Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

Hi,

I have started several new topics over the past few weeks, and they are sitting there in the forums, but sometimes they do not make it into the newsletter... Is there something I am missing in the process? Of course, if *this* one doesn't make it, then it will only be seen by those who prowl the forums themselves...

When I see them in the forums, they do not have the 'new topic' label which everything else does, which seems significant. Any ideas?

Wall-E Loc: Phoenix, AZ

Why would your PERSONAL newsletter show topics that YOU started? Kinda redundant.

And a topic that YOU start will NEVER be NEW to you.

Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

I realise that it would never be new to me. Most similar newsletters just print out everything that is new, rather than trying to personalise each copy to its recipient; besides, a couple of my posts *were* in the newsletters I received.

This one being a case in point!

I would just like to be sure that my posts are actually going out there, that's all. Seems like a reasonable question...

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

I sometimes ask myself the same question. I would guess that it's because there some kind of time cut-off for the newsletter. I see some of mine in there and sometimes I don't. Based on that, I believe that the other response to you on this subject from Wall-E is wrong. By the way, your topic on this subject made it in the newsletter today. Tell me - do you see it in the newsletter you opened this morning?

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

!- The "new topic" that shows means that the viewer has NOT looked at it yet, therefore nothing that you post will show up as a New Topic for YOU but will for everyone else.

2- Not sure of the timing, but the items that show up in the NewsLetter/Digest are the ones with the MOST or MOST RECENT activity. That is why I just use that as a starting point and then go to the "Newest Topics" in the menu at the top of the page.

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

That is a very good question and I don't know how it works but when I open my newsletter I go to the top of the page to the "Newest Topics" section where all the posts for all the sections I have subscribed to are. I had advised several people that were new and had sent me PM's on a post I had to open the "Newest Topics" so they could see everything they subscribed to. I had, of course, told them how to subscribe also. I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this so I wouldn't worry about it being on the newsletter.

If you want to see how your topic is doing, go to the top and click on "My Topics". There you will see all the topics you have created and how many messages there are and how many people have viewed it. Just because someone doesn't reply doesn't mean it's not viewed. There are a lot of people who just look and never reply or those that try to look at as much as they can and reply to what they can.

Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

I agree about the timing. Normally, I wouldn't expect anything until the following day - but occasionally, if I lose the window and go from the email link again, my messages from earlier that day will be in there.

That was what happened with this topic. I had posted it, and seen it in the forum, but I already had this morning's newsletter. When I went from the email link again later, this thread was in there.

I just feel that it is illogical to have the software micromanage to the extent of not sending your own posts in your edition of the newsletter. That would be a phenomenal amount of processing, if you think about it. It makes things much simpler to just build the newsletter, and then send it out to every subscriber. Besides, it seems to me that most people would like to see their own posts listed, just to *know* that they had been posted in the letter.

Also, the fact that *some* posts do come back to me in the newsletter would tend to support that position.

It's not like it's anything earth-shattering or anything. I was just puzzled that at least one of my posts did not appear in the following day's newsletter, despite being there in the forum. I thought maybe I had missed selecting a box or something...