When posting, I just got a red error message: “Unable to send email. Please contact site administrators if problem persists.” (I might be paraphrasing slightly, because I didn’t save the message).
But I wasn’t trying to send an email, so what does it mean?
Does it mean the person I was replying to had signed up to be notified of replies, but the system couldn’t do it for them?
If so, why is it giving ME the error message? Shouldn’t it be telling the user who wanted to get emails, as it’s them who’s had a problem, not me?
To me, it looks as if the post posted OK. Usually, I can’t tell if the person I’m replying to had elected to be notified or not, so there doesn’t seem much point alerting me about it.
Yeah, I’ve never signed up to be notified, so I guess it doesn’t have a problem mailing me, because it hasn’t tried.
It must be where one or more posters did ask for email notification. Doesn’t seem much point telling the person replying, though, as they are not the party affected.
Hello nurse !!! I shot a pm to Jasie and got an error thang above the delivery message. Now I feel part of the gang !!! I’m off to stroke cats and celebrate with a caramel coffee and a slap up meal at Mrs Miggins pie shop. Hurrah !!! Where are my mushrooms and riding crop ??? Instant whip for all !!!
Just had the ‘…unable to send email’ message after the above post, so - as I don’t use any other forums - I’d say this is a configuration / software problem unique to this board !!
(…never had the issue before after 3 years of posting. Seems to have gone pear-shaped after the last software ‘upgrade’ ?!!)
I’ve never had it anywhere else but here. In fact, I’ve never had most forum problems that crop up here anywhere else - right down to the search not working properly, which seems a pretty rudimentary expectation of most forums.
I gather from the ongoing surveys that we can expect a new (and improved???) forum some time.
Technically (nothing to do with the users) this the most bug-ridden and frustrating forum I’ve ever used, and I find it quite ironic that it’s the ONLY one I use which is dedicated to ill and disabled people, who have a greater need for a stress-free experience.
I’m not a huge user of forums in general, but everywhere else I frequent just works - hardly ever down, hardly ever any glitches, doesn’t keep changing in ways that usually break it.
I’ve just tried posting a second comment immediately after posting the first and I got the error message too. I seem to remember this happening shortly after the alterations we had months ago.
Looks like email notifications aren’t working full stop (so the error message is true). I didn’t get an email notification of a private message (my account settings are that I should). I only found it by logging in and seeing it, and was surprised there hadn’t been an email.
