<p>I was looking at the 2008 threads to look at day/time that the e-mails came out. There seemed to be a number of members with problems receiving their decisions by e-mail. </p>
<p>Reading the posts there were references to verifying that you have opted to have the notification sent by e-mail and also to doing the "test" of the notification system. D went on-line and she has selected to be notified by e-mail and the e-mail address is correct. Then below it states the following:</p>
<p>Test your email by sending a message to <a href="mailto:college@fas.harvard.edu">college@fas.harvard.edu</a> with "TEST" in the subject line. You will receive an automated response."</p>
<p>Has anyone tried this? How long does it take for the automated response? D did the test over an hour ago and no response as yet. </p>
<p>I was very surprised at the number of people last year stressed out days after 3/31 and no decision notification. I’d just like to prevent any added headaches in my house. :)</p>
<p>Thanks ontheradio, we are continuing to try and verify. First two tries were from my laptop which would default fill in my e-mail address which would not be my daughter’s ie the applicants. We thought this may be why nothing has been coming back. Just now, D tried from her laptop which would have the matching e-mail address. We’ll see what develops. MB the automated responses are only sent during office hours?</p>
<p>ya, i haven’t got mine back yet. I know it’s automated but it really might have something to do with it being the weekend and all. I dunno- not worried yet.</p>
<p>Well it has been 24 hours since our first of last night’s multiple attempts. MB the responses are only triggered during Admission’s office hours. Will continue to monitor.</p>
<p>Ok, it is Tuesday morning and there has been no response to the “TEST” e-mail. Wondering what the next step is. I assume that it is call admissions. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>D got the e-mail for the web account way back in on 12/2. I guess it was not tested because the initial e-mail came in. Good to know that yours took 2 day (were they both weekdays?). D is at 3 1/2 days since sending the test. Current thoughts are that she is going to call admissions once she gets home from school today to see what input they can offer.</p>
<p>D called today. I think that she said that they (HArvard) were looking into it and they appreciated knowing that there was a problem. I am not sure where that leaves us but we are going to continue to monitor the situation.</p>
<p>Looks like things are finally “tested”. All the tests came in this morning, from all our attempts Friday night, yesterday as well as I believe one prompted by my daughter’s phone call. Feeling better about the decision arriving in her in-box on March 31.</p>
<p>Further update - It would appear that the “tests” performed on friday are being responded to repeatedly. So far now, three responses to each of them (8:57 AM, 9:46 AM, 1:47 PM). In contrast, yesterday’s test has only been carried out the one time and likewise there is only one response to the phone call.</p>