Good afternoon! I have a quick suggestion.
Can the New Private Message email alert include a quick note of who the PM is either from or was sent by? I ask because I just got one in my inbox, but it's marked 4:57pm and my last received PM was about half an hour ago. That's a pretty hefty gap for the site to just now be sending me an alert to my email address!
Maybe it can start off with, "Hi [Username],
You have received a new private message from [Sender] on the RP Repository."
So that way I can keep these delayed alerts in check with PM's I have actually received/gotten replies to. I was scrambling about my RPR inbox & its folders in confusion trying to find this mysterious PM that supposedly arrived at 4:57pm!
Edit: 6:32pm right now. There appears to be a 2-3 minute delay between a PM arriving in my inbox and the email alert showing up on my phone. Is there a bit of lag going on between the systems?
Can the New Private Message email alert include a quick note of who the PM is either from or was sent by? I ask because I just got one in my inbox, but it's marked 4:57pm and my last received PM was about half an hour ago. That's a pretty hefty gap for the site to just now be sending me an alert to my email address!
Maybe it can start off with, "Hi [Username],
You have received a new private message from [Sender] on the RP Repository."
So that way I can keep these delayed alerts in check with PM's I have actually received/gotten replies to. I was scrambling about my RPR inbox & its folders in confusion trying to find this mysterious PM that supposedly arrived at 4:57pm!
Edit: 6:32pm right now. There appears to be a 2-3 minute delay between a PM arriving in my inbox and the email alert showing up on my phone. Is there a bit of lag going on between the systems?
Sending of emails is not always instant on the part of the Server. It has certain windows of time during which it will send out emails, and then only so many per window, so occasionally an email will go out late if it 1) just missed the last email-send window and 2) ends up in a long line such that it might also have to wait its turn until yet another window or two has passed. Once an email is actually sent, we have no control over how it gets to you -- if it gets stuck or lost or just takes a really long path in the relay of servers between us and you on its long journey 'round the world to your inbox, there's no telling how long it could take!
So yeah, that emails aren't always instant doesn't surprise me.
But all that said, I totally agree that the email alert notices should be way more informative!
So yeah, that emails aren't always instant doesn't surprise me.
But all that said, I totally agree that the email alert notices should be way more informative!
Oh, okay! 
If there's a sensible answer, I'm okay with the lag then! It was just so noticeable that it made me go, "Hrrrm what's up here?"
I guess my PM's are very punctual for that window! But yes, more informative PM alerts would be awesome, please!
If there's a sensible answer, I'm okay with the lag then! It was just so noticeable that it made me go, "Hrrrm what's up here?"I guess my PM's are very punctual for that window!
But yes, more informative PM alerts would be awesome, please!
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