Topic: New posting from Connection

Maybe this has already been brought up in another post. If it has, my apologies.

When I started receiving emails from members I've been connected to with "New posting from Connection" subject line, I thought it would prove useful. Now, I realize it is drowned out by the size of email entering my inbox. I even have a mailbox rule and it's own mailbox folder.

The problem is every subject line is identical. There's no way of identifying an author I'm currently interested in and one I'm not. It would also be useful to have the type of writing(short story, novel, poetry, and so on) and the posting title in the subject line. I foresee that the character count would exceed the header room. But, I'm fine with an abbreviated format:

MA NV Krudges CH2

MA-Matthew Abelack
NV-Novel
Title with a set max character count (10?)-Krudges
CH2-Chapter Two

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Re: New posting from Connection

Interesting suggestion. It's certainly something we can do. Let me take a look.

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3 Reply by Tom Oldman (edited by Tom Oldman 2016-07-17 03:53:57)

Re: New posting from Connection

I agree completely with Matthew, Sol. When I get eight or nine emails in my TNBW inbox it woudl be a good thing to be able to tell who they concern. This goes for Booksie also.

Why not just append the author's name instead of the word "connection"?

~Tom

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Re: New posting from Connection

In one click to your home page, you can see all the recent postings of your connections. I mean, aren't you going there anyway? I stopped all email concerning postings and haven't missed them one bit. To each their own, but sometimes I think I'm living on a different planet. Take care. Vern

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Re: New posting from Connection

On my home page, that listing is waaaaaay down at the bottom and takes a bunch of scrolling to get there. Plus, there are only 7 slots for new postings. At the moment, I have 12 emails in my inbox with no idea who they're for.

~Tom

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Re: New posting from Connection

Tom Oldman wrote:

On my home page, that listing is waaaaaay down at the bottom and takes a bunch of scrolling to get there. Plus, there are only 7 slots for new postings. At the moment, I have 12 emails in my inbox with no idea who they're for.

~Tom

Oh, geez (rolls eyes) what does that scroll take anyway, a nanosecond? I'm still amazed by Earthlings lol. You do know you can see all the rest by clicking "Read more content from your connections" at the bottom of the list, right?. I'm training my telescope on another galaxy. Take care. Vern

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Re: New posting from Connection

What you're seeing, Ann, is the contents of the email. The subject line doesn't identify the author. Some email clients automatically open the email on receipt or viewing (which is not a good thing in a few cases).

~Tom

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