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Answer for Yetzirah
Sun Jan 04 2004


I have about 6 people on my notify list who do not keep diaries on this system, they however do want to be notified when I update my diary.
Does this mean they won't be notified any more?

If so, that kinda sucks.....

Enlighten me!

The point (and reason I called it incompatible) is that NO-ONE will be notified any more (when it comes in) without setting themselves to be a friend of the author.

In order to be a friend of the author you will need a Hamiko account. You will not, however, need to keep a diary (indeed, you don't have to now - if you just wanted to use HamiMail for example, or potter about in the forums). Having a Hamiko account doesn't oblige you to anything, its free, no personal data other than an email address is required (and that's required already if you want to be notified of course) so it's not as sucky as it appears :)

It also means that those people can get on and off of your notify list without having to mail me because the system couldn't find their unique ID, or should they change their email address they just update their Hamiko account rather than having to come off your notify list (and confirm the request by clicking a link in an email) and then re-join your notify list with the new address (and confirm the request by clicking a link in an email). They'll just update their Hamiko profile.

It is a good change, honestly. It will be significantly easier to use.

Steve.

5 Comments
  • From:
    Cutypops (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jan 04 2004
    I like the sound of all this! Anything that puts the diarist in control is fine by me!
  • From:
    Paulette (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jan 04 2004
    Is it possible for you to provide me with a list of diaries I am on the notify list of before the change? I'm on lists of folks who hardly ever update. I'm afraid I'll forget to add myself to them without a reminder.
  • From:
    Calgar (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jan 04 2004
    Hey Steve -

    Will we be able to set our @deardiary.net addresses to forward to other addresses? I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't want yet another email address to check. :)

    -Calgs
  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jan 04 2004
    golly, lots of questions, and here are a few more:

    1) there seem to be a heap of diaries on this site that have been written in only a couple times then abandoned for the last 2-3 years. have you thought about deleting some of those really old ones that simply aren't being used by anybody anymore with less than 10 entries?

    2) notify lists- i know for a fact there are emails on my notify list which are no longer in use, as people have changed service providers etc etc. will there ever be a way for us to be able to remove those emails which are in fact now deceased? if so i could send a group email to all those on the list and have the active ones bounce me back so i know for sure which ones are in fact dormant and remove those ones
  • From:
    Causingchaos (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jan 05 2004
    This is a continuation of what Sezrah wanted to know about deleting diaries. I have an old diary here with like 2 or 3 years of imfo on it. I had to leave it because my ex was using as a place to harass me. Is it possible that I can get those entries into my new diary so in case you all do start to delete I can keep my diary?