My friend Katherine has turned the lightbulb on for me and she will be happy to know that I’ve checked the box!! You must go read THIS post now to figure out what I’m talking about AND she even has a nice, nifty little print screen picture to help explain it even further!
Really I can’t believe I didn’t figure this out sooner! You see all this time whenever I would go into email to check my comment notifications I always got so excited when I saw notifications with the commentor’s email address included. I really really love this because it is so quick and easy to hit reply and say hello. For the life of me though I couldn’t figure out why only some commentor email addresses showed up and why others said “noreply-comment(at)blogger.com.” It has been bothering me forever and now they mystery has been solved. Yeah Katherine!
When I checked my own profile…guess what? I didn’t have the little box checked off and for no apparent reason except I didn’t know what that little box did or meant. It certainly wasn’t because I was worried about giving out my email address because when I started blogging I set up a completely new hotmail address specifically for blogging purposes. Oops. I can only imagine all the emails I’ve missed out on receiving….possibly 100’s…okay maybe only 2 but 100’s sounded good didn’t it! LOL As I’m sure you can relate, my computer time is so limited and I feel so badly when I can’t get around to each of your blogs….I’m not promising that I’ll reply everytime but it would be nice to, you know, have the option.
So now it’s my turn to ask you….will you CHECK THE BOX??
Slow Cooking Thursday post is below…..
The Lazy Organizer says
Look at that! I didn’t have it checked either!!! Obviously I don’t care about giving out my e-mail. Thanks Laura!
My problem is that I don’t get my comment notifications anymore. I have my blog set to receive them but they just stopped coming. Can anyone figure that out for me?
The Lazy Organizer says
Oh, you know what else is nice? When people have their comments open in a pop up window. That way I can read the post and comment at the same time. You are so nice to do that for me!
Blessed Beyond Measure says
I think I already have it set that way, but I’m heading over to check it out. I love it when comments come in with their email addresses. Its nice to send a personal email response back.
Kim says
Thanks for the tip, Laura. I love to be able to reply directly to comments. I didn’t have mine checked either.
Susanne says
I was going to link to Katherine’s post too! I’ve known this but didn’t think to post on it so good for Katherine. I enjoy it too when I can respond to people!
Air Force Family says
My box is checked. I like being able to respond directly to comments if an answer is appropriate. Have a great day!
momrn2 says
Heading there now! Thanks for the head’s up!
momrn2 says
Mine wasn’t checked either!?! It is now. 🙂
Sarah says
I know mine isn’t checked because I don’t have more than one email address. I just don’t want to share. I will give it on typepad blogs or whereever they are because obviously I’m willing to comment so I leave my email there.
I know my reasoning doesn’t make sense…
Proverbs31 says
Hey, neat! Thanks!
Shalee says
Oh, that SO needed to be said! I love being able to comment back. Never MIND that I’m still having New Blogger issues of not receiving them, but when I get them back, it will be nice to be able to respond once again!
Barb says
I sooooo wish everyone would go in and check the box. So many times I want to reply personally to a commenter and I have to trek over to their blog to see if their email address is in their profile. Half the time it’s not.
It’s so much simpler – everyone needs to check the box and everyone needs to put their email address in their profile! If they’re cautious about giving out their email address, they can set up a gmail address through google easily enough. How can we get this information out there!
OK, this is a good start since about half of Bloggityville reads your blog. LOL
Kim says
Hey! I just realized that you are 3 columns wide now…It hasn’t always been that way has it?
Amanda says
Thank you so much for discovering that post! This has been something that drives me INSANE as I do like to reply to comments left on my blog, but it was such a pain to go to their profile and try to find their email address. Hopefully this word will spread quickly!
Thanks again.
Katherine@Raising Five says
Hey – it’s a club! So glad you joined in! I love it! Abd thanks for the link!
Overwhelmed! says
Wow, thanks for sharing this!
I went and checked my box. 🙂
Mystery solved!
Mamacita Tina says
Funny, small world, someone else referred me to Katherine’s post about the email box. Spread the word!
Momma Roar says
How cool! One way I can e-mail is by having to moderate my comments, then an e-mail comes to me when someone comments and I can e-mail directly back to them, at least I think that is how it works…I’m still new at this!
May I stop back again?
Blessings!
Judi says
Mine is checked and has been. My question is still how you get an email when comments are given! Be sure and read my post on cards and offer up any advice you might have!
Micki says
I just checked mine. I think I thought that saying your email would go out to everyone and I’d have all kinds of new spam to pitch. Thanks for your wise information.
Candy says
I’ll have to check that out ..
🙂 Candy
p.s… I have a new blog now
Marcia says
My word – I am silly!
I went through each tab of the settings looking for the box and lo and behold, there it is under the profile.
Okay, I’ve checked the box. Please tell me if you get this.
Erna says
My box has always been checked! However, it wasn’t until Katherine’s post that I realized I could respond directly to someone’s Inbox! I had always *wished* I could do that with Blogger . . . I just didn’t know it was possible. I thought I’d have to get Haloscan or something. This would be very beneficial if my blog was a public one. However, now that it’s private, I have everyone’s e-mail address anyway. Ah, it’s good to know and share with others though. :0)
The Wooden Porch says
Oh, thanks for the tip! I need to go change it to my wooden porch email now. ([email protected]) (You know, in case you would like to email me. 🙂