This post is just to test if the notifications are going out OK for anyone following it. Susan P ed.

I've just read this again Susan, and I feel such a damn fool saying it;..but I don't understand what you mean?

Ginx,

Fractelle had complained, here: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=2718#61972 , on the 'Hey good lookin'' thread, that:

"I have not received any email alerts [from OLO] for close to 24 hours now. Have notified the PTB at OLO, but wondered if others had ever experienced problems receiving their selected alerts."

SusanP was posting on this thread, presumably in the hope that somebody who uses the email post alert function had it activated for this thread, and could thus confirm whether or not email alerts were being received by other users. I'm afraid I can't help in this regard as I have not ever used the email alert function.

That is what it is all about. It seems there may be gremlins in the OLO site, but they would need to know whether others are affected before spending time looking for a problem that may only in reality reside in one user's computer.

A user can activate the email alerts function by checking the box at the bottom of the 'Write new post' page labelled 'Send me an email notification whenever someone posts a follow-up comment to this article.'.

Well I'll be damned! I didn't know that Poirot, (that's a compliment btw!).

Strewth! I don't understand any of the technical stuff, but you're right. There are some continuing glitches here.
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Right on cue!!:

1 server error.

(I reckon the gremlin has a sense of humour. When I posted on this thread before I got several server errors!).

Trying again.

Umm... what notifications? Do I need to request them somewhere?

And sorry peoples, I have lost another thread. The Peak.

Err gone and I clicked on the things at the top of the menu. Lots.

Might be just as well. I printed out replies from UOG and Peter and read them umpteen times and sort of felt myself getting dumber and dumber.

Ginx & Forrest

I did not receive any email alerts and due to bugs in system that OLO has been experiencing lately assumed that it was their problem, so reported it to Susan, who promptly checked out their side of the technology, but found no problem. Therefore, I rechecked my system and found that somehow my email from OLO was being directed into my Spam bin. Don't know how I managed that but I did. And thanks to Susan I sorted out what was essentially my 'bad'.

Jewely

Please, I implore you not to try and understand what UOG or PtB write, no one else entirely gets what they're on about either. Your life is too valuable, save your time for the many erudite posts from the legion of succinct posters at OLO.

Cheers m'dears