Due to the increased traffic on the site, and volume of fanmail sent between you, the users, we have made some changes to how FanMail works. We will be rolling these changes out to the live servers shortly, but wanted to take a moment to make you aware of what they are.
When the changes go live, you’ll notice in your FanMail:
A User and Groups tab
Fanmail will now be sorted into 2 locations, peer to peer mail and mass mailings to a group. The Fanmail counter in the header will only count User mail; group mail will now be a bulletin style.
Group messages will now expire
After 7 days, group messages will be deleted.
Group messages will have more info
With this change, you can now see which group the message came from, and also how long it has before it expires.
User messages will stay the same
Nothing will change with how the User FanMail works; group messages will just be separate.
Finally, this is just the beginning of improvements to FanMail. We will be working to make this feature more robust and helpful over the coming year. As always, your feedback is a huge help in all our endeavors, so fire away!
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Comments (58)
Thanks. "More robust"??
1Hawkeye1 wants Vida | 03/03/08, 11:36 AM
Report Offensive Commentawesome !
Ed Reed Fan:The Razors Edge | 03/03/08, 11:38 AM
Report Offensive CommentSounds like some good changes.
Does this mean that we'll be able to FM the FanNation Community without waiting a few decades for it to go through, or is that still a glitch to be worked out?
Oso on Vacation | 03/03/08, 11:39 AM
Report Offensive CommentGotta love changes. The groupings will be nice to see if you got mailed directly or as part of a group.
rstowe - The NMI Emperor JL | 03/03/08, 11:45 AM
Report Offensive CommentWoooohooooo!!!! FanNation Improvement Days feels like Christmas...
Thanks for those changes; they're going to help a ton.
Becksox: Cooler than 'Beckfan' | 03/03/08, 11:46 AM
Report Offensive CommentThese are some great changes right here...
DJTG_2010 | 03/03/08, 11:54 AM
Report Offensive CommentSo when will fanmail have outward faced abilities, i.e. be able to use your fanmail as you email?
xxx84xxx | 03/03/08, 12:35 PM
Report Offensive CommentThank u
PENN STATE FOR LIFE | 03/03/08, 12:41 PM
Report Offensive Commentthank god
Steveo16220 says:30 days left | 03/03/08, 12:45 PM
Report Offensive CommentStep in the right direction ! Thank you !
will there be an option to save certain group messages???
can you move them from folder to folder ?
or. can you re-mail it to yourself as a peer message so that its not deleted?
what we need are folders to be able to sort the mail ..
also, any plans to allow sending to multiple groups at once and having the groups addressing code cross reference the group member lists so that a person only gets one message regardless of how many groups they're in ?
KPKahder | 03/03/08, 01:50 PM
Report Offensive Commentgood, a lot of group messages are annoying, the make around 3/4 of my fanmail
*Witness0708* #21 | 03/03/08, 02:53 PM
Report Offensive Commentthis is what i've been waiting for
OrangeFan | 03/03/08, 03:13 PM
Report Offensive CommentTo answer the above questions...
At this time, we have no plans to allow FanMail to become an full fledged email account, it will always be for site communication only.
This should address the issue with the FanNation Community and other large groups.
Group messages will be bulletins, there will be no way to save them...I guess you could mail the same message to yourself, if need be.
Sending to multiple groups will not be part of this, and we're not sure if we'll support that functionality.
We will be continuing our work on FanMail over the year, this is just the first big step. We hope to roll this out tomorrow.
The Moderator | 03/03/08, 03:40 PM
Report Offensive CommentCool thanks FN
"Cincy" hurts less | 03/03/08, 04:38 PM
Report Offensive Commentnifty
Stauff Nation TB | 03/03/08, 04:52 PM
Report Offensive CommentSounds promising
Thugmeister | 03/03/08, 05:07 PM
Report Offensive CommentAWESOME! No seriously, that's awesome.
dudeman: nets got lopez! JL | 03/03/08, 05:11 PM
Report Offensive CommentYes, no more taking a long break and having 10000 fanmails in my account
RHATER is Gone. | 03/03/08, 05:26 PM
Report Offensive Commentlegit
E4P Is Not So Mad For Max | 03/03/08, 05:27 PM
Report Offensive CommentI have a question, when will this be up and running?
dudeman: nets got lopez! JL | 03/03/08, 05:28 PM
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