What is it about this time of day?

@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
January 25, 2011 2:27pm CST
I suppose it's that the servers are busy or something. I have observed that pretty much every day on myLot, between approximately 11 AM Pacific time and 2 PM Pacific time, there are no e-mail notifications. So I go back to my old, rotten way of doing things, and I check the "started" and "responded" tabs to see if I have anything I need to reply back to. Then sometime later in the day I get flooded with e-mails. Servers? Volume? Any other theories? Am I paranoid, or are they really picking on me? :D
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@wwpauljd (51)
• United States
25 Jan 11
The servers are at lunch. haha
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
Yes, but what are they serving?
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@BarBaraPrz (47312)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Jan 11
Chocolate martinis...
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• India
25 Jan 11
@ I guess they are busy in deleting some discussion :P
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
25 Jan 11
they are picking on both of us. the same happens to me. maybe they are just really busier that time of day. also, when i do hang around here at those times its like the posts take so long to load and if im not careful i just loose them
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Jan 11
If you do not lose your posts then you likely will double post them. It goes from one extreme to another. I guess Mylot picks and chooses who it picks on.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
I rarely have either problem, nor do I have a problem with the site loading slowly. Just missing e-mails now and then...
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
I don't have that problem so much, just delayed e-mails...
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
25 Jan 11
Hi Dawn I have the same problem this side it isn't until late afternoon that I get all the notifications so maybe People are not going on till later in the Day but this has been happening for a while
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
I can see that people are going on though, I'm just not getting notified.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
25 Jan 11
hi dawn with me lately I am flooded all d ay, as I got behind but a lso for some reason I am being sent notifications on discussions I have already responded to so my box is full. frustrating to open one and find I had already respoonded to that yesterday. time wasted and still over one hundred notifications. help.No you are not paranoid and yes probably they are just picking on Dawn.you know that old kid saying." I'll eat some worms and then I'll die and you'll be sorry that you Picked ob me." lol lol so please dont eat any worms dawn. he he he.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
No worms for me. If I'm going to eat something gross, it will be anchovies!
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
25 Jan 11
They are picking on you With my luck I suppose that I am next
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
Naw, you had your turn....
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@much2say (55606)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Jan 11
I'm still doing things the rotten way . . . perhaps I should go check the email I use for myLot. I'm sure there's a zillion times a zillion emails sitting there!! You've been chosen to be picked on because you are so special!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
Maybe they changed the e-mail address they're sending from, and it's all going to spam land! :D
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Jan 11
I am getting my notifications, I think it is something with California, perhaps. Not really. I do not know enough to know, unless it covers the fact that it is lunch time where you are. I have gotten notifications all day. And since I decided to quit being lazy and started a few discussions I am getting a little attention as well. Amazing what participation will do for you.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
Strange, but it seems I almost never get them this time of day....
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
26 Jan 11
I wouldnt know about tht as I do mine early in the morning nd hardly evergo back in the day to see whats new to respond too.
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
27 Jan 11
well stop it
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 Jan 11
OK maybe I should take up knitting?
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Jan 11
Now see if I weren't so OCD and didn't check back every 30 seconds I would be a lot less stressed about this!
@BarBaraPrz (47312)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Jan 11
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not picking on ya... (The radio just played Pearl Jam's version of Last Kiss.)
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
Yeah, exactly!
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
25 Jan 11
I think it's the volume! I have the same problem sometimes so we know they are not picking on you! LOL
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
and what did we do to get singled out that way?
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
25 Jan 11
They are picking on both of you
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@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
26 Jan 11
I hate it when I have to check manually too .. I think during those times , the servers must be sleeping. They need to recuperate too , you know.
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
27 Jan 11
Don't salivate .. sweet dreams ..
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Jan 11
Oh, nap time is it? Maybe I should bring a pillow!
