I have done everything and still no luck. I use gmail for this 2a account. I tried to send a test message and I did not receive anything.
I tested my own email, and it, too, is busted. So, i contacted macsak (Sysadmin) for help.
Mac verified he is seeing the same problem.
i guess you picked the wrong week to use email!

Seriously, no telling how long the problem would have persisted had you not reported it.
The admins in HI have no actual admin permissions, so all they do is contact someone else for help. They can do low level admin functions like changing user login permissions, locking and unlocking accounts, deleting unwanted posts, and editing anyone's comments. More technical changes and fixes seem to be kept close hold by the site owner. We've gone round and round a couple of times when the site was down or unreachable for about a week or longer. I've been waiting over a year for someone to figure out why my account doesn't have any editing permissions using the TAPATALK app.

There's another symptom of your problem other than manually sending emails. The forum lets you enable certain notifications, like when you get a Private Message. I have that enabled, and none of the PMs Mac sent me resulted a notification to my email account. Mac has that turned on as well, and he noticed the same thing when I PM'ed him.
He said he was going to "Text Brent."
I'll let you know if I see any progress.
