get a notification I guess is my question.
Perhaps if you log on regularly then you don't need an email, but if you have an unread one that you've not seen in a couple of days then perhaps that could trigger an email. Or just send one out if that person hasn't logged in in 24hrs.
I can't really ask people not to use MS accounts, but I'll have a think about how to reduce the amount of emails we send out for this.
I do want to change the format of the page to be more of a whatsapp style conversation rather than email exchange. |
It's fine to get rid of it for me. I'm literally on here every day so I'll see the flashing red thingy without the need for an email. |  |
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| It’s OK with us Gav…. on 11:09 - Nov 28 with 1064 views | Bloots |
….we’ve got the WhatsApp group for that sort of thing. |  |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 11:14 - Nov 28 with 1052 views | Ryorry |
| Direct Message email notifications on 11:01 - Nov 28 by GavTWTD |
How important is it that you get a notification I guess is my question.
Perhaps if you log on regularly then you don't need an email, but if you have an unread one that you've not seen in a couple of days then perhaps that could trigger an email. Or just send one out if that person hasn't logged in in 24hrs.
I can't really ask people not to use MS accounts, but I'll have a think about how to reduce the amount of emails we send out for this.
I do want to change the format of the page to be more of a whatsapp style conversation rather than email exchange. |
I’d say extremely important - can go days without logging in, esp in the close season, and some things can be time-critical.
Just a personal view. | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 11:17 - Nov 28 with 1019 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Direct Message email notifications on 11:14 - Nov 28 by Ryorry |
I’d say extremely important - can go days without logging in, esp in the close season, and some things can be time-critical.
Just a personal view. |
No offence to Phil and Gav, but what messages are they sending you that are that important?! | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 11:19 - Nov 28 with 1005 views | GavTWTD |
| Direct Message email notifications on 11:14 - Nov 28 by Ryorry |
I’d say extremely important - can go days without logging in, esp in the close season, and some things can be time-critical.
Just a personal view. |
Time critical? I'm uncomfortable with someone using this for life-or-death reasons! If you're having important conversations then you need to swap contact details.
I think I need to adapt it so that if you've not seen a message within 24 hrs then I'll send an email. I'm not doing this any time soon. Probably the summer. | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 11:21 - Nov 28 with 987 views | Ryorry |
| Direct Message email notifications on 11:17 - Nov 28 by The_Flashing_Smile |
No offence to Phil and Gav, but what messages are they sending you that are that important?! |
Messages from other people, not Gav or Phil! | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 11:26 - Nov 28 with 954 views | Ryorry |
| Direct Message email notifications on 11:19 - Nov 28 by GavTWTD |
Time critical? I'm uncomfortable with someone using this for life-or-death reasons! If you're having important conversations then you need to swap contact details.
I think I need to adapt it so that if you've not seen a message within 24 hrs then I'll send an email. I'm not doing this any time soon. Probably the summer. |
Well, depends on whether those to whom you say “my PMs are always open even in the wee small hours as I’m often up then anyway”, on mental health or other support threads, ever take you up on the offer I guess.
Personally I wouldnt be comfortable giving my own contact details to someone I don’t know, so I’d say please don’t remove the immediacy for the option of safe contact via PMs here. [Post edited 28 Nov 11:35]
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| Direct Message email notifications on 11:34 - Nov 28 with 915 views | Plums |
| Direct Message email notifications on 11:06 - Nov 28 by The_Flashing_Smile |
It's fine to get rid of it for me. I'm literally on here every day so I'll see the flashing red thingy without the need for an email. |
Agreed. I spend far too much of my life on this fabulous corner of the web for an email to be of any use. For me, it's just clutter. |  |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 11:58 - Nov 28 with 820 views | GavTWTD |
| Direct Message email notifications on 11:26 - Nov 28 by Ryorry |
Well, depends on whether those to whom you say “my PMs are always open even in the wee small hours as I’m often up then anyway”, on mental health or other support threads, ever take you up on the offer I guess.
Personally I wouldnt be comfortable giving my own contact details to someone I don’t know, so I’d say please don’t remove the immediacy for the option of safe contact via PMs here. [Post edited 28 Nov 11:35]
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Ok, I'm not convinced the email notification was working as it should as the code made no sense.
I've just made a change. If you've not been online in the last 15 mins then you'll get an email. If you don't think this is working now please let me know.
I think people are getting these emails and hitting "these are junk" which is why we're getting blocked. I've asked MS to unblock us again. We were blocked in August and again in September. | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 11:59 - Nov 28 with 813 views | gainsboroughblue |
I never get DM's anyway.
Sob. |  |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 12:23 - Nov 28 with 755 views | Ryorry |
| Direct Message email notifications on 11:58 - Nov 28 by GavTWTD |
Ok, I'm not convinced the email notification was working as it should as the code made no sense.
