Chaplin,
In your case phased out might work. In my case I think kicked out would be the preference. I have just spent an hour on checking stuff in two compupters and I can't find anything that should be blocking the notifications. Also the fact that I can send and receive e-mail through the links with some and not others would seem to point to some kind of server glitch. I know these type problems can be bears to chase down sometimes and that is why you wish it would fail for everyone, not just some.
Ron