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Email Notify; Do we not have it anymore?
Topic Started: Thursday Jun 19 2008, 11:26 AM (303 Views)
Kenji Urban
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Has the feature been removed? Cause i'm not receiving any emails for anything.. the reply from Necris on my review post? or any of the Show n Shine replies?

Also, what happend to the View unseen/new posts thing? That was the button i clicked every morning..
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King Hiss
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I'm looking into both of those Kenji. Never noticed them missing, and I've been stuck with a massive disaster at work the last couple of days so everything's still a little slapped together. I'll see what I can find, but initial looks haven't revealed current existence of either.
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Kenji Urban
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disaster!? :(

No problem on time and thaaaaaaank you very much :D
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King Hiss
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Bad news I'm afraid Kenji. It seems that the two things you've requested are the two most noticable (and asked for) features missing from this new build. Hopefully they will be put back in soon, since they are getting plenty of requests.

In the mean time, they've suggested using the "Today's Posts" link, way down the bottom of the forum, and the thread tracking utility (which I haven't even noticed myself yet.) Rather ordinary answers for you, but that's the official response at this point I'm afraid.
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"Today's Posts" at the bottom of the main page. That's where it is!

I've been looking all over for that.
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Kenji Urban
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RIGHT THEN! glad thats been found.. i looked, couldn't see it. Was hiding from me. All we need now is the email notify thingy that Hiss has already mentioned he is onto..
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Finally, I can give you an answer Kenji. It seems the people behind the forum think that email notifications are a bad thing and as such, have been avoiding the issue. Here is their reasoning and alternatives.

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During our research we identified 5 main types of members who use the subscription system.
1. The inactive lurker. This person posts once and expects a reply and has no intention of participating in your community. Ideally you would give him no subscription options to help him.
2. The active member. This person is on your board all the time. His subscriptions have two purposes. A) To keep a list of topics to look at later. (For this the ZetaBoards list works best). B) To wait for a reply to one of his topics or replies. (PM based subscriptions work best since he is already on the board.)
3. The semi-active member who is online a lot. This person may stop by your board and participate but he also visits a lot of other websites and/or boards. (Facebook or RSS based subscriptions work best for him.)
4. The semi-active member who is not online much. No traditional subscription type is very effective for this member type. Using browser bookmarks is best. Email subscriptions also are somewhat effective. When combined with the small size of this group this is why email-based subscriptions were brought back as a ZB Premium feature.
5. The inactive member. Subscriptions have minimal effect on this user. Email announcements that entice him to come back are most effective. Facebook or RSS based subscriptions are best otherwise.

Finally I wanted to go over in detail the drawbacks of email-based subscriptions to show why we have avoided using them in ZetaBoards as a whole.

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* Can encourage inactive members. Allows a user to post 1 topic and then leave with no intention of coming back to the forum except to get his answer.
* Too many subscriptions slows down posting. If hundreds of people are tracking a forum or topic then a new topic or reply can take several seconds to minutes to post while emails are sent.
* Interferes with delivery of important emails. Password reset and email validation emails are much more important to be delivered promptly. Some ISPs limit the number of emails they receive from one server. Thus subscription notices in large amounts can hold up or block more important emails.
* Generates spam complaints. The majority of spam complaints we receive are from people who have subscribed by email and then didn't like getting emails when replies or topics were posted. Spam complaints can lead to other legitimate important emails being put in a user's spam box instead of inbox.
* Not ideal for active members. An active member who just wants a list of interesting topics to remember will prefer the list of subscribed topics currently offered. An active member who wants to be notified of replies or new topics will prefer receiving a PM notice since he is already on the board.


In summary, on ZetaBoards Premium and the next ZetaBoards upgrades, many new types of subscriptions will become available. Combined, these are much more useful and effective than email based subscriptions. Email based subscriptions were traditionally avoided on ZetaBoards because of their long list of drawbacks, but ZetaBoards Premium resurrects email subscriptions.


And as you noticed there on the last part, the option is becoming available, at a price. I'll have to see if there's any value in what they're offering.
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You already do enough Hiss. We dont need it.
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King Hiss
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There's actually a few things you get out of going Premium, though one of them has me a bit concerned.
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King Hiss
Monday Dec 8 2008, 07:40 PM
though one of them has me a bit concerned.
Oh god, we all get a kick in the nuts once a day, that's it isn't it!? :'(
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King Hiss
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Unfortunately no... That I would pay double for! :D

No, it's the feature where admins get to read your PM's that I don't like. It will tell you that someone has read it, but it doesn't appear that they've even set it up to say who it was. They're private for a reason, and I wouldn't want finger pointing going on if someone even unintentionally clicks a wrong like and looks at someone's inbox. That's just too much ammo for trouble that i think is completely unnecessary.
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*commences deleting all PM's :scared2:
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Too much Gay porn PM to Scotty ay Necris?? :P
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