<p>So the status page says "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>And I did that, last night and about three times today, using TEST, "TEST", and TEST with TEST in the body too.</p>
<p>No response.</p>
<p>I have normal yahoo mail.</p>
<p>Am I doomed to waiting for the envelope?</p>
<p>...and to reply to my own post...</p>
<p>I just realized -- I previously received acknowledgement of my fee payment from the same harvard address. So maybe their automated response just takes a long time?</p>
<p>I think it has to be a week day...and it does take a little while.</p>
<p>Yeah, some guy probably goes through and replies to every one. So you may not get a response the same day; especially over the weekend.</p>
<p>It could also be Harvard's system. Last year, around EA time, the test didn't work until hours before decisions were released. I would assume if you have gmail or any school email it should be fine. If you are worried, you could ask your school's computer services to add <a href="mailto:college@fas.harvard.edu">college@fas.harvard.edu</a> to the non-junk list.</p>
<p>You're right about the weekend thing-- I just got a response today, Monday. :)</p>