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Email Notifications Stopped?

DefeatEd2k4  Pro User  says:

Hi, for the past day or so, I haven't received any email notifications, despite comments / photos from new contacts. (I checked my settings, are they're set to email me when something happens.)

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Ed C.

Staff Note: 19 Oct
The below note was for when this was fixed prior, 2 months ago. We know they have stopped again and are working to restore the notifications; in the meantime, please read this post. Apologies for the disruption! :-)



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**The following is from an old post from August- please disregard**

Staff Note: Thursday Morning* Update (08:45PST)

We just ran an update which should turn these back on for you, so please keep an eye on your inboxes for notifications.


*Pacific Time
Posted at 6:56AM, 21 August 2007 PDT ( permalink )
Kevin (staff) edited this topic 56 months ago.

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Hulalulatallulahoop says:

Oh hi, i seem to have this problem too as have just started a new topic......sorry, i didn't see yours. I hate not being able to see new photos from friends and worry that they'll think i'm ignoring their new pics.........lol
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Kevin says:

hmmm... no problems with my own notifications, I'll send a note to the Flickr Postmaster General to see if any of the boxes that send emails out is taking a non-authorized break.
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Hulalulatallulahoop says:

thank you Kevin. I hate not being to view photos.......i've not had any 'new photo' notifications since yesterday afternoon...lol!
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gr_patterson2003 says:

i have not recieved any email notifications either, so, what am i suppose to do how will i know if my pictures are there or not, and how do i ,or what do i do to get them up on my computer do i still go into yahoo or do i have my own address to pull them up ,i don't undrestand can you explain it to me please, or can i use kodak gallery, cause i have alot of pictures there.thanks gr_patterson2003
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gr_patterson2003 says:

oh yell does this mean all my pictures in yahoo because i have two email address in yahoo and pictures in both thanks gr_patterson2003
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Flickr Staff

Kevin says:

Ok, some of the notifications were indeed stopped for some, but we are getting them going again. Thanks for letting us know!

Hi gr_patterson2003, I am afraid this topic is not related to Yahoo! Photos- we have some help here on that; if you have a further question, please check out this topic.
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DefeatEd2k4  Pro User  says:

I'm getting them now! Delayed approx. 21hrs. Thanks for the assist, Kevin!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Hulalulatallulahoop says:

I've had one in 24 hours!!!! Yippee!!! The first one (and only one) since this tread started came at 6pm......no more since though...lol
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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werewegian  Pro User  says:

hulalulatallulahoop: you should check your contact photos page regularly. That will let you know when pictures have been added too.

www.flickr.com/photos/friends/
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Hulalulatallulahoop says:

Hi flickrwegian ~ spookily enough i'm doing that as i type......i've still only had one 'photos from friends' email since 6pm though....the only one since last night!! Hope it's rectified soon.
Thanks,
Denise
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Hulalulatallulahoop says:

Well, 23:40pm and still no mails bar one at 6pm.......i'm away visiting a friend all day tomorrow so i've no idea whether i'll get mails or not.....i check back in here tomorrow evening......i do hope it's been fixed as i hate not seeing my friends photos immediately :-))))))))
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birdyboo  Pro User  says:

hulalulatallulahoop You might enjoy FlickrFox. You can have your contacts new pix in your sidebar 24/7 ;).
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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ladyinpurple  Pro User  says:

I haven't gotten any notifications all day.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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DJ Bass  Pro User  says:

Hi all, me as well, no emails since yesterday evening, yet plenty of new friends work, activity on mine etc...?
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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R°sie says:

I didn't have any email notifications on comments that happened over night, but got one just before on a new recent comment.
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Kevin says:

Thanks- still keeping an eye on this, so please do let us know if you still have not received the notifications; I know a couple other reports came in.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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marfita  Pro User  says:

I started the migration process ages ago and never received a notice about completion, nor have the photos arrived in my Flickr account. I recently got a message on e-mail to make a decision, which I have already done and my account on Yahoo Photos is shut down for the migration, but still no photos on Flickr. Yahoo Photos says to log onto Flickr for my photos. No photos. I'm getting very anxious about this.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Jolanda van Tuijl  Pro User  says:

Here another Flickr Pro member without e-mail notifications since 2 days. Non received with notifications with comments on my pictures and also non received with noitifications that my friends posted some new pictures.

