[SOLVED]Topic Reply notification: BUT not authorised to read

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[SOLVED]Topic Reply notification: BUT not authorised to read

Postby jtwdyp » Oct 3rd, '14, 04:36

I received this Email from the forum:

on Sep 30 2014 forum-developers@group.mageia.org wrote:Subject: Topic reply notification -
"[SOLVED] urpmi.update: unable to access medium ... ???"

Hello jtwdyp,

You are receiving this notification because you are watching the topic,
"[SOLVED] urpmi.update: unable to access medium ... ???" at "Mageia forum".
This topic has received a reply by raindropz since your last visit. You can
use the following link to view the replies made, no more notifications will
be sent until you visit the topic.

If you want to view the newest post made since your last visit, click the
following link:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5403&p=51815&e=51815


But: When I try to go there I get:

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Then I noticed that the topic reply was from forum-developers@group.mageia.org
I'm thinking the "forum-developers" part of that may explain why I'm "not authorised"
especially since a quick peek at the "View your posts" links says the topic was
last posted to about a year ago...

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So I figure that some "developer" may have used the topic to illustrate some
point in a forum that I don't have access to.

My question is: If I can't read the "Topic reply", why send me the notification?
Last edited by jtwdyp on Oct 4th, '14, 01:40, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Topic Reply notification: BUT "not authorised to read" ?

Postby Ken-Bergen » Oct 3rd, '14, 05:00

jtwdyp wrote:My question is: If I can't read the "Topic reply", why send me the notification?
When a spammer posts to a topic you're watching you receive a notification.
When a moderator sees that it's spam it gets moved to a moderator only area and you get that "not authorized" message when following the link.
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Re: Topic Reply notification: BUT "not authorised to read" ?

Postby jtwdyp » Oct 3rd, '14, 18:30

Thanks for the quick reply Ken-Bergen.

Suddenly it all makes sense... ;)
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Re: Topic Reply notification: BUT "not authorised to read" ?

Postby doktor5000 » Oct 3rd, '14, 18:51

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks.
Also please next time don't use the "General discussions about Mageia subforum" but "Discussions about forums" subforum.
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