# How are the notifications scheduled to be sent out?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-the-notifications-scheduled-to-be-sent-out/81922>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [May 30, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-the-notifications-scheduled-to-be-sent-out/81922 "2022-05-30T15:24:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-the-notifications-scheduled-to-be-sent-out/81922/1 "2022-05-30T15:24:38Z")

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Notifications about replies and such arrive in my mailbox with _considerable_ delay (many hours), and in apparently random order. I wonder: is it just me, or is something wrong with the discourse notification mechanisms?

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-the-notifications-scheduled-to-be-sent-out/81922/2 "2022-06-02T17:10:53Z")

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We have our settings here configured to send emails 5 minutes after posting a public message and immediately after DMs, but I’m guessing that — as a hosted instance — Discourse Inc either batches up emails and/or staggers sending them out.

Just to confirm: do the times logged in the email headers show that they’re _originating_ with that delay (and then being processed immediately by all intervening servers)?

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**Author:** ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-the-notifications-scheduled-to-be-sent-out/81922/3 "2022-06-05T06:07:59Z")

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For me emails usually arrive 5 minutes after a message is posted (unless I’m already in discourse and read the messages straight away, in which case no email is sent), which matches what Matt says.

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**Author:** ![CameronBieganek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cameronbieganek/32/6915_2.png) [@CameronBieganek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/CameronBieganek)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-the-notifications-scheduled-to-be-sent-out/81922/4 "2022-06-05T22:49:47Z")

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I was wondering if there was a delay so that edits to your post within the 5 minute grace period for edits are reflected in the email that gets sent. So, it sounds like grace period edits will in fact be reflected in the notification email. 🙂

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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-the-notifications-scheduled-to-be-sent-out/81922/5 "2022-06-05T23:21:56Z")

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Thanks all, I guess the delay occurs at my end.