Do not forget, always check your spam folder
@GardenGerty (169448)
United States
April 25, 2012 8:03pm CST
I should know this, but I forgot. I started a new discussion this afternoon, and wondered why no one responded. I went to the discussion started tab, and found that I had ten responses. I took care of those, then realized others have been talking about their notifications going to spam. Sure enough, mine did too. So do not forget, always check your spam folder.
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@rewardsinlife (1132)
• United States
26 Apr 12
That is a good idea! I always just check mine by looking at the bottom right corner of the main page of 'discussions I have started' and it says a number by it for the number of replies, and also it is in bold if there are new ones to respond to as well.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
26 Apr 12
Well my notifications are not in my spam folder either. I just went through the "started" tab again and found these responses. I guess I am going to have to contact MyLot, this is serious. I try to comment on all my responses.
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
26 Apr 12
Yes, I am aware that sometimes even mail from people we know go to spam. I do check my spam before deleting. But the problem is that it needs to be done regularly or else there's so much spam to scan through for a few genuine mails.
Thank you for the reminder:-)
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
26 Apr 12
I have not seen you in a while friend. I will need to contact MyLot on this one and also update my preferences on my e mail. I am now not even getting these notices in my spam folder. I wonder where they are going. I very seldom have anything good in my spam.
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
26 Apr 12
I've been busy on the personal front and I haven't been on mylot on a regular basis. Even with preferences set on email, it does happen that a few genuine mails go to spam. I have two email accounts...one on yahoo and one on gmail. I find that things are better at gmail and I don't really need to check the spam folder before I delete. I am part of a mail list for homeschoolers and even mails that are obviously from someone in the list, I find in the spam folder of my yahoo mail. I have to check everytime before I delete it.
But you say, your Mylot notifications haven't gone to the spam either? Now that's funny!Where could they have gone?
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
26 Apr 12
I checked my friends and their notifiers are on. The problem is even worse today as the only thing I got from MyLot was when two discussions I responded to were deleted. I will give them the weekend to look into it, then try contacting them again.
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@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
26 Apr 12
I find that providers send multiple mails from the same places to SPAM. Yahoo is especially bad for this. With sites like MyLot and Gather, one is bound to get thousands of e-mails!! That's just the nature of the site, and yet some mail providers just assume they're SPAM. AARRGGHH. I had to move my Gather mail to gMail because Yahoo just wouldn't handle it anymore.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
26 Apr 12
I will have to check and see if it is a yahoo problem, but it seems to just be my own notifications. I get the others, I checked the discussions friends started tab and I had seen all of those. Hmmmmm.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
26 Apr 12
Now all my notifications are gone.2 people like this
@chiyosan (30186)
• Philippines
26 Apr 12
=) hello garden! thank you for the reminders.. i do not get to check that too and well i guess i did turn off notifications of mylot going in to my inbox because i get a lot of notifications and i do not like checking up my mail all the time. =)
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
26 Apr 12
I wonder what is going on, because I have not had this trouble for years. I may have to go into my preferences on my e mail.
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
26 Apr 12
Mine go to anonymous email. I have two separate areas for my mail. One for mylot and one for local friends and family. Mylot hasn't ended up in spam. Ebay, Etsy, etc, they end up in span. But mylot has its own spot. But I check my spam quite often. Mostly because it fills up and sometimes new family or new friends come in.
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
27 Apr 12
Anonymous email is separate from your regular email. Earthlink has it, not all companies have it.
Hope it slves your problem, too.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Apr 12
hi gardengerty I think I anm getting all of the discussions responses and comments from all 1200 people on my 
list as I have
at least 300 most of the time and I delete those I am not interested and try to respond to as many as humanly possible.but I will check
my spam folder.
list as I have
at least 300 most of the time and I delete those I am not interested and try to respond to as many as humanly possible.but I will check
my spam folder.5 people like this
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
26 Apr 12
I am going to have to contact MyLot and see if there is a solution. I know others have not gotten notifications before. I did not even find these in my spam folder. I only get discussions from certain of my friends and not all of them.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
28 Apr 12
I am back on track now. I do not know if I accidentally called some spam, or deleted them without opening them, or if MyLot had a problem or if the "security scan" that came with my Adobe upgrade caused it. It is good to see mylot in the inbox, though. I will be checking my spam often from now on.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
26 Apr 12
I don't have that problem because on yahoo, I made a separate Mylot folder where all my Mylot messages go. It is a good set-up if you don't want to miss a notification..
