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Re: Not Receiving Email Alerts

#691 Post by elski » Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:12 am

Yes again someone had to kindly message me to tell me there had been a post on free films.
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Re: Not Receiving Email Alerts

#692 Post by Beate » Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:27 am

What do you think you're achieving by letting us know for the thousandth time that the email notifications don't work for you? We know. We tried an upgrade that might have solved the problem but unfortunately it failed. We're trying, OK, so give it a rest please.
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Re: Not Receiving Email Alerts

#693 Post by KM&M » Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:49 am

I think to be fair it's some time since any official word was posted that you're aware the issue is ongoing and you're continuing to work on a solution.
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Re: Not Receiving Email Alerts

#694 Post by AYBG » Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:43 pm

I've been thinking, I could implement the 50 (or 25) posts+ restriction on email notifications.

The only trouble is I don't know if you're not receiving emails because of the host-implemented cap or because the board thinks you haven't read a particular post.

I'll do some digging around, but if it's the latter we'd need to somehow reset the whole notification system.
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Re: Not Receiving Email Alerts

#695 Post by steve9872 » Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:52 pm

I always used to get the alerts but today's has failed to arrive. Rather than bitch about it, I sorted out a solution for myself which I will now share with all of you.

I have installed an app on my phone called Web Alert (Website Monitor). Its very simple to use and allows you to check a tiny part of any web page for changes. I've set mine to check the main page for any changes to the number of posts in free films every 10 minutes. Sorted. Never more than 10 minutes from an alert and i'm not even logged in.

NB. You need to set it to check the index page NOT the free films page. You don't want alerts every time someone VIEWS a FF post? or do you?
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Re: Not Receiving Email Alerts

#696 Post by AYBG » Sat Jun 02, 2018 3:49 pm

steve9872 wrote:I have installed an app on my phone called Web Alert (Website Monitor). Its very simple to use and allows you to check a tiny part of any web page for changes. I've set mine to check the main page for any changes to the number of posts in free films every 10 minutes. Sorted. Never more than 10 minutes from an alert and i'm not even logged in.
Bear in mind, wouldn't this also trigger when threads are moved to Expired Stuff?

Anyway, sorry about the notification not coming through. Hopefully a one-off. I think I've found a way to force the board to send notifications regardless of whether the user has (or is considered to have) viewed the subscribed topics/forums. But that would add a lot to the amount of emails we send out, inevitably hit the cap pretty quick. Maybe it could be done in conjunction with the 50/25+ posts thing.
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Re: Not Receiving Email Alerts

#697 Post by steve9872 » Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:15 pm

AYBG wrote:
steve9872 wrote:I have installed an app on my phone called Web Alert (Website Monitor). Its very simple to use and allows you to check a tiny part of any web page for changes. I've set mine to check the main page for any changes to the number of posts in free films every 10 minutes. Sorted. Never more than 10 minutes from an alert and i'm not even logged in.
Bear in mind, wouldn't this also trigger when threads are moved to Expired Stuff?
True, but its a small price to p*y to get FF alerts and such pruning is rare anyway.
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Re: Not Receiving Email Alerts

#698 Post by AYBG » Sat Jun 02, 2018 5:08 pm

Would it be possible to set it to look for changes in the "Last Post" field? Avoiding the "Today" part if possible, but the hh:mm or the username of the last poster?
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Re: Not Receiving Email Alerts

#699 Post by steve9872 » Sat Jun 02, 2018 6:40 pm

It works by checking elements. "Today, 09:47" is a single element.
However after the name is an arrow pointing to a page icon which is white when read, and orange when unread. Selecting that should only alert for unread messages.
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My more realistic target is 80 :tears:
20 seen so far, Páid for 0
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29 seen 2018 :X
53 seen 2017 :nono:
61 seen 2016 :tears:
86 seen 2015 8-)
71 seen 2014 :tears:
90 seen 2013 8-)
77 seen 2012 8-)
69 seen 2011 8-)
60 seen 2010 8-)

Looking forward to in 2019: (Jan) Glass (Feb) (mar) Captain Marvel, (apr) Avengers: Endgame ,(May) (jun) Dark Phoenix, MIB: International (Jul) (aug) The new mutants, (sep) (oct) (nov) Kingsman 3 (dec)

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Re: Not Receiving Email Alerts

#700 Post by steve9872 » Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:57 am

steve9872 wrote:It works by checking elements. "Today, 09:47" is a single element.
However after the name is an arrow pointing to a page icon which is white when read, and orange when unread. Selecting that should only alert for unread messages.
This only works if you are logged in.
Member number 13 of the 100 free films in 2019 club. o/
My more realistic target is 80 :tears:
20 seen so far, Páid for 0
Movie list 2019
29 seen 2018 :X
53 seen 2017 :nono:
61 seen 2016 :tears:
86 seen 2015 8-)
71 seen 2014 :tears:
90 seen 2013 8-)
77 seen 2012 8-)
69 seen 2011 8-)
60 seen 2010 8-)

Looking forward to in 2019: (Jan) Glass (Feb) (mar) Captain Marvel, (apr) Avengers: Endgame ,(May) (jun) Dark Phoenix, MIB: International (Jul) (aug) The new mutants, (sep) (oct) (nov) Kingsman 3 (dec)

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