Well i guess this can be in MsgPlus General Talk...okay, well, it was awhile a go when someone came on irc and asked me about something, and im like "yeah, thats a good idea." and then i just read bach_m's thread about the tip of the day thing...so guest27 had placed the idea in my mind, and now maybe i can put it in your minds aswell Its a msgplus news letter...? Someone i talked to about it said it would be hard work, and hard to maintain, but i still think its a good idea...I know it'll prolly get shot down from other users, so ill make a poll. I did some research on an emailing system, but im sure theres better ones out there. It might not even be able to get started if no one likes the idea, but who knows, maybe you'll all like it. Id be happy to work with it, because it could have a lot of info for the users.
like...
-when an updates been released
-a link to the change log for msgplus
-a tip for each news letter (from bach_m's system of course, it was his idea)
- personal messages from patchou (if wanting to)
- anything really. if this gets put into play, im sure anyone can have say of what goes on in it...

anyways, dont be shy to shoot down the idea it'll probably be up to patchou anyways =p

Edit: and if this has been requested before, sorry i searched and didnt find anyting.

EDIT2 - sorry, edited the poll to see who doesnt want this, i just wanna know why sorry

Yeh if people can't accsess the forum for some reason (maybe be banned or summit) there still can be up to date with the plus happenings and you can give big ups to people for doing certain things I like this idea I bet others would too.

I think thats a great idea! I've never seen it requested in my nearly 2 yrs here...


My thread, which marrissa talked about: New Site: Messenger Plus! Daily Tip

Its not like that many people are permanently banned...

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Originally posted by bach_m
I think thats a great idea! I've never seen it requested in my nearly 2 yrs here...

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Great idea, I agree with Guido that maybe a link to subscribe to the announcements forum should be somewhere

Yep its a great idea

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Originally posted by Guido
to suscribe to the Announcements & News forum

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But doesn't people need to sign up for the forums first then?
(defeating the purpose of a simple subscribtion to a "mailinglist")

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
But doesn't people need to sign up for the forums first then?
(defeating the purpose of a simple subscribtion to a "mailinglist")

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at first, im opposed to this idea. but when i think about it more, im starting to like it. The downside is obvious that it's going to take a lot of spare time out of whoever is willing to commit to this project.

I voted i dont care because it would be a nice feature but its going to create more work for patchou or whoever else would be managing this list.

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Originally posted by Scone
I voted i dont care because it would be a nice feature but its going to create more work for patchou or whoever else would be managing this list.

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Originally posted by gnownoskcid
The downside is obvious that it's going to take a lot of spare time out of whoever is willing to commit to this project.

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Originally posted by Scone
but its going to create more work for patchou or whoever else would be managing this list.

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I wouldnt mind doing it but it would involve alot of communication with patchou and the admins/mods/plugin developers e.t.c But if someone wants to set it all up and take the effort then id love to see it.
In the end its really down to what patchou thinks of the idea, its his program, and he will be the one who will be submitting the most important news to the newsletter.

I reckon its a great idea cause i dont alway read news&announcments     
and yer i would loved to be informed of the news i think it would be great thats a yes from me              

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Originally posted by Pipish
I reckon its a great idea cause i dont alway read news&announcments     
and yer i would loved to be informed of the news i think it would be great thats a yes from me              

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I voted no because it would be a real hassle (even though the idea is nice but we have to keep real), too many ppl making plugins etc. if you wanna include that too. You don't have to have one to get notified when there's a new version of plus! released...that's what the autoupdate/update notification is for.

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Originally posted by Demandred
its a waste of time having a such thing emailed out.

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Originally posted by Demandred
when people can just come to the  website en read the News etc about Plus

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
But doesn't people need to sign up for the forums first then?
(defeating the purpose of a simple subscribtion to a "mailinglist")

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Yeah... and I don't really want people registering just to subscribe to a forum...

Also, the board shouldn't be sending out large numbers of e-mails all at once...

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Blah its not like there will be millions of suscribers... plus there are no more than 2 articles per month.

Well.. unless we implement a news system in msgplus.net that automatically sends newsletters when Patchou adds an article, then I'm afraid no one will do this Then again, last time I tried to implement a CMS for the news @ msgplus.net, he ended up editing the html in notepad

Developers developers developers developers...

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you can come to the site to read the news ( there isn't that many news) ,  when you have the msgplus tab you can see the news..  so for me there is no reason to have a newletter.,,