Do you ever read the ScubaBoard News Letter?

[Damselfish]

There is stuff under "eMail Optout / Removal Request" and also stuff under "Edit Options" (Messaging & Notification)

It's not clear if one takes priority over the other, or what? What I get (or not) doesn't really seem to jibe with the settings I have. I don't care too much and don't even want to spend time figuring it out, just pointing out it's hard to tell what you're setting.

 

[H2Andy]

just pointing out it's hard to tell what you're setting.

this is my point also. people may be opting out of the newsletter because
the instructions are not clear enough

 

[SeaHorseWoman]

i would love to read it---its enabled under my options, but I never received it. Can you fix this problem?
barbara

 

[The Chairman]

well... ah.... lol

ok... but i already proffered it (last paragraph of my post that you cited)

just a suggestion ... if you guys think the text as it is now works, then great

Ah, I see... but it can't work like that with our current software. We have multiple switches.

MAIN SWITCH= Get ANY e-mails at all.

Subsequent switches..

NewsLetter Switch

PM Notification Switch

Subscribed Thread Switch.

It's sort of like your house. If the Main Power Switch is "off", then no lights in the house will work, no matter how many times you flip the switch. Maybe we don't need this switch displayed? It's the thing that is causing the confusion.

 

[El Orans]

i would love to read it---its enabled under my options, but I never received it. Can you fix this problem?
barbara

It hasn't been sent recently.

 

[H2Andy]

Ah, I see... but it can't work like that with our current software. We have multiple switches.

MAIN SWITCH= Get ANY e-mails at all.

Subsequent switches..

NewsLetter Switch

PM Notification Switch

Subscribed Thread Switch.

i see

ok... then the "main switch" text should be set to "receive" automatically,
and then let the users opt out of the various specific choices.

can this be done?

if not, then the "main switch" language should read something like:

Check here to give us persmission to send emails to your account.
You will not receive any emails by checking this box. You are simply
giving us permission to send you emails should you select any of
the options below which have email notification available.
(For example, should you wish to receive our newsletter, you will have to check
this box as well as the newsletter selection below; you will not receive
the newsletter unless you check both. We do this in an attempt to protect
our members from unwanted emails).

something like that

 

[Walter]

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Your Email Address:

I no longer wish to receive any mailings from ScubaBoard.Com.
Only remove me from ScubaBoard's monthly newsletter mailings, I still wish to receive forum updates.

It appears I can get forum updates only or forum updates without the newsletter. I can't figure out how to check yes to newsletters, but no to forum updates.

 

[Kim]

It appears I can get forum updates only or forum updates without the newsletter. I can't figure out how to check yes to newsletters, but no to forum updates.

One way you can do it is to first opt-in to everything and then use Tech Admin's 'Handy Dandy Guide' to opting out of what you don't want here:
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=86881

 

[Quero]

Kim, since you seem to be asking about how to improve outreach (and yes, I'm one of those who automatically turns OFF all options to receive newsletters from the dozens and dozens of sites that offer them to me), announce every new issue on the front page of SB, in the area where the published articles are announced, with a little blurb about the current issue's content. Then, if we are not registered to receive it, we can be sent through a link to change our settings--"click here to register". A "click here" option for the NL already exists on this page, but it's in the small print at the bottom. I've never read that small print until today, but I do notice the headlines in the articles box.

 

[Damselfish]

there's articles?