I've just made a change. If you've not been online in the last 15 mins then you'll get an email. If you don't think this is working now please let me know.
I think people are getting these emails and hitting "these are junk" which is why we're getting blocked. I've asked MS to unblock us again. We were blocked in August and again in September. |
That's great, thanks 👍
I think that for some people, just knowing that the option is available to talk 'anonymously' (ie via usernames) wth someone very quickly if they want, is reassuring. | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 12:36 - Nov 28 with 696 views | GavTWTD |
| Direct Message email notifications on 12:23 - Nov 28 by Ryorry |
That's great, thanks 👍
I think that for some people, just knowing that the option is available to talk 'anonymously' (ie via usernames) wth someone very quickly if they want, is reassuring. |
It perhaps should be a setting in your account to say you want to be notified in this way, but make the default "no".
Yes, I'll sort that in the summer. | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 12:50 - Nov 28 with 629 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
Gav, I assume this is some sort of anti-commercial spam protection Microsoft have built into their email servers, rejecting mail from addresses flagged as mailing lists and the like, if they send too frequently?
I understand that you can't stop people using Microsoft email accounts, but cannot the owner of the target email address whitelist TWTD emails on the Microsoft email servers for uninhibited receipt? |  | | |
| Direct Message email notifications on 12:58 - Nov 28 with 607 views | Ryorry |
| Direct Message email notifications on 12:36 - Nov 28 by GavTWTD |
It perhaps should be a setting in your account to say you want to be notified in this way, but make the default "no".
Yes, I'll sort that in the summer. |
That would seem a very good solution for all 👍 | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 13:02 - Nov 28 with 595 views | GavTWTD |
| Direct Message email notifications on 12:50 - Nov 28 by SuffolkPunchFC |
Gav, I assume this is some sort of anti-commercial spam protection Microsoft have built into their email servers, rejecting mail from addresses flagged as mailing lists and the like, if they send too frequently?
I understand that you can't stop people using Microsoft email accounts, but cannot the owner of the target email address whitelist TWTD emails on the Microsoft email servers for uninhibited receipt? |
I'm not sure they can. I think its a blanket ban on my IP.
This is why I moved our mailing list off this IP so that important emails get through. | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 13:05 - Nov 28 with 577 views | Ryorry |
| Direct Message email notifications on 12:50 - Nov 28 by SuffolkPunchFC |
Gav, I assume this is some sort of anti-commercial spam protection Microsoft have built into their email servers, rejecting mail from addresses flagged as mailing lists and the like, if they send too frequently?
I understand that you can't stop people using Microsoft email accounts, but cannot the owner of the target email address whitelist TWTD emails on the Microsoft email servers for uninhibited receipt? |
Hah, you're assuming way too much competency from microsoft there!
I later changed from them anyway due to their complete failure to control extraordinary amounts of phishing + hundreds of attempts to hack my account every month (tho at least they notified me of those). | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 13:49 - Nov 28 with 490 views | BloomBlue |
Just ban any user with an MS email account. You really dont need that riffraff on here with all their childish email accounts.
Anyway if you need anyone to test email changes, I'm happy to help. Billy.bigcock@gmail.com |  | | |
| Direct Message email notifications on 13:54 - Nov 28 with 480 views | GlasgowBlue |
My email notifications saying I have a PM seems to go to my junk folder so no loss there. I’ll see I’ve got a message when I log on and it’s hardly going to be a matter of life or death with all due respect. |  |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 13:59 - Nov 28 with 452 views | vapour_trail |
No issue. Please don’t make extra work for yourself for something so trivial. |  |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 14:14 - Nov 28 with 414 views | Ryorry |
| Direct Message email notifications on 13:54 - Nov 28 by GlasgowBlue |
My email notifications saying I have a PM seems to go to my junk folder so no loss there. I’ll see I’ve got a message when I log on and it’s hardly going to be a matter of life or death with all due respect. |
You've supported mental health threads in the past and the ability for anyone experiencing acute problems to open up to anyone on here who they're comfortable with (even if they haven't met) rather than to a total stranger via more formal channels, quickly though.
Hardly a 'trivial' matter as the poster after yourself calls it. | |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 14:23 - Nov 28 with 383 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Direct Message email notifications on 13:02 - Nov 28 by GavTWTD |
I'm not sure they can. I think its a blanket ban on my IP.
This is why I moved our mailing list off this IP so that important emails get through. |
what if you added your mobile number when registering and you could get a txt notification instead? |  |
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| Direct Message email notifications on 14:38 - Nov 28 with 339 views | GavTWTD |
| Direct Message email notifications on 14:23 - Nov 28 by FrimleyBlue |
what if you added your mobile number when registering and you could get a txt notification instead? |
No I'm not going to be asking for phone numbers. | |
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