smuseby

Aha – this sounds like the issue. What plug-in do I need to have a message sent to all my users?

As I said at the top of this thread, I’m a novice. I thought blogs, by default, send messages to email addresses. If this isn’t automatic, I clearly need to fix something.

As a matter of fact, “email alerts” is on my list of plug-ins, although it and all others are disabled.
I deleted it, created a new post, and still no messages in the in-boxes I’m testing. Is there a time delay to 1) the deletion of the plug-in becoming effective, and 2) to the actual posting? i.e., should I be patient, or can I expect an instant result once the configuration is fixed?

By ‘receive’, I mean that an email message is delivered to the subscriber indicating that there is a new post on the blog, with a link to the message on the blog.
Here is the one that worked – once – to me as the administrator:

Bob Smith,

A new post, September 2012, by Bob Smith (bob@sm…), has been published.

Approved by: Bob Smith (bob@sm…)

(Email Alerts plugin)

It’s my understanding that all subscribers would receive this message. The subject of the posting – in this case, “September 2012” – is a link to the blog.