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Joseph Elfelt
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No email alert when PM received

Post by Joseph Elfelt » December 3rd, 2013, 5:50 am

My profile says I want to get an email alerting me if someone has sent me a PM.
My email address is good, however I am not getting an email when I get a PM.

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Martell
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Re: No email alert when PM received

Post by Martell » December 3rd, 2013, 12:44 pm

There's a problem with your mail server:

(host mail.mappingsupport.com[69.89.31.108] said: 451 Temporary local problem - please try later (in reply to RCPT TO command)

I see 70+ of those in the logs.
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Joseph Elfelt
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Re: No email alert when PM received

Post by Joseph Elfelt » December 5th, 2013, 10:30 am

Thanks Dan.
Since my email address normally works fine the problem must be due to some combination of things involving this forum plus email settings at my end.

I did a google search on that error message and implmented the solution I saw here:
http://www.bluehostforum.com/showthread ... lem-Solved

I need to wait a few hours before testing that solution.

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RobFromRedland
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Re: No email alert when PM received

Post by RobFromRedland » December 5th, 2013, 4:55 pm

FYI. that 451 error is sometimes used as a spam prevention measure. The 451 means "try again later", but most spammers do not try again, so it filters out some spam. You could also try whitelisting the address from here and see if that helps.
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