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- Latest post made by Rik Tindall at Nov 06 11:36 UTC
Hi Folks, Everyone who receives this email, is receiving it because they agreed to join this forum, either by email, on the Web, or by adding their information to a paper form. If you express a wish to leave, I will remove you from the forum. It is also easy to leave yourself. Just follow the instructions at the bottom of this email. This Forum uses email to notify members of the posts that have been made. You can also post via email, simply by replying. When the forum is busy, this will generate what may seem like a lot of email. This is what we are aiming to achieve: vibrant online conversations about issues related to Canterbury. The following options are available to you. 1: Leave the forum. 2: Change your email settings, so you get less email. 3: Manage the email so that it is not burdensome. If you leave the forum, you will no longer get email notifications, and you will not be able to post. You can still, however read the posts via the web, or using a feed reader, at the following links. http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues/messages http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues/messages/posts.atom You can change your email settings to receive no email at all, or a "Topic Digest" which you will receive once per day, at the most. You will still be able to post to the forum, via email or the Web. To do this, log in and visit the following page. http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues/email_settings Some of you have already attempted to use this feature, but without success. It was unfortunately 'broken' until recently. I apologise for this, and request that you try it again. If you do not know you log in name and password, use the "Password Reset" feature. http://forums.e-democracy.org/login/forgotten_password.xml There are various ways of managing this so that it does not become burdensome. You can easily identify email from this forum, by the text at the beginning of each subject line ("[Canterbury Issues]"). The simplest method is to delete the emails on topics that are not of interest to you. Alternatively, you can get your email programme to filter the emails into a folder.
Hi Dan,
thank you for fixing the link to the email settings menu. Unfortunately it is
already a chore to deal with the dozens of emails filling the inbox every day,
so that many will look to deal differently with a hopefully vibrant forum like
this one.
Webfeeds (or a newsfeed, as it is also known), read through a RSS reader or
many of the advanced browsers, is a handy way of keeping on top of what is
happening in this forum, and if set up right, it will also keep you constantly
informed of new posts if that is what is important (without clogging up your
email!).
As for those who feel that 'rubbish' is being posted: this is a forum you
willingly joined and which is supposed to be political. I would prefer to read
your better ideas and engage in a discussion rather than just to have to read
your complaints.
Best regards,
Christoph Hensch
Well said! ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Randow<mailto:dan@onlinegroups.net> To: Canterbury Public Issues Forum<mailto:canterburyissues@forums.e-democracy.org> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 4:57 PM Subject: [Canterbury Issues] Managing Email in this Forum Hi Folks, Everyone who receives this email, is receiving it because they agreed to join this forum, either by email, on the Web, or by adding their information to a paper form. If you express a wish to leave, I will remove you from the forum. It is also easy to leave yourself. Just follow the instructions at the bottom of this email. This Forum uses email to notify members of the posts that have been made. You can also post via email, simply by replying. When the forum is busy, this will generate what may seem like a lot of email. This is what we are aiming to achieve: vibrant online conversations about issues related to Canterbury. The following options are available to you. 1: Leave the forum. 2: Change your email settings, so you get less email. 3: Manage the email so that it is not burdensome. If you leave the forum, you will no longer get email notifications, and you will not be able to post. You can still, however read the posts via the web, or using a feed reader, at the following links. http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues/messages<http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues/messages> http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues/messages/posts.atom<http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues/messages/posts.atom> You can change your email settings to receive no email at all, or a "Topic Digest" which you will receive once per day, at the most. You will still be able to post to the forum, via email or the Web. To do this, log in and visit the following page. http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues/email_settings<http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues/email_settings> Some of you have already attempted to use this feature, but without success. It was unfortunately 'broken' until recently. I apologise for this, and request that you try it again. If you do not know you log in name and password, use the "Password Reset" feature. http://forums.e-democracy.org/login/forgotten_password.xml<http://forums.e-democracy.org/login/forgotten_password.xml> There are various ways of managing this so that it does not become burdensome. You can easily identify email from this forum, by the text at the beginning of each subject line ("[Canterbury Issues]"). The simplest method is to delete the emails on topics that are not of interest to you. Alternatively, you can get your email programme to filter the emails into a folder. cheers Dan -- Dan Randow Forum Manager Canterbury Public Issues Forum http://canterburyissues.org.nz<http://canterburyissues.org.nz/> <email obscured><mailto:<email obscured>> ph 03-377-5377 Dan Randow St Albans, Christchurch More info: Info about Dan Randow: http://forums.e-democracy.org/contacts/danr<http://forums.e-democracy.org/contacts/danr> This topic's messages may be viewed at: http://forums.e-democracy.org/topic/1cIrluLF0NE8CBNp5lt5UB<http://forums.e-democracy.org/topic/1cIrluLF0NE8CBNp5lt5UB> ----------------------------------------- To post, send your message to: <email obscured><mailto:<email obscured>> To unsubscribe type "unsubscribe" (without the quotation marks) in the subject line and send to: <email obscured><mailto:<email obscured>> More info about Canterbury Public Issues Forum: http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues<http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues> E-Democracy.Org rules: http://e-democracy.org/rules<http://e-democracy.org/rules> ----------------------------------------- Special thanks to our friends at OnlineGroups.Net for their technical support in maintaining this site. http://onlinegroups.net<http://onlinegroups.net/>
