I have been unsuccessful in getting my account working ........ I simply don't get any emails (yes - I have checked junk folder)after initial email where they advised it will start working tomorrow ... nothing else .... still nothing working, and no further responses for help from support.
Anybody specific I can contact ?
ChrisS
Administrator
You can try the Contact Form
However, it might be your email provider. GOTD has problems with hotmail, yahoo and probably other free email providers. You might search on your email provider and Gmail, since GOTD probably uses Google for their email provider, and see if there are any reported problems (or solutions).
mikiem2
Moderator
I simply don't get any emails
If it helps at all, expanding on what Chris wrote, the internet is awash in spam filters. Any one of them could be trashing emails from GOTD, though your email provider's servers are the most likely culprit. *Sometimes* you can turn *some* blocking off with settings you make on your email provider's web site for preferences or options, but it doesn't always do any good. Those spam filters can also act what seems a bit oddly -- on one account I can get emails from GOTD, but emails from the forum are blocked [I had to sign up a 2nd time with a different address].
ChrisS
Administrator
I don't think that's a valid assumption. The confirmation email you get is a standard one-off email; the other is a distribution list which can have different spam rules. Bulk email probably starts with a high "spamminess" coefficient so it might not take much for your ISP to block it.
Since your name would automatically be added to the list the problem lies somewhere after that point. Either the sending program doesn't like your email address or your ISP doesn't like the daily notification.
Also, spam filters block known spammers by domain names. Only emails from those you specify as an "approved sender" will automatically bypass the spam filters. You could make "giveawayoftheday.com" an "approved sender" and see what happens.
There's another issue with emails. I'm the admin of a board that more than a year ago got spoofed! Someone sent out thousands (at least) of spam emails giving our IP and so forth. Since that time, some email providers still refuse our emails. I'm not the owner and I have not been able to correct the error. Normally, it only blocks for a short while but I still have issues with the ATT group, Verizon, Comcast, AOL and even Yahoo at times (not always) and others.
Maybe the receiver can do something but I have not been able to correct it at my board.
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