Can you help me find that really great car-buying AskMe comment? It involved someone e-mailing multiple dealers and walking in with the price he/she was going to pay. [more inside]
posted by IndigoRain on Jun 16, 2009 - 10 comments

Is there a good way to get email notifications of updates to AskMe threads? [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Dec 3, 2008 - 17 comments

Why do I have to have a verified email address to opt out of mefi mail reminders? It wasn't a huge pain to verify it, but it doesn't make sense that I had to. It should have nothing to do with my email.
posted by empath on Nov 11, 2008 - 32 comments

Not cool - using your MeFi account to harvest email addresses of people who you disagree with, so you can sign them up to mailing lists? That's gotta be out of order, right? [more inside]
posted by rodgerd on Oct 30, 2008 - 93 comments

New posting automatic form letter: "From mathowie - Your MetaFilter Post - Message:Your post has been added to MetaFilter. Here are the details: Please contact us with any problems: http://www.metafilter.com/contact/" [more inside]
posted by nickyskye on Oct 27, 2008 - 98 comments

Blazecock Pileon says " I'm not playing your games. Own your comments. Take it to Metatalk if you don't like it. And that's the last I will hear from you, because you're going to be ignored." [more inside]
posted by three blind mice on Sep 24, 2008 - 322 comments

Is linking to email harvester sites okay? [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Sep 14, 2008 - 19 comments

Can I subscribe to a specific FPP in order to get email notification when a new comment appears? [more inside]
posted by tzikeh on Jul 14, 2008 - 13 comments

Is there a protocol regarding emailing another mefite who lives very nearby? Walking distance as per that little google map thingy on our profile page. Since she is a she and I am a he -albeit a very, very old one and happily married for fifty years, I still would not wish to intrude where I maybe should not. What say you all? Is it ok to email?
posted by notreally on May 29, 2008 - 55 comments

I tried to gift a membership to a minor internet celebrity, but I got the message "It appears your friend already has an account, as this email address is in use". Really? That's cool -- now who is it? Can there be a way of entering in an address and getting a username back, so I can add that account to my contacts?
posted by ewagoner on Feb 22, 2008 - 74 comments

pony@metafilter.com [more inside]
posted by Roman Graves on Dec 30, 2007 - 41 comments

Mefi Mail request: Any chance we could get a couple of minor features regarding the status of our sent and received messages? [more inside]
posted by Item on Nov 10, 2007 - 26 comments

So like reddit sends me an email when someone responds to my postings. Is it possible to engineer the system here in a similar fashion to email me when someone posts an answer to my Ask Metafilter question? I think it could make it a more valuable service. Literally a golden cow. Like Baal.
posted by four panels on Nov 2, 2007 - 31 comments

I can't see any email addresses in member profiles. What is happening?
posted by unknowncommand on Oct 16, 2007 - 3 comments

The new graphic email code is broken. [more inside]
posted by Malor on Oct 16, 2007 - 215 comments

I got a "Your MetaFilter password request" e-mail but I didn't request my password? [more inside]
posted by zaphod on Sep 13, 2007 - 27 comments

The recent Wendell kurfuffle brought to mind a very simple rule of email that is quite easy to remember and it is amazing (and annoying) that so few people actually use it. So I share it here in the hopes that anyone emailing more than one MeFi user will use this technique, in the future:

If you ever want to email more than one MeFi user*: send the email to yourself and put the list of people you are sending to in the Bcc field. Any moron recipient who hits "Reply to All" will send their reply to an audience of ONE (the original sender) and (additionally) no recipient can see the other recipients' email addresses.

