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[−]Aachen · 2026-07-01 Wed 23:41 UTC · link
Unrelated: Hey, I sent hn@ycombinator.com two emails. One was May 6th, the other June 18th (UTC+2). The former's subject is "Broken prev/next links sometimes". In the latter, I've asked to let me know if it arrived. It didn't bounce so your email server has acknowledged receipt, but based on fast responses to previous emails and someone else mentioning randomly that you responded quickly to theirs in iirc early June, I'm starting to assume you're not seeing mine. I don't know how else to reach out than via an off-topic comment or a dummy submission or so. Is there a fallback mechanism to use when your email doesn't?
[−]defrost · 2026-07-02 Thu 02:54 UTC · link
Well, they don't read all the emails -or- respond to @dang, @mod, etc.

Your approaches are, ride a comment (as you did, 9 hours, no response, likely didn't read) or lean on a frequent flyer (the only privilege I have is increased ability to [dead] obvious spam not caught by filters - but it gets my emails seen)

I sent them an email in past minute - Good Luck! (YMMV)