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Subject: 
Simplified News-by-Mail signup (was: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company)
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Sat, 15 Apr 2000 03:23:59 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Todd Lehman writes:
[...]
To subscribe via SMTP (e-mail), point your web browser here:
   http://www.lugnet.com/news/mail/

Hmm.  So far, only 22 people have signed up for e-mail delivery of the new
LEGO announcements group.  Is awareness of the group still too low, or is
the interface for mail subscriptions still too confusing?  (It was designed
for efficiently managing large numbers of groups simultaneously, but not for
managing groups individually.)

Well...in any case...there's now a shortcut!

To receive lugnet.lego.announce via email (highly recommended), point your
web browser here:

   http://www.lugnet.com/news/mail/sub/?lugnet.lego.announce

and fill in the blanks.  Give it a shot!  :)

--Todd

p.s.  The main pages for groups on the website now also give links to these
subscription shortcuts instead of to the all-encompassing list manager.  You
can still get to the bigger list manager with a second click.



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Simplified News-by-Mail signup (was: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company)
 
(...) Well... personally I don't subscribe to any groups, I just go to the web and read them... maybe other people feel the same. (IIRC, you mentionedthat web users and NNTP users are most common around lugnet...?) -Shiri (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
  Re: Simplified News-by-Mail signup (was: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company)
 
(...) I like it! however, is there a way to get rid of the cookie once you got it? or do I need to look for it in my jar? :) Dan (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Simplified News-by-Mail signup (was: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company)
 
On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Todd Lehman (<Ft1G3z.Cz3@lugnet.com>) wrote at 03:23:59 (...) Just curious, why is email highly recommended? What are the benefits over NNTP? (speaking as a curmudgeonly stick-in-the-mud luddite :-) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
  Re: Simplified News-by-Mail signup (was: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company)
 
(...) Did. Still too hard. Try turning things inside out, like most lists do. Especially for a one shot easy to use interface, let me say I want it, then send a confirming mail, which I have to THEN follow the URL back, instead of making me get a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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