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
27 Apr 12
How do you do that. I have all kinds of folders, but I have to move things in there manually. I have heard other people talk about this and I would like to do it.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
27 Apr 12
Okay, I have classic yahoo, so if you have the newer version, it might be different. Here are the steps you take- Options (In the upper right hand of the page)-mail options-filters- new filter There you can put in mylot.com and all messages from this site will go to that folder.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
27 Apr 12
Oh, and because it seems that mylot is experiencing some glitches today, if you have any problems, you can send me a message to my yahoo if you still have it. If not I will check this post tomorrow if the glitch has not been fixed, but for now, I am going to bed, got a major headache going on now..
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Apr 12
I do run threw my spam folder before I delete it. I wasn't receiving emails from friend and wondered why. She was using another email I didn't have in my contacts so her emails were going to my spam folder. You just never know.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
28 Apr 12
I think that sums it up completely. You just never know. I have my mylot back in my inbox for now, and I have a couple of theories of why this happened but they could all be false theories. You just never know.
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Apr 12
I occasionally accidentally hit my spam instead of trash too and so I wonder if that has to do with afew going to the spam folder. Just a thought.
@jazel_juan (15745)
• Philippines
26 Apr 12
Oh that happened to me several times GG, that is why when i check inbox i also make it a point to visit the spam box as they do sneak to that box... hahaha
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
26 Apr 12
This is the first time this has happened in ages. When it happened before it was Yahoo's fault.
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
26 Apr 12
This is happening to me too and it's frustrating to say the least! I have my emails go into Outlook (as I have two addresses) as it's easier for me but just lately - as you say, my notifications are going into my Spam Folder. I've tried changing my settings to allow the sender in as non-spam but that's not worked and it's my McAfee security which is shoving them all in spam in the first place.
Any ideas what to do in order to rectify the situation? I'm always really quick at responding to people's comments as a rule.
Any ideas what to do in order to rectify the situation? I'm always really quick at responding to people's comments as a rule.2 people like this
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
27 Apr 12
Hmmmmm. The other day I had to download an updated Adobe reader and it came with a MacAfee scan thing. I just took that off today as I do not like MacAfee. I wonder if that precipitated my problem.
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
28 Apr 12
I do the same as you but have to keep doing it..it's not automatic (into my inbox) as it used to be. Like you said though, at least I can do something about it...it's just remembering to do so!
@jennyze (7027)
• Indonesia
10 May 12
I got notifications, it just that I stored everything up till I have the time or the mood to respond, whichever is coming first...
I checked my spams always, afraid of some friend's emails got stuck there, but I never found any from mylot notifications...
I checked my spams always, afraid of some friend's emails got stuck there, but I never found any from mylot notifications...2 people like this
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
10 Oct 12
I have a real backlog of things that need my attention as well.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
26 Apr 12
I check mine too every so often. Some important things find their way into spam.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
26 Apr 12
I guess I will have to make it a habit to check it more often. I am going to try to figure this out though as I am afraid that I may be missing more than my own discussions.
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@befrindwithme26 (5805)
• Philippines
26 Apr 12
That's happen to me also.Before i wondered where are topics that discussed of my lotters.?
But when i looked to spam folder,there i got many.
I thought that there was problem receiving my lot discussion but since, i learn from it.
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@AmbiePam (120711)
• United States
5 May 12
I had that problem briefly a couple of years ago, but it stopped suddenly. Right now I'm annoyed with mylot. I haven't gotten any notifcations in three days. I contacted them about it right away, but they have not gotten back to me. It's frustrating.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
6 May 12
It seems wide spread and long term. It has been going on all week. Don't give up. Of course, GAther is a mess as well.
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
19 Jul 12
Most of my problems were solved by going through my spam and moving them manually to the inbox.
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
27 Apr 12
Mine is on an automatic delete once a week. I think hubby checks his every day. I should.
@finlander60 (1804)
• United States
28 Apr 12
That would be a good idea GG. Carry on. I will be in the area off and on all day.
@ladym33 (10978)
• United States
7 May 12
I try to check mine occasionally. It turns out I was missing out on a lot secret shopper opportunities because they were all in my spam folder. When I found out all that I have missing out on I was very disappointed, now I make sure to check it at least every other day because you never know what might end up in there. If an email comes in from a customer and I don't see it that would be really bad.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
10 Oct 12
That would be awful. I think something like that is what happened the first time I tried to sell on E Bay. I never got back to doing it either.
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
26 Apr 12
Well, now I am not getting them even in spam. That sure makes it hard to do myLot the way I am used to doing it.
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