I missed a message because it was in MeFi mail

January 16, 2008 4:17 PM

Argh! An anonymous AskMe poster sent me follow up information three days ago -- on my invitation -- but sent it to MeFi mail, so I only just discovered it! Is there some way to make MeFi mail notify my regular e-mail? I feel so guilty...
posted by amtho to etiquette/policy at 4:17 PM (24 comments total)

In your preference page, you can set it to forward to regular mail.
posted by voidcontext at 4:21 PM on January 16

You could just setup mefimail to auto-forwward to an account you actually read regularly.
posted by nomisxid at 4:21 PM on January 16

Yes, you can have all MeFi Mail forwarded to your regular email. Click the "Preferences" link above and check the box next to "Forward MeFi Mail to email?". You might need to verify your email address first.
posted by pb at 4:21 PM on January 16

OK, thanks, I probably could have found that if I'd looked just a little bit more. I'm working on it now.
posted by amtho at 4:25 PM on January 16

I may post a question with the new information on behalf of the anonymous poster; is there any reason not to do this? here is the original question.

Oh, what the heck, here's the new information from the anonymous poster:



Teen son skipped a grade. Also, we're not in the US. Car licensing process begins at 16.5 years and takes a minimum of 1 year (with 200 logged hours) but a maximum of 2 (I think) and he hasn't bothered to start this, even though he is 16.75 because since we don't have a car, so he can't practice and nobody has the money for him to go to driving school.

Uni books are not optional, but his are a new expense this year, as is his tranport to uni.

Saying how much discretionary income I have is pointless, the prices between areas let alone countries is enormously different.

Addressing other points that other people have brought up:

The computer would be husband's own, we each have one, we prefer it to tv.
Camping is impossible without the car. We use taxis when we must, buses, trains and walk.
I'm a minimalist and really don't want more possessions. I pretty much have everything I want.
The kids don't get allowance, they get paid for doing the dishes, a minimal rate of $1 per night. They take turns at this chore. Occasionally I'll pay them to do other things (at slave labour rates), like vacuum and mop house, do the laundry etc.

Thanks to everyone for the ideas, I'm looking forward to sharing the load of prioritizing because "all the blame for the unmet desires is yours" is my biggest issue and using the "here is the unglamorous but functional" line if they won't play.
posted by amtho at 4:27 PM on January 16

We admins usually post anonymous followups for the question askers -- there is currently no way for you to repost their info as anonymous, just as you.
posted by mathowie at 4:34 PM on January 16

The original thread is still open, you should post it there.
posted by ALongDecember at 4:35 PM on January 16

Thanks, Matt, I know I'd have to post it as me. Maybe I'll just stay out of it in the future. Are admins covering the site 24 hours a day?

Yes, I'll probably go ahead and post it to the original thread. The OP has seemingly forgiven me and says to leave it lie.
posted by amtho at 4:40 PM on January 16

Thanks, Matt, I know I'd have to post it as me. Maybe I'll just stay out of it in the future. Are admins covering the site 24 hours a day?

18-20, generally. If it's a question of getting an update posted at 2am, it may just need to wait until we wake up.
posted by cortex at 5:16 PM on January 16

We admins usually post anonymous followups for the question askers -- there is currently no way for you to repost their info as anonymous, just as you.

Let this be a lesson to you, Amtho... Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards... for they are subtle and quick to anger.
posted by Dave Faris at 5:56 PM on January 16 [1 favorite]

it may just need to wait until we wake up.

Time to make the doughnuts!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:58 PM on January 16

Look, Matt et al., I paid five dollars for this account, and I expect round-the-clock service.

Dance for those Abraham Lincolns! Dance, I say! Your Admiral commands it!
posted by Admiral Haddock at 6:13 PM on January 16 [3 favorites]

[takes notes on moderator hours while planning future mischief]
posted by tkolar at 6:31 PM on January 16

cortex is telling you how many hours a day he sleeps and not how many hours the mods are working.
posted by terrapin at 6:43 PM on January 16

Anger?

Subtle.

Seriously, I am sorry if I did something I shouldn't.
posted by amtho at 7:46 PM on January 16

cortex is telling you how many hours a day he sleeps and not how many hours the mods are working.

Man, I'm lucky if I sleep in till eight on weekends. Don't get me wrong: I am one powerfully lazy motherfucker when I get my laze on, but I haven't been able to sleep in since college.
posted by cortex at 10:08 PM on January 16

Seriously, I am sorry if I did something I shouldn't.

I believe that Dave Faris was just completing the quote. You haven't done anything that would bother anyone else in the least.

Also, for the record my favorite version of that quote is "Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, it makes them soggy and hard to light."
posted by tkolar at 12:08 AM on January 17 [1 favorite]

The gun is good.
the penis is evil.
posted by Meatbomb at 12:44 AM on January 17

If it's a question of getting an update posted at 2am, it may just need to wait until we wake up.

posted by cortex at 1:08 AM on January 17

Be careful, he's tricksy! Lays a trap for us, he does.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:29 AM on January 17 [1 favorite]

For what its worth, amtho, I just found and responded to a MeMail from a month ago, so you are not the only one with this problem.
posted by TedW at 8:58 AM on January 17

Number of admin comments in MeFi and MeTa by time. I used the timestamps of each admin's last 250 comments in each section. Comments are not the only kind of admin activity. Past behavior does not indicate future results.
posted by Plutor at 8:59 AM on January 17 [3 favorites]

Bonus points for use of Google API.
posted by cortex at 9:27 AM on January 17

Note to self: tear shit up at 6am. It's an administrative wasteland, populated only by radioactive zombies and hordes of demi-humans searching for water and petroleum in the barely remembered ashes of civilized society.

And I can probably get away with writing ShitCock! in a bunch of threads.

w00t.
posted by quin at 11:36 AM on January 17 [1 favorite]

Plutor - very cool!
posted by amtho at 4:17 PM on January 17