# Turn off the newsletter nag popups! **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [March 25, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380 "2018-03-25T02:01:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hybrid314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@hybrid314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hybrid314)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/21 "2018-04-08T19:32:17Z")
I see no progress has been made on this bug. šŸ˜­ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/22 "2018-04-08T19:36:36Z")
yeah, Iā€™ve stopped looking at [cartalk.com](http://cartalk.com) for that reason, very very annoying. ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/23 "2018-04-09T22:43:41Z")
cdaquila I hope someday I can visit [cartalk.com](http://cartalk.com) without these annoying popups and long delays. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/24 "2018-04-09T23:20:21Z")
> [@BillRussell](#): > > To elaborate, this popup: It appears on every page, and the page is dead (no links work) during the 3-5 seconds it takes for the popup to appear and be dismissed. I still have not seen that popup, cleared history, cleared cookies, signed in or signed out. Google Chrome with all settings at default. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/25 "2018-04-09T23:51:11Z")
I wish I could experience the problem to help you. Win 7, 10, chromebook, Andeoid, Chrome, firefox browsersI do not see anything like what you experience. Are you using IE, or Edge? ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/26 "2018-04-10T00:03:22Z")
Safari (mac). Firefox does the same. ---
**Author:** ![hybrid314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@hybrid314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hybrid314)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/27 "2018-04-10T01:20:52Z")
- With Chrome [Version 65.0.3325.181 (Official Build) (64-bit)] it will popup once after clearing cookies and hitting [cartalk.com](http://cartalk.com). After that it stops popping up until the cookie expires. - With Firefox [59.0.2 (64-bit)] it pops up every time a [cartalk.com](http://cartalk.com) page is loaded. - There is a 10 second delay before the popup so wait for it. - Windows 10.0.16299 The same error causing the popup is happening on all browsers, but each browser handles it differently. Hereā€™s the error from Chrome: > Uncaught RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded > at \_e (nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:1) > at nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:1 > at e (nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:2) > at e.onDOMLoad (nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:2) > at \_e (nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:1) > at nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:1 > at e (nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:2) > at e.onDOMLoad (nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:2) > at \_e (nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:1) > at nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:1 > \_e @ nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:1 > (anonymous) @ nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:1 > e @ nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:2 > onDOMLoad @ nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:2 > load (async) > addEvent @ nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:2 > ie @ nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:1 > onDOMLoad @ nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:2 > (anonymous) @ nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:2 > (anonymous) @ nmedianet.js?cid=8CU744DWM&crid=535816155&size=316x150:2 ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/28 "2018-04-10T02:10:54Z")
> [@cdaquila](#): > > Does anyone else see this so intrusively? Yup. But Iā€™ve gotten so used to aggravating popups in the internet overall that Iā€™ve become oblivious to it. Just please donā€™t start adding streaming video popup advertisements. The clog the bandwidth and make things very slow and frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/29 "2018-04-10T10:55:20Z")
Whatā€™s frustrating here, is that for every page you visit, you have to wait a long time for the popup to appear, as all the links are dead until it does. @cdaquila : any work being done to fix this? ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 11:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/30 "2018-04-10T11:37:00Z")
Good morning. I did pass on the concern when we last discussed it. Since we all work in geographically disparate places, and on a part-time basis, I donā€™t know the status. I will ask. ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/31 "2018-04-10T12:03:11Z")
thanks! If you could, pass on the error message above by hybrid314, it indicates that this is a real bug, not just a bad programming decision. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/32 "2018-04-10T12:26:02Z")
If youā€™re getting popups on a Microsoft Windows machine, I suggest you download and run [Microsoftā€™s Malicious Software Removal Tool](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/malicious-software-removal-tool-details.aspx). ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/33 "2018-05-20T21:27:08Z")
I finally relented and signed up to receive the ā€˜lousy newsletterā€™ (I divert it to spam.) but still have to wait 10 seconds every login to get the popup dialogue box again. ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/34 "2018-05-20T22:43:56Z")
Iā€™m still hoping this will be fixed. I stay from the cartalk web site for now, just an occasional look to see if it has been fixed. Dunno, when I was a webmaster for a billion dollar company, bugs were fixed (by me) in a dayā€™s time. Why is it taking so long? I guess I have.a thing about major bugs. I guess I could sign up and then setup an email rule to divert it to trash, but that seems an extreme. ---
**Author:** ![hybrid314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@hybrid314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hybrid314)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/35 "2018-05-28T17:13:53Z")
Warning: signing up for the newsletter wonā€™t stop the popups! I gave them my email, so now I get the newsletter and still get the popups on every [cartalk.com](http://cartalk.com) page, even when Iā€™m signed in! Firefox 60.0.1 (64-bit) macOS 10.13.4 Firefox 60.0.1 (64-bit) Windows 10 1803 17134.48 ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/36 "2018-05-28T17:50:34Z")
@cdaquila: any progress on this 2 month old bug? Do you realize it makes the site almost unusable and probably is driving away tons of viewers? ---
**Author:** ![hybrid314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@hybrid314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hybrid314)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/37 "2018-05-28T18:30:04Z")
@BillRussell I think they have fixed the javascript error that I previously posted. I no longer see it in the javascript console on [cartalk.com](http://cartalk.com). So thatā€™s progress. Apparently that error was unrelated to the popup issue. I also just found a fix (or at least a work-around) for the popup annoyance on Firefox 60: Under **Options | Privacy & Security | Tracking Protection** , set it to _Only in private windows_. Then set **Send websites a ā€œDo Not Trackā€ signal that you donā€™t want to be tracked** to _Only when using Tracking Protection_ Apparently the **Do Not Track** signal causes [cartalk.com](http://cartalk.com) to keep showing the newsletter popup. As soon as I enable the **Do Not Track** signal, the popups come back. As soon as I disable it, they go away. I would still call this a bug, but at least thereā€™s a work-around. Note: the popup will still happen when the cartalk cookie expires or is deleted, but it will be a lot less frequent now. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/38 "2018-05-28T20:02:18Z")
@BillRussell, I hear your impatience but please know there has been movement. According to our developer, weā€™re having the vendor look into the JavaScript errors hybrid314 reported. Those errors might be affecting her/his ability to dismiss the popup. He does recommend users check browser cookie / do not track settings, particularly with Internet Explorer or Firefox. His working hypothesis is that the problem most people are describing in that thread stems from having oneā€™s browser set to block cookies or ā€œdo not trackā€. Such settings would cause problems on many other sites, but it might be more noticeable on Car Talk because the dismissal of the popup really depends on cookies being set in the browser. Otherwise, a simple ā€œrefreshā€ or navigation to other pages would cause the popup to reappear. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/39 "2018-05-28T20:05:56Z")
Maybe stated previously, win 10 chrome and chromebook, I get nothing. No adblock or anything. ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380/40 "2018-05-29T18:53:00Z")
No, I allow cookies. I wish I could block them, but too many sites fail under that setup. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turn-off-the-newsletter-nag-popups/114380.md?page=3)