This is simple, basic stuff. *Obviously this applies to any email you send to more than one recipient, not just MeFi users.
posted by spock on Jul 11, 2007 - 68 comments

wendell sent a mass email to like 1000 users and so sorry I responded. I've also disinclined my email address.
posted by four panels on Jun 21, 2007 - 8 comments

So Wendell apparently harvested a bunch of Mefite email addresses and sent a pointless message to all of them, and a herd of the recipients went off on a "reply all" binge with equally pointless replies. Now I have a mailbox full of crap. This is without a doubt the lamest, most wrong-headed bullshit move I have experienced here. Thanks for nothing, jerx.
posted by Kirth Gerson on Jun 15, 2007 - 296 comments

Please to put an email in your profile? Most of us don't bite, really. Okay, sure - if your "persona" here is attack-nerd or something, and you're sure you'll get spammed with hate mail, leave it out, but if you're a regular user who likes to participate, can't you at least set up a throwaway webmail address (in gmail, for one, you can create a filter to forward your messages to your regular mail, and you won't even have to log in to your account to check if you have any new messages). more...
posted by taz on Jun 15, 2007 - 167 comments

What if the etiquette/policy category didn't exist on MeTa? More within....
posted by wheelieman on Dec 20, 2006 - 121 comments

So I solved this problem, based on the help given by a few members, who I'm very grateful for. But was it really necessary for a load of people to come into the thread in the meantime and tell me that I didn't know what I was talking about?
posted by reklaw on Oct 26, 2006 - 175 comments

Congrats RevGeorge!
posted by klangklangston on Sep 25, 2006 - 16 comments

Could people please put their email addresses or some other contact method in their profile? Especially if you post a question? Please? There's times when I'd like to answer an AskMe question or MeFi thread that got deleted as chatfilter, (UbuRoivas, I'm looking at you!) but can't.
posted by SpecialK on Aug 15, 2006 - 58 comments

How do I change my email in my profile?
posted by zia on May 5, 2006 - 14 comments

Remember Marshall Oak, the star trek photoshopping guy? He found us! (email inside)
posted by mathowie on Mar 18, 2006 - 26 comments

They want someone with an American bank account.
So how does this scam work?
posted by Ken McE on Feb 24, 2006 - 4 comments

Hey Matt, what happened to Alumshubby's death threat email post to The Jesse Helms? It was here, it got closed, and then it disappeared. Did you uncover some info to lead you to believe it was fake, and you removed it to keep from besmirching alumshubby's good name? Cause if so, say something, cause he still seems like a death threat issuing prick otherwise.
posted by jonson on Feb 13, 2006 - 18 comments

It's good to see you. You're looking well, but I'm curious about something. Why don't you put your email address in your profile? It's just something I've been wondering about so I thought I'd raise it as a way of encouraging people to add their email to their profile page - go on, nothing bad will happen. In fact, good things might just follow.
posted by peacay on Jan 9, 2006 - 100 comments

Can't save Preferences unless "Show email on profile page?" is checked; get error "Element USER_EMAIL_PREF is undefined in FORM."
posted by staggernation on Dec 7, 2005 - 3 comments

AskMeFi email notification?

I understand for threads that get a lot of replies - an email per response is way too much, and would be more of a hassle than it's worth.

What about a nightly cron job that notifies AskMeFi posters who have checked an "email me to let me know about new replies" box a notice that X number of replies have been posted to their thread? The box could be unchecked by default, of course.

I've found that sometimes, AskMeFi threads that are days old end up getting responses from bored folks who scroll through several pages, so I think this would be useful.
posted by twiggy on Nov 25, 2005 - 11 comments

I want to change my profile to include my email address. But I can't even see my own profile. I'm still painfully new to all of this. Please help.
posted by bilabial on Nov 14, 2005 - 8 comments

Would it be appropriate it use askmefi as a way of finding other people who have knowledge about a specific topic and would be willing to share it via e-mail? If not, is there another forum with this purpose?

For example, would it be appropriate to post the following (note that I'd be most interested in the last sentence:
I am interested in learning more about X-- specifically, I am wondering if XYZ. Anyone out there care to share insight specific to my question about XYZ? Know of good leads to learn more about X and XYZ? Anyone one up for a more in-depth e-mail correspondence regarding you experience and opinions?
posted by lalalana on Nov 7, 2005 - 8 comments

In an askme post, I said I'd be willing to set up a mailing list for shy MeFi members.
posted by grumblebee on Jun 13, 2005 - 8 comments

Ask Metafilter: would be great if members posting questions could receive email alerts on new answers to their questions.

