New posts emailed - please be kind
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Hi all, I search on CP how to have new posts on a message board emailed to me without success (obviously). Yes, I know that this may get the "what does this have to do with C#", etc., but it's somewhat related. Essentially, since I have asked enough dumb C# questions, maybe now I'm beginning to have the answers to some of the other dumb C# questions that are asked and therefore I could assist. However, the bigger reason may be I don't want to miss out when someone asks a really dumb question. (of course this could be one of those :laugh: :(( Anyway, the RSS feed option doesn't work for my present situation and email would be nice, if possible. Thanks.
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Hi all, I search on CP how to have new posts on a message board emailed to me without success (obviously). Yes, I know that this may get the "what does this have to do with C#", etc., but it's somewhat related. Essentially, since I have asked enough dumb C# questions, maybe now I'm beginning to have the answers to some of the other dumb C# questions that are asked and therefore I could assist. However, the bigger reason may be I don't want to miss out when someone asks a really dumb question. (of course this could be one of those :laugh: :(( Anyway, the RSS feed option doesn't work for my present situation and email would be nice, if possible. Thanks.
There are three reasons you can get an e-mail that originated in a forum: 1. you post a message and someone posts a reply to it; 2. you post a message, with the "Allow private email replies to this message" checkbox checked, so the "Email" widget next to the "Reply" widget is present; when pressed by someone, the reply is not published, it is emailed to you. 3. someone posts a message on your personal blog/forum, the one on your profile page. Conclusion: when not on your profile page, a new thread will not result in an e-mail to you. If you want to know what goes on on a forum, you have to browse the forums. :)
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There are three reasons you can get an e-mail that originated in a forum: 1. you post a message and someone posts a reply to it; 2. you post a message, with the "Allow private email replies to this message" checkbox checked, so the "Email" widget next to the "Reply" widget is present; when pressed by someone, the reply is not published, it is emailed to you. 3. someone posts a message on your personal blog/forum, the one on your profile page. Conclusion: when not on your profile page, a new thread will not result in an e-mail to you. If you want to know what goes on on a forum, you have to browse the forums. :)
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Thanks. I've been on a couple of forums in the past where you could at least get a daily email indicating new posts for the previous day. Oh well......
Since there are a large number of forums on this site (there are 25 programming forums alone!) most of which receive at least one post a day, and some of which receive hundreds of posts a day, I for one am glad we don't get an auto email each day (or worse each post) to say that the forum has changed. I would never have time to read my real emails! What about QA? Should we get am email when anything is posted there as well? Just note the numbers in the top left: 7 Million members, 21,000 online. Notification on change is all very well with a quiet site, but here? No thanks... :-D
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
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Since there are a large number of forums on this site (there are 25 programming forums alone!) most of which receive at least one post a day, and some of which receive hundreds of posts a day, I for one am glad we don't get an auto email each day (or worse each post) to say that the forum has changed. I would never have time to read my real emails! What about QA? Should we get am email when anything is posted there as well? Just note the numbers in the top left: 7 Million members, 21,000 online. Notification on change is all very well with a quiet site, but here? No thanks... :-D
Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.
If someone wanted to inflict themselves with a daily single email per forum that shows 100+ lines of titles for new threads, does that sound so bad? I know my boss gets probably 25+ emails a day for enlargement techniques. While he may continue to be frustrated, which I cannot help, I know that if I could get a single email from the C# forum I could conceivably prevent frustration. But alas, I am also fine with searching through the threads. Just am doing it typically with a decent amount of leadtime.
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If someone wanted to inflict themselves with a daily single email per forum that shows 100+ lines of titles for new threads, does that sound so bad? I know my boss gets probably 25+ emails a day for enlargement techniques. While he may continue to be frustrated, which I cannot help, I know that if I could get a single email from the C# forum I could conceivably prevent frustration. But alas, I am also fine with searching through the threads. Just am doing it typically with a decent amount of leadtime.
mprice214 wrote:
If someone wanted to inflict themselves with a daily single email per forum that shows 100+ lines of titles for new threads, does that sound so bad?
For that individual no. For the poor Hamsters having to organize the Emails for, lets say 10,000, members - not so good.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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mprice214 wrote:
If someone wanted to inflict themselves with a daily single email per forum that shows 100+ lines of titles for new threads, does that sound so bad?
For that individual no. For the poor Hamsters having to organize the Emails for, lets say 10,000, members - not so good.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
I figured the hamsters were all the silicon gates that open and close, depending on what the software guys tell them what to do. I don't think the question was that perverse :^) It stems from having participated in other forums and is not a unique brain child of mine :-\ .
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If someone wanted to inflict themselves with a daily single email per forum that shows 100+ lines of titles for new threads, does that sound so bad? I know my boss gets probably 25+ emails a day for enlargement techniques. While he may continue to be frustrated, which I cannot help, I know that if I could get a single email from the C# forum I could conceivably prevent frustration. But alas, I am also fine with searching through the threads. Just am doing it typically with a decent amount of leadtime.
So, you get 7,000,000+ emails going out, potentially with 1000 lines of titles here (some of the forums are very active). That's a lot of infrastructure needed there. Chris and the team have enough on their plate right now (BTW - if you want to discuss something like this, you should choose the Suggestions forum).
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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So, you get 7,000,000+ emails going out, potentially with 1000 lines of titles here (some of the forums are very active). That's a lot of infrastructure needed there. Chris and the team have enough on their plate right now (BTW - if you want to discuss something like this, you should choose the Suggestions forum).
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Uncle! I understand it's not a "flick of the switch". I'm not suggesting that they do that either. I initially asked how and if it could be done, that was all. Just because I had come across this functionality on other forums doesn't mean that I think CP should be shut down until it does have it. It's not worth it to me to suggest it on the Suggestion forum. If Luc wouldn't get all over me about removing messages, I probably would. :-D
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Uncle! I understand it's not a "flick of the switch". I'm not suggesting that they do that either. I initially asked how and if it could be done, that was all. Just because I had come across this functionality on other forums doesn't mean that I think CP should be shut down until it does have it. It's not worth it to me to suggest it on the Suggestion forum. If Luc wouldn't get all over me about removing messages, I probably would. :-D
Oi. I suggest you stop this thread here and now; it has been answered and dealt with. No need to add or remove anything. :)
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Oi. I suggest you stop this thread here and now; it has been answered and dealt with. No need to add or remove anything. :)
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Most of the time, but nobody notices the difference. :laugh:
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