Problem with e-mail notification

[Shewolf]

After having been away from E for a while I decided to turn on my - Receive Forum Newsletters and important notifications by e-mail -
I wish I hadn't, because now I am not receiving any e-mail at all.
Not when I get a PM, or when there's a reply to one of my subscribed topics.
I tried to 'undo' what I did and ran a couple of tests by having someone PM me, but it isn't working.
I would love some help with this.

[Britwitch]

Have you said that you want to receive information about new posts etc.? That could be the problem, it's only waiting for 'official' stuff to send to you.

[Shewolf]

My settings are:


Receive forum newsletters, announcements and important notifications by email. ☒
Turn notification on when you post or reply to a topic.☐
When sending notification of a reply to a topic, send the post in the email (but please don't reply to these emails.) ☐

For topics and boards I've requested notification on, notify me: Instantly
For topics and boards I've requested notification on, notify me of: Only Replies



Below those settings are a bunch of topics I should get an e-mail about when there has been a reply posted, but that, together with no e-mail about a PM, did not happen.
I have saved the settings, I have unticked the first box and changed them back to how they were, I have done it all.


Edit
My PM settings (which I did not touch or alter in any way) are as follows:

Notify by email every time you receive a personal message: Always

[Vekseid]

Your mail host is bouncing our mails to you.

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said: 550 5.0.0 Mail rejected. (in reply to end of DATA command)


You will have to take it up with them and tell them you want mail from us.

[Shewolf]

Your mail host is bouncing our mails to you.

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said: 550 5.0.0 Mail rejected. (in reply to end of DATA command)


You will have to take it up with them and tell them you want mail from us.

Alright, I directly logged into the mail account with my host and put the e-mail "webmaster@elliquiy.com" on the 'alway trust' list, as that was not in place.
That should stop them from bouncing, right?

Edit:

Also contacted the service/abuse desk of my provider.
Still waiting on an answer from them.

[Shewolf]

Alright, I got news back from my provider and they have adjusted the spamfilter and told me that mail should be able to go through without being bounced.

[Vekseid]

Woo : )

[Shewolf]

*Just got E mail*
Thank you

[Geraint]

I stopped getting post notifications via Hotmail at about 8:45 EST and Hotmail is functioning normally for me otherwise.  Is there a problem with the mail server?

[Vekseid]

Ugh, thank you. I'm not sure what's wrong yet but I see it.

New version pangs.

[Geraint]

Ugh, thank you. I'm not sure what's wrong yet but I see it.

New version pangs.

Just got the missing notifications.  Thanks Veks

[Vekseid]

Apparently we've been hovering at the rate limit I set *seven years ago* and this was just enough to push it over the edge.

Well then.

[Beguile's Mistress]

I think the notifications are acting up again.  PM notifications are delayed as well.

[Vekseid]

Yeah I'm fighting with DKIM (insert longass rant here).

A 'feature' got added that, even though I never use it, breaks hard, and the software goes along with it.

So I'm hunting for an alternative. Messages are going through unsigned now, but they may go to spam.

[Beguile's Mistress]

Wasn't sure what is happening but I was waiting for a PM around 4:00 and it showed in the Inbox but not notifications.  We've been chatting back and forth and 2-3 notifications came through together in one email.

Sorry for being pushy.

[Vekseid]

It's fine, better to get a few extra messages when I know than to not get any messages when I don't. : )

[Vekseid]

Going to be trying something a bit risky again. Please let me know if you get delayed mail again.

[Beguile's Mistress]

It looks like notifications might be acting up again.  The last one I received came in around 9:30 this morning.

[Gadifriald]

I'm not receiving PM notification e-mails today, so looks like you're right, BeMi!

[Geraint]

No PM nor post notifications for me since 8:55 AM

[Geraint]

No PM nor post notifications for me since 8:55 AM

My missing notifications just arrived.

edit:  Six of them, all at once

[Vekseid]

Apparently my mailserver did a hard reset this morning and Postfix failed. *sets up new watchdog*

Thank you for letting me know everyone.