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Schubert
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Subscription to a forum and email notification

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My understanding is that a member who has subscribed to a forum/subforum (such as "General Discussion") should receive email notification of all new posts in that forum. This is not happening for me. I'm also one of those who never received an activation email; Kirk had to activate my membership manually.

My internet provider does **not** delete suspected spam but simply attaches a note to the subject line of a suspect email. So spam filters are not the problem.

Can this issue be fixed?
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The issue is not with the forum software, but the underlying email server on the machine that runs b-hebrew. I'm in daily contact with Jonathan Robie, who runs the hardware and email server. The problem is being worked on. Keep in mind that we all have day jobs, so this has to be fitted into the edges of our lives.

As a workaround, consider installing an RSS reader (such as Feedly, which I use) and add the content

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http://biblicalhumanities.org/bhebrew/feed.php
. You'll see everything that has been posted since the last time you checked.

Please be patient; we dealing with a lot of change here. We'll get this worked out.
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Kirk, thank you for the quick response. Part of the reason for my post was I didn't know if the powers that be were aware of the issue -- now I know that you do. I have an RSS reader in my web browser but I found when the Biblical Greek forum changed from an email list to being web based that I missed having in my face emails.

Best wishes with the inevitable teething problems.
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Thanks for all your work in setting up the new forum.

I was having trouble viewing the web page from a smartphone. At your recommendation I just installed feedly and set up the rss, the result is excellent. Far better than reading on the website or by email. Thank you.
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I'm glad it worked for you.

<rant>
Smartphones may be okay for reading and short email, but I don't think they will work very well if you intend on interacting very much with folks on the forum. I use an iPad3, and I find it very laborious for text input. But it's great for reading! Give me a full-sized QWERTY keyboard for real work and productivity! :D
</rant>
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Kirk Lowery wrote:I'm glad it worked for you.

<rant>
Smartphones may be okay for reading and short email, but I don't think they will work very well if you intend on interacting very much with folks on the forum. I use an iPad3, and I find it very laborious for text input. But it's great for reading! Give me a full-sized QWERTY keyboard for real work and productivity! :D
</rant>
I'm using a Windows Surface RT (tablet) as my normal internet gateway, and it works well for input, too... and has a native keyboard and mouse attached externally - as a cover for the device. Genius! :)
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The email notification for subscribed fora and topics is now working. I had a collection of emails when I turned on my computer this morning. :D
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