All,
We just wanted to say thanks for helping make this Cafe/Tavern transition go so smoothly. Yes there were a couple of bumps in the road along the way but all and all we think it went very well. Thank you!
Something that came out of this is that we found a good number of users don’t have correct email information associated with their accounts. This is important because if there is a need for us to contact users this is the method that we will use. So we ask that all users take a minute to make sure their email addresses are correct. If not you might miss out on important information regarding the forums as we are going to start using this tool to communicate to the user base. Also while you’re in there it wouldn’t hurt to update your profile…
A word about privacy: we will never use the email addresses for commercial purposes only for notification regarding changes and or enhancements to the forums. If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy you can read more here or feel free to ask.
Tauntons Privacy Policy
If you ever have any questions or just want to drop a line you know where to reach us: [email protected]
Thanks again
Mark and the rest of the “Mods”
SYSOP
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Have you updated your forum profile lately? Please Do!
Edited 3/18/2005 8:56 am ET by SYSOP
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Mark,
Since you are being so solicitous, maybe you can explain the the whole system for email notification.
About half the time I get multiple notifications for the same message, usually two, but this morning there were about five notifications for the same message.
Sometimes I get an almost instant notification when someone posts a message to me, other times it does not come until the next day.
In the past I have gone months without any notifications at all, and then mysteriously, they reappeared.
On the discussion subscriptionss, usually they arrive once a day -- as I specified. Other times it will take an additional day or two, and occasionally, not at all.
Obviously, I am not bothered by any of this, but if you are in a mood to explain, the system, that would be great.
Thanks.
One more question.
I signed up for the Cafe/Tavern, and it appears exactly as it always has on my machine. The only change I can see is that posts to Cafe topics don't seem to be appearing in the list of "recent discussions".
Is that the way it is working for everyone now? I am assuming people who have not signed up are seeing something different, right?
That is correct, in that the forum should appear the exact same for you as it did prior to the change. For users not having access they will not see the Cafe messages at all.
Email notification: For every post that is addressed to you, an email notification goes out. This is a good option if a user doesn't post a lot otherwise the in box can get rather full.
Subscription to a thread: For every post to the thread, if addressed to you or not, a subscription alert is created, but you will only receive a single email with an aggregate of all of the alerts. With this option you can choose to have the email sent once a day, once every 7 days or never. To see what discussions you have subscribed to, click on the My Forums link, then in the upper left hand corner of that page you will see all of the subscriptions that you have.
As a for instance I don't normally have email notification on but I turned it on this week to make sure that I didn't miss any messages to me. As a result I had several hundred emails. Had I subscribed I would have only received one a day will a total of all alerts in that single email.
I have found the email notification to be somewhat flaky and I am working with Prospero to make sure it is more stable but in general I think it works well.
I think this answers your questions if not let me know. -MarkSYSOP[email protected]Have you updated your forum profile lately? Please Do!
How can I check and update my e-mail address and profile? I went to your help page and it directed me to click on preferences but I don't seem to be finding the term on the site.
John W.
John,
On the line where login logout etc is, you see the My Forums button. Click on this, this will bring up your my forums page. On the left hand side of this page you should see this:
Click to view or change: My Preferences My Profile Forum Preferences
That is the place to change any and all preferences related to the forums. You can also access these by clicking on your name in any message you posted and this will bring up your profile and within that is a link to your prefs.
Hope this helps, Mark
SYSOP[email protected]Have you updated your forum profile lately? Please Do!
Edited 3/18/2005 10:58 am ET by SYSOP
Just to reassure those who might have privacy concerns about listing their email here at Knots: I've had mine listed for what?, 3 years now I think, and have never, ever gotten spam or unnecessary communications.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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Thanks Forestgirl, that was something I had intended on mentioning but did not. -MSYSOP[email protected]Have you updated your forum profile lately? Please Do!
I've tried a couple times to sign up for the secret cafe, the emails keep bouncing back.
Can you hook me up?
Consider yourself hooked... -MSYSOP[email protected]Have you updated your forum profile lately? Please Do!
Can you add me also?Thanks, Dave
Done... -MarkSYSOP[email protected]Have you updated your forum profile lately? Please Do!
Please add me to the Cafe.Ron
Any idea of what percentage of members asked for access to Cafe?
Thats an interesting question. I do not have a % of users but I do have a rough count. As of right now I have granted access to over 500 users. This just in Knots alone. -MarkSYSOP[email protected]Have you updated your forum profile lately? Please Do!
Do you get combat pay for this job? If not, you should... :-)
Regards,Mitch
"I'm always humbled by how much I DON'T know..."
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