Is Cron required to send email notifications of new blog subscribers?
By Gilles on Friday, 11 July 2014
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It is unclear to me whether CRON is required for users who have subscribed to a blog to receive an email when a new post is entered. I did set the option to YES in the EB settings's Notification page. Is this all that is required please?

Can you clarify please?

(I saw a similar post.... http://stackideas.com/forums/automatic-blog-notification-to-subscribers-not-sending-emails
but no solution is provided.)

PS> I'm hosting with 1and1
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Hello Gilles,

Yes, Cronjob is required for all type of notification unless you are using option Send on page load: http://screencast.com/t/fgg3GlvtJUpo . You can use either to send the notification. But it is advisable to use Cronjob.
Nik Faris
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Friday, 11 July 2014 09:18
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Thanks Nik!
I have. I want to keep things simple so "on page load" is enough. I have this configured as you show in the screenshot but the notification is not working.
I subscribed to the blog, then entered a new blog post and no notifications were sent to my email.
What am I doing wrong?
Cheers,
Gilles
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Friday, 11 July 2014 09:28
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Hello Gilles,

Can you provide us your backend and FTP access so we can have a better look on your issue here?
Nik Faris
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Friday, 11 July 2014 09:32
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Certainly...
here's the information...
Gilles
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Friday, 11 July 2014 09:47
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Hello Gilles,

I've tried to replicate in your site by subscribing as Stackideas.com (test@si.com) and made a test post from backend to test the notification. It seems like the notification is working: http://screencast.com/t/rTyFgwgB8d . Did I missed anything? Please advise.
Nik Faris
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Friday, 11 July 2014 10:41
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Yes, thanks Nick, I did get the notification as well.
I'll try it again tomorrow and report back
it's late here and I need to get to bed
thanks for all your work. I'll report back.
Gilles
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Friday, 11 July 2014 10:46
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Hello Gilles,

Sure, keep us updated then. Have a good night.
Nik Faris
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Friday, 11 July 2014 11:11
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