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@hofferp (4734)
• United States
26 Jan 11
When I don't get e-mail notifications, I take it as a signal to go do some "real" work. Then when I get back and find 50 e-mails, I feel overwhelmed again. I like the breaks in e-mails!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Jan 11
Ah, but the e-mail nap time is usually during my lunch when I want to be on here...
• United States
26 Jan 11
This lag you speak of happens to me daily and since I am on myLot clock, I am assuming it is when they update earnings. The lag occurs between 9am - 11 am. So most times I try to log in way before or after. So it is not you my dear, I have noticed this for a good 6 weeks now, it is frustrating but what can we do.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Jan 11
Aha, updating earnings slowing the servers down, could be...
25 Jan 11
i am here on mylot at different times of the day, i do try to get here as much as possible. I think that it is late afternoon to early evening when i get the emails through from mylot, i guess in some cases this could depend on the time in each country, but there is also the fact that most people do work and so we would only start to get the emails later on when they are back from work. Nobody is picking on you, lol.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
Are you sure?
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Jan 11
Are you sure I'm not being picked on? Actually, that wasn't a serious question, I just wanted to use the ninja.
25 Jan 11
sure about what? Different countries have different times, people do work, people also have families, this can all cause different times of coming on here and getting our emails.
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@celticeagle (166921)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Jan 11
Both of those and your connection can enter into it too. I can't even get into one of my Yahoo accounts early in the day and this past week-end was told it was because the server will only allow so much use for each email. When I hit that amount it threws me off and I couldn't get back in for a period of time. For me Saturday it was 4-5 hours!
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Jan 11
Hm, heavy traffic that time of day, updating earnings, lots of users on at that time, something....
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@celticeagle (166921)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Jan 11
All of the above. Yep. Some days there is and others there aren't.
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
29 Jan 11
I have over 300 notifications in my inbox right now so I have no idea how they come in! I’m in Australia and I recall in the old days when I used to be up to date with my notifications that they would not all start piling in until late afternoon and evening and of course that must have been because of the time difference. Can’t answer your question but I thought I would drop in anyway...
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
31 Jan 11
I have over 1200 right now,and I'm just not worrying too much about keeping up with them!
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@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
26 Jan 11
I have never really noticed a time of day. I am not able to be on during the day though..I have to wait until I get home. Maybe the server is saving them all up for you. Or maybe it is a hacker that you put those fleas after!!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 Jan 11
Doggone it, must get those fleas working harder...
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
28 Jan 11
I've never actually paid that much attention to what time I get the notifications from mylot that I do get. However, I also have to admit that the vast majority of my notifications are turned off because I just get way too many emails as it is. My guess would be that during the time of day that you've mentioned the reason that you don't get any emails from mylot is because that is a time of the day that people around the world are more likely to be accessing the site which would slow notifications down.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Jan 11
I notice because it's lunch time here, and I often get on and see what's new at lunch time, especially if I've posted a new discussion.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
27 Jan 11
First off dawn, what are you doing going about 'the old rotten way'? I thought you still had hundreds of notification that you still had to catch up on. Have you finally dealt with all of them, and are you now being more proactive?! Haha! Good on you! Isn't myLot-time 2 hours ahead than Pacific time? So it makes sense that the servers are also having lunch and taking their siesta.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 Jan 11
You don't want to know how many I still have to catch up on...
@topffer (42156)
• France
26 Jan 11
Maybe a mail server bouncing or delaying your mail somewhere. I don't think I miss a notification for a new discussion : they are in my email 2 or 3 mn after I see them in the tabs. Some comments/comments are not notified, but I always thought that it was an internal filtering at myLot.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Jan 11
NOt sure, but would be interesting if hte problem wasn't on myLot's end...
@topffer (42156)
• France
26 Jan 11
I have received your notification 2 mn after your post : I was trying a traceroute to the mail server at myLot, but I am blocked by one of my firewalls . I am really too paranoid. And stupid : a traceroute can't say what mailer has a problem, but I am quite sure it is not at myLot.
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