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Still looking. Sorry this is taking so long
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I'd like to subscribe to an entire forum, so I get an email notification when a new thread is created, not necessarily all replies to it just on a new thread.
What do you think?
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This is our TODO list.
Our only worry is email volume. As it is the servers are straining.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Didn't think of that, well I'm glad to hear it's in the works!
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Chris Maunder wrote: Our only worry is email volume.
Can you put a limit on the number of emails per day per forum?
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That's easy. Choosing where to draw the line isn't.
We can't just say "We'll only send 10,000 emails an hour, first in, best dressed".
There are options, though, such as saying you only get an email if you've visited that forum in the last N months.
Or I could sell a kidney and just buy a bunch of servers and some serious bandwidth. At least that wouldn't require as much debugging.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant limit per person per forum.
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Just include a different token in each individual mail, and request the token be returned before you send the next mail. That will dramatically reduce the workload. 
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One thing that is a possibility, is only sending out an email for forum posts that have not had any responses in a certain period of time. However, this might also mean the posts could possibly be from forum spammers.
Regards,
Thomas Stockwell
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
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Chris Maunder wrote: just buy a bunch of servers and some serious bandwidth
Would you like me to send 'Nessie - the Loch Ness Hamster' over to whip your guys into shape?
Could put off the necessity.
Henry Minute
If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
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Your sig suggests an alternative ending - If you open a can of worms, don't serve it to Mustafa.
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Henry Minute wrote: Would you like me to send 'Nessie - the Loch Ness Hamster' over to whip your guys into shape?
Are you from Inverness?
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Nah, Inversouff, me old c**k sparrer!
Henry Minute
If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
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Chris Maunder wrote: Or I could sell a kidney and just buy a bunch of servers
Sounds like a plan.
Jon
Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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With Yahoo Groups you can also ask to have all new posts grouped in a daily mail. This could be a starter solution.
I don't read the newsletter because there are just too many articles (and also because I visit CP daily) but I would appreciate to have a daily summary.
Yarp
http://www.senosoft.com/
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yarp wrote: With Yahoo Groups you can also ask to have all new posts grouped in a daily mail.
I think the OP's idea was that he wanted notification of a new thread so he could run off and answer the question quickly thereby increasing the chances of becoming an MVP/maintaining MVP status.
My less cynical reasoning would be that it is to ensure that questions get answered quickly, thereby aiding those asking the questions.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: notification of a new thread so he could run off and answer the question quickly
Seriously beating Mika, Dave and some of the other people to the questions is really hard work  .
Colin you really are a cynical bugger.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: Colin you really are a cynical bugger.
I didn't used to be this cynical. I only became this way after moving to Glasgow. While the folk here are very friendly (at least on the surface) I always get the impression there is an alterior motive.
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Hah try being a tourist in (I started adding countries but the list got too long) you are considered a walking wallet, India was the worst but only by a smidgen.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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You're in the right part of the world to be seen as a "walking wallet". 
Even southern and eastern Africa wasn't as bad.
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There's that 'i' icon again  It looks like an iFrame that tried to load a page and errored out.
I did a little mobile icon for you guys to go with the monthly competition one, if you're interested in using it. You can find it here[^]. There's a large version and a 24 pixel drop-in replacement for the 'i' icon.
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So you're saying that when it comes to graphic design and layout, I shouldn't give up my day job?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Ahem *cough* Didn't mean to impugn your graphical talents there, Chris. Just making a helpful contribution, is all 
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Currently each article has a Send to a friend button at the top, and a bunch of buttons at the bottom for Digg, Del.icio.us, etc. I suggest you just have one Share button at the top, with a drop-down menu. See http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/[^] for an example.
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I've seen the small 'Share' links you mentioned (but not actually on that page) and was thinking exactly the same thing.
Something like Add This[^]?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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