Comment Notification Email

Contents

• Can I reply to comment notification emails?
• What if the emails aren't getting through?

Related

• Who Can Comment
• Comment Display Options
• Unwanted Comments and Comment Spam
• Email Notifications
• Enable and Disable Comments
• Comments
• Facebook and Twitter Comments

If comment notifications are enabled, the post author will receive an email when a new comment is left on a post they wrote. Comment notification emails are sent to the post author using the email address listed in Users -> Personal Settings in the dashboard.

You can choose to receive an email for every comment or just for comments that are held for moderation. You can change these options from the Settings > Discussion page:

E-mail me whenever:

• Anyone posts a comment
• A comment is held for moderation

The comment notification email has all of the information about the comment including the title, author, email, URL, IP address, comment contents, and links to approve, delete, or mark the comment as spam.

Can I reply to comment notification emails?

If you turn on the comment reply by email feature on the Settings > Discussion page, you can reply directly to comments from the email notification messages. Make sure to include the quoted comment message or use the !END delimiter when you reply to comments by email.

See the Comment Reply via Email help page for more details.

What if the emails aren’t getting through?

If you’re not receiving comment notification emails:

• First check to make sure you are the author on the post where the comments are getting added.
• Check the Settings > Discussion page to make sure email notifications are turned on.
• Check the spam/junk folder in your email program to make sure the messages weren’t filed there by mistake.

If you are still having trouble, contact support for help and please include an example of a post URL where you expected to receive a comment notification.