(please excuse me if this exists. I searched and couldn't find it)
posted by mirileh on Jun 7, 2005 - 12 comments

If you suspect another user has been PWI (Posting While Intoxicated) why not send him an email instead of ridiculing it in the thread? See related alarmist post here
posted by dhoyt on May 2, 2005 - 52 comments

Last week I posted a music question to AskMe. To be honest, I really, really wanted one particular user to answer (he/she did) because I know from their previous answers that they know a lot about recording/playing music. What I want to know, though, is whether it would have been considered bad etiquette to email this person directly, after hunting down their address via the home URL on their profile. Basically - an unsolicited email. If you received such an email from a fellow Mefite would you consider it spamming and/or somehow taking advantage of the "community"?
posted by bunglin jones on Mar 25, 2005 - 34 comments

[My Little Pony] There seems to be a little concern now that registrations are open again, that for the bargain price of five dollars a spammer could get access to a large number of e-mail addresses. Could I suggest that e-mail addresses are hidden and a posting form put in it's place so we can remain easily contactable?
posted by dodgygeezer on Mar 13, 2005 - 35 comments

Matt is anything automatic ever done with the email field in our profiles? [the more she is inside]
posted by Mitheral on Mar 11, 2005 - 9 comments

It's really frustrating that so many Mefi people don't have e-mail addresses posted on their member page. In fact, it's really inexcusable given the ability to obtain free secondary and terciary e-mail addresses.

While no one can be forced to read their e-mail (or have the Mefi address mails forwarded to a primary one, I think Matt should require an e-mail address to be posted.
posted by ParisParamus on Feb 16, 2005 - 87 comments

What's up with the profile pages? Every one I check has this at the bottom left of the page: email for an art project
posted by The God Complex on Dec 22, 2004 - 34 comments

I posted a link. Shortly thereafter, I get creepy spam-mail asking me to post links to Joe Blow's slightly-related site. I ignore. Not long, though, until link appears in comments. Does this ever happen to anyone else?
posted by eustacescrubb on Sep 22, 2004 - 23 comments

What's the etiquette for VIA if you're emailed a link by a blogger, but that link's not actually on their blog? Should one just not provide a VIA or should you link to the blog anyway to give credit where it's due?
posted by dobbs on Aug 28, 2004 - 20 comments

Perhaps it's right in front of my nose....

Where do we go to change our MeFi passwords? What do we do if we, heaven forbid, LOSE our password to MeFi? Do we get kicked out of the kingdom for being big dorkuses? Am I just missing it?
posted by answergrape on Jul 31, 2004 - 16 comments

has 111 been banned ?
posted by sgt.serenity on Jul 9, 2004 - 99 comments

VanityFilter: would it be a good idea to have the option to be emailed or otherwise notified whenever someone posted in a thread you created?
posted by Capn on Jun 18, 2004 - 15 comments

Proposed : That if you're going to incessantly troll threads and insult people's intelligence, all in an infuriatingly supercilious and unctuous tone that seems intended to inflame, you should at least have the courtesy to provide an email address on your profile, disposable or otherwise.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken on Aug 22, 2003 - 149 comments

while for obvious reasons omidius' initial retort did not bother me too much, I'd say the subsequent quasi-anonymous nastygram received by email was rather too much. while I can't take back my relaxed response, he's certainly not going to get any candy. no candy for you!!
posted by dorian on Aug 7, 2003 - 59 comments

I'm fed up with the "Free Registration" links. There's a way to avoid all that. Read more if you want to know how.
posted by Argyle on Jun 13, 2003 - 50 comments

The e-mail undercurrent: how important are private exchanges between MeFi users in day-to-day posting and, indeed, in the running of MetaFilter ? [More inside]
posted by MiguelCardoso on Apr 7, 2003 - 137 comments