I filed this year by mail. I mailed my documents over 2 weeks ago and havent gotten any update

[Carl]

If you mailed your tax return, then you will NOT get any updates via e-mail, text or anything else. It's up to you to go to the IRS website at https://www.irs.gov/refunds to see the status. It won't even show up on their website for "at least" three weeks after you mailed it. In reality, it may be closer to 5 weeks. You can expect 12-16 weeks before you get your refund also. Could be sooner, but don't count on it.