Having trouble signing up non-wordpress users to my 'follow' widget

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  newstoliveby · Member · Jul 20, 2012 at 10:01 pm

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  I have asked two people — both non-Wordpress users — to follow my blog by clicking the ‘follow’ widget on the sidebar. They said a screen pops up asking for their email address but then they never get a confirmation email and they also never receive emails whenever I publish new posts.

  How do I properly sign up non-Wordpress people to follow my blog?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jul 20, 2012 at 10:23 pm

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  Have them check their email client spam filters please.

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  newstoliveby · Member · Jul 21, 2012 at 4:58 pm

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  That worked. Thank you very much. The email was in the spam folder.

  Also, I thought I would get a confirmation email saying someone new — a non-Wordpress person — is following my blog, but that email never came to me.

  When WordPress users signed up…I received an email telling me so.

  Any answers on that?

  Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 21, 2012 at 5:03 pm

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  Please confirm your email notifications settings are correct here > Settings > Discussion
  Also confirm the correct email addresses are entered at
  the Settings tab on the WordPress.com home page, and
  Users -> Personal Settings in your dashboard
  All note this please > http://en.support.wordpress.com/email-notifications/#what-if-the-emails-arent-getting-through
  If those are correct then please post again and I’ll flag this thread for Staff attention.

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  newstoliveby · Member · Jul 23, 2012 at 4:22 pm

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  I figured it out! I had conflicting email addresses in WordPress. I got everything consistent and now it’s working.

  Thanks for the help!