Please solve this problem as soon as possible. I'm not paying for this service for nothint I presume?

Thanks for the fast (I hope) respons.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Martica  Pro User  says:

I am also not receiving the notifications. My last email was about 24hrs ago.

Thanks for everything, Flickrers.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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~~Okeania~~ says:

Right now I received about 5 email notifications that are 2 weeks old!!!
Nothing new to inform me about my contacs.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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mamichan  Pro User  says:

I haven't had any email notifications in 2 days. Please bring them back!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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azt says:

Had the same problem today... :((
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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DJ Bass  Pro User  says:

Still nothing, i posted 14 hours ago...
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Hulalulatallulahoop says:

I've nad no mails either today whatsover
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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DefeatEd2k4  Pro User  says:

Looks like this is happening again to me, I've missed a few updates because the email notifications were sent...
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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ladyinpurple  Pro User  says:

It has been at least 2 days since I have recieved either kind of e-mail notification. Is anybody at Flickr listening?
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Flickr Staff

Kevin says:

Hi ladyinpurple, we pinned this to the top for visibility so people could see it easier- yes, we definitely know this is here and sorry it is not working as you expect.

To all, we ask for your patience for a bit longer.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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ladyinpurple  Pro User  says:

Thanks for answering Kevin. We need to know what's going on while you are working on it. This happens to me a lot. Thanks again.
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Onno Knuvers  Pro User  says:

yes me to I haven't had the new image notifications for two days but I still get all the other (new contacts, new comments) emails as normal though
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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alto maltés says:

Happened to me too!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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CrazyNotion (Still In Asia)  Pro User  says:

It is happening to me and I didnt notice this thread thus I have created another thread. Sorry about that. I will be following this thread. Have not been receiving anything on new photos or activities on my photos for 2 days now.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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sara montour says:

Just adding my name to the list...
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Davey..  Pro User  says:

Just to let everyone know that I haven't received any notifications since yesterday (Tuesday) at 12:00 EST here. I'm glad I found this thread because I thought it was just me, but I see others are having the same problem.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Onno Knuvers  Pro User  says:

I'm missing my lovely notifications, it was always a nice surprise to see what my friends were doing and uploading to Flickr... I think I'm having withdrawal symptoms :(
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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smcgee  Pro User  says:

I haven't received any in ~24 hours or so. I miss them, too!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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libbylou1300  Pro User  says:

I'm not receiving email notifications either. This is maddening!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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F-2  Pro User  says:

I havn't received any email notifications since 01.32GMT 21/8/2007 - which is more than two days ago!!

What is going on???
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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artcphoto  Pro User  says:

not receiving e mail notifications when contacts post photos for about 24 hours
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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windsandbreezes  Pro User  says:

Still not getting them either. I assume they're queued somewhere?
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Spiritus Negator  Pro User  says:

For the third day in a row now, I haven't received the daily email showing new photos from my friends.

However, the daily email showing the activities on my own photos still arrives properly and in time.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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jmb_germany  Pro User  says:

hi....me too, no mails since 2 days.
i send a mail to flickr and they told me i would get an answer within 3 days
jörg
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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~ paddypix ~  Pro User  says:

me as well . just checked and found 3 comments sent hours ago which have not been notified by e mail to me.this has been going on for 2 days.Flickr should announce if they are having technical problems so we don't have to search around for explanations in my opinion.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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andie.smith  Pro User  says:

i've not gotten a notification (that my contacts have posted) in over two days!!!
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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GerryLand  Pro User  says:

I have not received any notifications for a few days now.
What is happening? Can someone at Flickr please let us know?
Thanks
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Wade Rose  Pro User  says:

yeah what the---------- my Exfi data is missing too
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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robertreidmd says:

I stopped getting the notifications also. I miss them.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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angelrm  Pro User  says:

I've been without notifications for two days too, and I miss seeing my friends' pics!
Best regards
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Onno Knuvers  Pro User  says:

Well, I'm going to stop posting until it is fixed. As there is no point posting images if my friends don't get a notification about it
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Islander19 says:

I've had no notification for days it seems. Have to go into Flickr to see my friends photos and their comments on mine.
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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beetabonk  Pro User  says:

i'm receiving recent activity emails but have not received any emails about new photos from contacts in days.

is there anything to do on my end?
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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Slightlynorth  Pro User  says:

As of this morning I am not getting notifications about new comments/favs/etc on any of my pictures.

