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Can't add an email address for alerts

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Hi,
I'm trying to add my email address (Quick Access -> My Settings) so I can receive notifications but when I do I get an "Internal error" and the message "Sorry, We were unable to service your request. Please try again later."
I just received an email thanking me for setting up alerts. When I visit the link to validate my address I receive another error: "There was a problem confirming this email for Forums Alerts delivery."
Is this functionality broken?
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If you remove your signature while setting the email address (save it in Notepad first), will you succeed? I suspect it's your signature that it's breaking the email. So, try setting it without a signature first, then try putting the signature back if the first step will be successful.
You can also report to fissues at microsoft dot com.
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If you remove your signature while setting the email address (save it in Notepad first), will you succeed? I suspect it's your signature that it's breaking the email. So, try setting it without a signature first, then try putting the signature back if the first step will be successful.
You can also report to fissues at microsoft dot com.
For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law
My blog
My TechNet articles- Proposed as answer by Shakti Prasad Mishra Tuesday, August 25, 2015 7:25 PM
- Marked as answer by Jason Warren Wednesday, August 26, 2015 5:46 PM
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Hello Jason,
You should be able to set up your alerts here:
However, should you still face issues, as Naomi suggested, you can drop an email to fissues at Microsoft dot com.
Thank you,
Shakti Prasad Mishra
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It is a bug :)
If it feels like a bug, smells like a bug, behaves like a bug - then you found a bug.
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For what it's worth I'm still not receiving any notification emails after entering and validating my address.
Edit: Sorry, my latest threads don't have the alert turned on.
- Edited by Jason Warren Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:06 PM
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