I assume you are referring to the CodeProject emails?
If so, then the server farm was moved at the weekend, and some of the hamsters dropped a few on route, but hid the evidence and Chris didn't find out until later.
The upshot was that emails are a bit dubious at the moment - they are being fixed though. Have a look at the
Site Bugs/Suggestions forum and you will see comments on this.[
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Your second point should perhaps be raised there too.