Stopping GCA Alerts
Stopping GCA Alerts
I have been receiving GCA Alerts for years now and I wish to stop them.
Reason being it is taking me too long to find my own personal emails which become threaded with the alerts.
I need to know how to stop them coming so I can set up a new address for them to come to.
This has stumped me for about 12 months and I wish to stop them coming to this address.
Please help!
Nodalot
Reason being it is taking me too long to find my own personal emails which become threaded with the alerts.
I need to know how to stop them coming so I can set up a new address for them to come to.
This has stumped me for about 12 months and I wish to stop them coming to this address.
Please help!
Nodalot
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- Richary
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
I am curious as to why I sometimes get multiple published alerts for the 1 locationless. This one for example:
GCA Alert: Published: (GA20997) Golden-Backed Rabbit-Rat
I have received alerts for it 3 times today, timestamped 8:45am, 9:15am and now 2:10pm. And Cybergran V doesn't seem to have pressed publish on it multiple times.
GCA Alert: Published: (GA20997) Golden-Backed Rabbit-Rat
I have received alerts for it 3 times today, timestamped 8:45am, 9:15am and now 2:10pm. And Cybergran V doesn't seem to have pressed publish on it multiple times.
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
No idea. I have seen this a few time sin the past but I can't work out what is happening.
The alert checks for a log date and time which is greater than 5 minutes ago. By the time the 2nd and 3rd emails were generated, unless there is a time anomaly, the original posted date and time of the log should have not hit that trigger as 5 minutes ago should not have included that time.
I've added some logging to the alert routine to see if I can catch anything, so please report if you encounter the problem again.
The alert checks for a log date and time which is greater than 5 minutes ago. By the time the 2nd and 3rd emails were generated, unless there is a time anomaly, the original posted date and time of the log should have not hit that trigger as 5 minutes ago should not have included that time.
I've added some logging to the alert routine to see if I can catch anything, so please report if you encounter the problem again.
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
Thanks. It's no biggie but I have seen it in the past. I will keep an eye out, partly curious if the extra alerts were going to everyone or just me (in which case there was a slight chance it could have been some weirdness between Thunderbird and gmail though I didn't expect that to be the case).
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
It will be interesting to see what C@W's logging shows up. I, too, have had multiple alerts for the same new locationless caches over recent months -all from the same CO. Is it possible the CO is publishing it more than once, or there's a problem with their device (I know the CO uses and ipad)??
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
Ahhh, thanks for that last piece of information. Cybergran V was indeed publishing multiple times.
Log Cache Publish https://geocaching.com.au/my/log/new/ga20997 2021-03-22 14:09:48
Log Cache Publish https://geocaching.com.au/my/log/new/ga20997 2021-03-22 09:12:53
Log Cache Publish https://geocaching.com.au/my/log/new/ga20997 2021-03-22 08:42:43
The publish logs trigger the alert, but the duplicate logs have been deleted by the user so when I went investigating they were not apparent. Our stats logs however, show them quite clearly.
Log Cache Publish https://geocaching.com.au/my/log/new/ga20997 2021-03-22 14:09:48
Log Cache Publish https://geocaching.com.au/my/log/new/ga20997 2021-03-22 09:12:53
Log Cache Publish https://geocaching.com.au/my/log/new/ga20997 2021-03-22 08:42:43
The publish logs trigger the alert, but the duplicate logs have been deleted by the user so when I went investigating they were not apparent. Our stats logs however, show them quite clearly.
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
Aha - I had looked for duplicate publish logs but if they had been deleted that explains why I couldn't see them
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
This is actually about the opposite of this topic.
I've got alerts activated and get emails for new caches within a radius of 200km. My question is 200km radius from where? I just published a new cache something like 50km from home but didn't receive an email alert for it like I normally would. I couldn't see an option on the alerts page to alter the epicentre.
I've got alerts activated and get emails for new caches within a radius of 200km. My question is 200km radius from where? I just published a new cache something like 50km from home but didn't receive an email alert for it like I normally would. I couldn't see an option on the alerts page to alter the epicentre.
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
From your home co-ordinates.
https://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Cache_alerts
Google has decided to be a pain in the ass.
https://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Cache_alerts
Google has decided to be a pain in the ass.
I'll have to defer this one to CraigRat to see if he can fix it somewhere.Dec 30 16:05:04 garmin postfix/smtp[563]: 1192C180858B9: to=<YOURMEILADDRESS>, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.130.26]:25, delay=2.1, delays=0/0.01/1.3/0.73, dsn=5.7.26, status=bounced (host gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.130.26] said: 550-5.7.26 This mail has been blocked because the sender is unauthenticated. 550-5.7.26 Gmail requires all senders to authenticate with either SPF or DKIM. 550-5.7.26 550-5.7.26 Authentication results: 550-5.7.26 DKIM = did not pass 550-5.7.26 SPF [geocaching.com.au] with ip: [27.121.112.196] = did not pass 550-5.7.26 550-5.7.26 For instructions on setting up authentication, go to 550 5.7.26 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/ ... entication i13-20020a056a00004d00b006d9ac93cf24si10850888pfk.14 - gsmtp (in reply to end of DATA command))
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
Excellent. Thank you. I thought it was my home coords, hence the confusion. Fingers crossed CraigRat can fix things for you/us/me.
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
Just for the record, I hate gmail... they love to move the goalposts.
Have sent possible fix via PM to C@W,
Happy New Year all!
Have sent possible fix via PM to C@W,
Happy New Year all!
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
Fix applied, hopefully it works!
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Re: Stopping GCA Alerts
You're a wonderful fellow to help out like this. Much appreciated.
Everyone: Please thank CR for the background work he does that goes over my head
Everyone: Please thank CR for the background work he does that goes over my head
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