Slow email notifications

[AlphaFrog]

Before the switch to vBulliten, I used to get email notifications within seconds of a reply. Now it takes several minutes at best. Often it takes hours. I think one recent notification took some 10 hours to receive.

I have my Outlook set up to check for email every 3 minutes, and I promptly receive emails from other sources. So I don't think it's an issue on my end.

Are others experiencing this? If yes, is it being looked into?

 

[Peter_SSs]

Are others experiencing this?

Yes

If yes, is it being looked into?

Yes, this has been discussed by Moderators/Admins. The particular problem has not been identified but there are two things to note
- Reports are that Tuesdays are worse than others
- To reduce load on the server, the notification emails are now only sent out in groups every ten minutes. So a response made at 2:31 should be notified at 2:40. However, with the issue you have experienced (& so have I) it sometimes takes much longer.

I'm tending to use the quick link to Subscribed Threads a bit more often than I used to.

 

[AlphaFrog]

Thanks Peter. It's good to know how it works.

- To reduce load on the server, the notification emails are now only sent out in groups every ten minutes. So a response made at 2:31 should be notified at 2:40.

And depending on how that timing syncs with when my emails are checked, it could be 13 minutes.

 

[Peter_SSs]

Well, it is Tuesday today - the email notifying me of your response here arrived 54 minutes after your post!

 

[AlphaFrog]

I have an extra 56kbps modem I'm willing to donate if you think it would help.