Email delivery advanced preferences #subscription #suggestion
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I am puzzled why someone can select both Special Notices only and Advanced Preferences. There is a note saying Please note: If you have selected Special Notices Only, the below preferences will not override that. But shouldn't that not be a possibility? I seem to have a couple of people (young adept web users) who have selected both these options.
And secondly, I wish that Advanced Preferences was more integrated with Email Delivery radio buttons.? Could it be moved up, before Signature, right after Email Delivery? I am asking here to test the waters and get suggestions before I post on Beta. Cheers, Frances
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Frances,
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I am puzzled why someone can select both Special Notices only and Advanced Preferences. ... But shouldn't that not be a possibility? ?
The Email Delivery choices only control group posts that are sent to your subscription address.
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The Message Selection choices affect that, but also control the message filtering in your /topics home page, and hopefully one day filtered options for viewing messages in individual groups' web pages. Perhaps the text box in that section should mention the web utility these preferences have. Excluding Max Attachment Size, which is only for email. *sigh*
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I seem to have a couple of people (young adept web users) who have selected both these options. ?
They may have just been testing things, or they may actually be taking advantage of the /topics home page to follow multiple groups.
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As I recall, the original reaction (in beta) to the Message Selection options (and Replies) was that they would be intimidating to ordinary users. So not only were they segregated into their own section, Advanced Preferences, but that section was made a drop-open that is closed by default.
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I could see an argument for moving Max Attachment Size out of Advanced Preferences and up in the Email Delivery section. It really seems to belong there, even if some may think it too "advanced" for novice users.
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I don't really have a strong feeling about moving (the rest of) Advanced Preferences up ahead of Signature. There is some logic to that, though both those sections apply to posts in both email and web.
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I think Mark would thank you for that.
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Shal
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Frances
Shal Farley