Okay, since no one would help me out, I had to spend two days researching on why the email notifications would not work. Hopefully this will help someone else having the same problem.
DIR-615 C, w/ 3.11NA software
Apparently the only way this software will send the email, is if you have it sent through an email that uses port 25. (You may have to do some research to see if your email uses that port) I know that hotmail, gmail, and I think yahoo uses ports listed in the 100s, thats why they don't work. I finally went to my internet provider because they provide us with an email. We get internet through Cable One. During the research through them, I found out they use a special SMPT address that will allow traffic through port 25. I entered the required field and wallah!! I receive email notifications no problem. I found that if you log into your email that you are trying to use to send the email notifications, go to support or help from your inbox, search for your email's SMPT address, it will bring up the info and tell you what port they use. If it's not 25, I wont work, PERIOD!
Hope that helps someone!!