A very gentlemanly response. Well done! ----- Original Message ----- From: Christoph Hensch<mailto:cmhensch@gmail.com> To: Canterbury Public Issues Forum<mailto:canterburyissues@forums.e-democracy.org> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [Canterbury Issues] Managing Email in this Forum Hi Dan, thank you for fixing the link to the email settings menu. Unfortunately it is already a chore to deal with the dozens of emails filling the inbox every day, so that many will look to deal differently with a hopefully vibrant forum like this one. Webfeeds (or a newsfeed, as it is also known), read through a RSS reader or many of the advanced browsers, is a handy way of keeping on top of what is happening in this forum, and if set up right, it will also keep you constantly informed of new posts if that is what is important (without clogging up your email!). As for those who feel that 'rubbish' is being posted: this is a forum you willingly joined and which is supposed to be political. I would prefer to read your better ideas and engage in a discussion rather than just to have to read your complaints. Best regards, Christoph Hensch Christoph Hensch Christchurch More info: Info about Christoph Hensch: http://forums.e-democracy.org/contacts/christophhensch<http://forums.e-democracy.org/contacts/christophhensch> This topic's messages may be viewed at: http://forums.e-democracy.org/topic/7aUlvt0cs8lTEjp70fGOgV<http://forums.e-democracy.org/topic/7aUlvt0cs8lTEjp70fGOgV> ----------------------------------------- To post, send your message to: <email obscured><mailto:<email obscured>> To unsubscribe type "unsubscribe" (without the quotation marks) in the subject line and send to: <email obscured><mailto:<email obscured>> More info about Canterbury Public Issues Forum: http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues<http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues> E-Democracy.Org rules: http://e-democracy.org/rules<http://e-democracy.org/rules> ----------------------------------------- Special thanks to our friends at OnlineGroups.Net for their technical support in maintaining this site. http://onlinegroups.net<http://onlinegroups.net/>
I'll respond here to Miles' posts in 'Are you NEW to forums like this one? - Research'. http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/3J9a4poBQyTOxkjT2BsneO Thanks for your enthusiasm for this forum, Miles. The "Topic Digest" mode sends you a maximum of one email per day, listing the topics that have most recently received posts. It links you to those topics on the Web. You can activate Topic Digest mode by logging in to the website and visiting the 'Email Settings' page. http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues/email_settings You can also activate the Topic Digest via email. The following link will facilitate this. mailto:canterburyissues@forums.e-democracy.org?Subject=digest%20on > I suspect that when you press 'reply' it replies > to everyone on the list, whereas it should only send > an e-mail to the forum which is then either > distributed to all those who have said they > want every e-mail, or held in the forum website for those > that only want the starter of a conversation. That is almost exactly what does happen, but there is no option to only receive one post per topic. Miles, you also commented... > on the forum webpage you can only access the > latest topics. I'd also like to access the old > topics such as the 'Facilities for younger > citizens' topic Try the "Latest Topics" page. http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues/messages/
If you are finding the volume of email in the forum overwhelming, I recommend that you follow the suggestions I made in my first post to this topic. http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/post/1cIrluLF0NE8CBNp5lt5UB If you want to leave the forum, please do not post to the entire forum to say that, as doing so creates unwanted email for everyone in the forum. Instead, please follow the instructions for leaving that appear at the bottom of every email sent via the forum.
Hi Folks,
I always remove people from the forum, when they request that.
If you are getting more email than you want to, but wish to keep an eye
on the forum, and maybe even post one day, there are some alternatives
to leaving.
1: Just delete the email. There's no need to keep it,
as it's all on the web.
2: Switch to Digest mode, where you get a maximum of
one email per day (or switch to no email at all,
and use a web feed).
There's more detail about these options at the following link.
http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/post/1cIrluLF0NE8CBNp5lt5UB
cheers,
Dan
. . .
Dan Randow, Forum Manager
Canterbury Public Issues Forum
http://canterburyissues.org.nz
<email obscured>
ph 03-377-5377
As I still do some of the admin tasks here, I've removed Kevin Heays from the forum, in response to the request he made in "Christchurch Action to Support Midwives". http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/post/1iREjuyWs4aMhsvZdDLlEA Others who wish to leave the forum can find the instructions for doing so at the bottom of each forum post. I also encourage exploring some of the other ways to manage the email that are listed in this topic. http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/4u9eGnUiBPycBPa6V4nF6c
Farewell Kevin Heays, thanks for your written contributions.
It is sad indeed to lose the Kaikoura Mayor from our online community. Many are
the challenges to netizenry. These exist here, alongside the communication
opportunities, as greatly if not more so as they do in the analog world - ask
Barack!
Regards, Rik