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Notify more frequently than once a day?

I have selected "Email me my unread inbox messages every 3 hours" in the "email settings" section of the StackExchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™ (aka global inbox).

For some questions I've never gotten any notification and for others I've gotten one only after a couple of days. Is there anything I'm missing?

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  • @Scrooge: I don't want to be 'notified more frequently than once a day' -- as I said for some questions I don't get a notification at all and that's the problem.
    – Mori
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 12:58
  • Jeff's answer applies in this case too. E-mail is designed to be "slow" to encourage users to visit the sites.
    – ChrisF Mod
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 12:59
  • If that's the case, then why does the site allows me to select "Email me my unread inbox messages every 3 hours" in the "email settings" section?
    – Mori
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 13:23
  • Pics or it didnt happen
    – Gabriel
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 15:00
  • What @Gabe says - where is that setting? I can't see it.
    – Pekka
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 15:32
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    You probably opened the Inbox from within Stack Exchange site (no matter which) thus all the items got "read" status and would not be sent to your email. As it says: "Email me my unread inbox messages every 3 hours"
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 15:32
  • @Gabe I've added it now for convenience.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 15:41
  • @Pekka - see above. :)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 15:41
  • @Shadow oh! Never seen that. Thanks.
    – Pekka
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 15:48
  • @Pekka - me too, this question made me look and I've found it. :)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 15:51
  • @ShadowWizard: "You probably opened the Inbox from within Stack Exchange site (no matter which) thus all the items got "read" status" Yes! That should be the reasobn. I really appreciate it! :)
    – Mori
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 20:15
  • Cheers @Rain, posted this as answer so the question can be marked as resolved.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 21:42

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You probably opened the Inbox from within Stack Exchange site (no matter which) thus all the items got "read" status and would not be sent to your email.

As it says:

Email me my unread inbox messages every 3 hours

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  • I agree this is probably the reason, and that is 100% status-by-design
    – Jeff Atwood
    Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 23:43

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