Edited to add that I am still getting flickrmail notices to my gmail box. Strange.
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Flickr Staff

Kevin says:

Folks- this will be fixed and sorry it's not yet, but..

"I've been without notifications for two days too, and I miss seeing my friends' pics!"

Your friends pictures are in their photostream- you can see them on this page:

www.flickr.com/photos/friends/

Just visit the main flickr.com page when logged in, and that link is there, Photos from your Contacts.
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andie.smith  Pro User  says:

yeah its time consuming to do it that way!
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Jolanda van Tuijl  Pro User  says:

I/ve had no e-mail notifications for three days now. I'm beginning to get a little bit angry. People, we are paying for this. This is not correct? Perhaps it's happening because they're stopping with yahoo and everything is not going as smoothly as they'd like it to happen. I think they should send all the members a kind of notification about what's happening outthere.
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northstander says:

Hi, another one here who hasn't had any notifications for just over 24 hours.

Not a massive deal as I can see new photo's on my contact page. But I do like getting those "new photos from a friend" emails :-)
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jmb_germany  Pro User  says:

hi again....
right now i got an response to my mail 2 days ago. yahoo told me in one sentence it wouldn´t be their problem i should contact my mail provider. ....very very kind.
now i found a new mail support of flickr, wrote another mail to them.
you all should do the same
case325676@support.flickr.com
i got no mails since 3 days ! nobody cares
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neefer  Pro User  says:

I'm not getting my contacts new photo e-mail notifications as well. It's been a few days since I had one. I much prefer getting notifications to checking the contacts page.
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Flickr Staff

Kevin says:

Ok, we think these will be on their way again soon folks.
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jmb_germany  Pro User  says:

hurrah......
got my first mail about comments....
do hope the other notification will come too.
thank you flickr
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Hulalulatallulahoop says:

Still no mails at my end..........i have been going into 'contacts' at the top of the page but like andie.smith says it's very time consuming and i have to keep going back to each page to double check.....it's annoying and tomorrow will be the 4th day without e-mails for new photo notifications.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Denise
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sara montour says:

Mine are back, thank you flickr kids!

And I find it a little bit ridiculous that there are people so frustrated by this. Flickr is a huge site and the fact that it runs so smoothly 95% of the time is amazing; I can handle not getting emails for 2 days and so can you.
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```/streetart#_+_www.♥.tk ﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿´´  Pro User  says:

after 2 days without i got 3 in the last 3 h


the 1st one " has uploaded 4 photos in the last 2 days


works properly
█████████
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Onno Knuvers  Pro User  says:

hmmm still not getting mine
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Poet for Life  Pro User  says:

Your friends pictures are in their photostream- you can see them on this page:

www.flickr.com/photos/friends/


Kevin, this isn't true. I am not shown the latest pictures of some of my contacts (I can't figure out, of how many of them). For example this one:

www.flickr.com/photos/theoro/1218298587

I haven't activated e-mail notification.
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OscarM  Pro User  says:

Since last monday no notifications to me. I have "Yes, save up all the messages, and send one email per day." option.
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james_smith47 says:

I didn't get any e-mail notifications 2 days ago and it was strange... but then I checked Flickr site and there was no mail in my Flickr mail box either. With some other problems running (see other current topic e.g. about adding new friends etc.) my guess is that slowly Flickr is getting filled up and bursting with the amount of data and tasks that system is unable to handle. This is first such serious warning since I am here, but I guess not last, unless there will be some serious response from Flickr managments.
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Hulalulatallulahoop says:

Still no mails for me........4th day now.......it's getting tedious shifting though my contact list.......but needs must i suppose.....will have to keep doing the long drawn out way.
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F-2  Pro User  says:

Yes, still no email notifications here either now well into the forth day of this flickr crisis.

Maybe this is setting the scene of the future here on flickr, as increasing load is placed upon the limited resources, the service will slow down to a crawl further still, the hiccups screens and services like email notifications (all of which are already major problems) will continue to slide until flickr becomes unusable!!

The law of diminishing returns.
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Dr. Keats  Pro User  says:

"the service will slow down to a crawl further still, the hiccups screens and services like email notifications (all of which are already major problems) will continue to slide until flickr becomes unusable!!".

Want to see reeeeeally slow? Wait 'til they add video....
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RuedisFotos  Pro User  says:

Same problem since 3 days.
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~~Okeania~~ says:

Hallo again.
It happened for second time now.I received 10!! email notifications about 3 weeks old!!
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Lovey-Dovey says:

I've received no email notifications in three days, either.
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lauren {elycerose}  Pro User  says:

Кevin I can't use my Photos from Contacts, as it's broken ~ only a few new pictures show up occasionally, from just a few of my contacts. That seems to be broken as well.
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NWT 2005 says:

No notifications for me either.
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andie.smith  Pro User  says:

lol..i started getting "your contacts have posted" again but stopped getting "you have comment" emails!
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northstander says:

Still no notification of new photo's, nor comments. So it's not fixed yet.
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Flickr Staff

Kevin says:

Ok, thanks for the notes; I got mine late last night for the previous couple of days uploads by contacts (it was expected to be a big backlog to go out) but we'll take a look.


Edit to add- these are still in the process of catching up now.
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DefeatEd2k4  Pro User  says:

This seems to be working again. I just got a New Photos From Contacts email (delayed ~2 days.) Thanks for the attention, Keven!
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Poet for Life  Pro User  says:

But it still doesn't work to see the latest pictures of my contacts in the "Photos from your Contacts" area.

Is it just co-incidence that this also doesn't work currently, or is there a totally different reason for that?
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GerryLand  Pro User  says:

Mine seems to be working again. Thanks everyone.
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Onno Knuvers  Pro User  says:

YAY!!! I finally got one HUGE email notification with all my firneds uploads in the last 3 days. Crazy but happy thats it's working...it seems
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F-2  Pro User  says:

Still not getting anything?!?
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♥ Hazed ♥ says:

Im not getting any either other than when someone emails me... I no longer get notifications when someone comments on my pics or anything :(
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paigelynn says:

My recent contacts page is also not working. Some people's new photos show up, others are not showing up. I keep having to go find people and check them to see if they've uploaded anything new.

Is this being checked into as well?
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Hulalulatallulahoop says:

I had one mail a few hours ago with about 10 of my contacts photos all on one mail but everything is quiet again and i *know* contacts have uploaded new photos but i still am not getting mails.
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jmb_germany  Pro User  says:

:---((((
after the mailservice started again yesterday with all notifications and in time ,it stopped now again today. got only one mail with the traffic from 4 days ago.
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ah_doo_dah says:

well the mail service is working for me but the reciprocal contact is not showing up. i.e flickr mail saying so and so has added you but no visible contact status on that page. what's the dealeo Kevo?
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northstander says:

Still nothing for me...come on Flickr!
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Фототека им. Зепа  Pro User  says:

don't get any notifications anymore, too (since 2 or 3 days)... come on!
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F-2  Pro User  says:

I notice that this subject has been removed as an official topic on flickr.

I guess that shows how low a priority flickr are attaching to this problem. Maybe its an attempt to bury bad news about the flickr mail crisis??
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Flickr Staff

Kevin says:

It must be a conspiracy!

The mail started flowing again this afternoon; our mail developer said the queue would take some time to catch up. So we are watching it.

:-)
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Hulalulatallulahoop says:

Still no mails here bar one yesterday
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northstander says:

How long do you think it'll take to catch up Kevin?
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Фототека им. Зепа  Pro User  says:

still not working... wouldn't mind about one day... but several days is too much... do something.
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Lovey-Dovey says:

Going on four days now. Still no mail!
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GerryLand  Pro User  says:

I got one email with multiple contacts and their photos that were new (some older) and now it has stopped again. So only 1 email in over 4 days.
??
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Hulalulatallulahoop says:

Still no notifications and also, i don't seem to be getting any mails from Flickr now........i've had one since 9am this morning and that was a request for a new contact to be added.....no mails for comments, etc.
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bocavermelha-l.b.  Pro User  says:

yeah... i'm watching it but, i’m not receiving any recent activity notifications
here too :(
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )
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zenog  Pro User  says:

me too !
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*Roshie Is Alive & Well*  Pro User  says:

ditto...it stopped working about two days ago...
Posted 58 months ago. ( permalink )

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