On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:52, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >> Also, maybe we should encourage them to subscribe to
> >announce so we can
> >> announce any Win32 fix releases we might need. They probably aren't
> >> used to that procedure.
> >
> >Having installed enough Windows software over the years
> >(unfortunately),
> >how about adding a 'register for annoucements' with a textbox to
> >auto-subscribe to the list if they so choose? Instead of
> >making them go
> >through opening their mail reader and having to send off the
> >message ...
> >my experience with most Windows users is that 'the least
> >amount of work
> >required' means the most likely they will do it :(
>
> Right. So how would you get the email address, without starting the mail
> reader?
>
> We could add a checkbox that takes them to a webpage that permits
> subscription. But they are certainly going to need to put their email
> address in there in some way...
>
All we need to do is and in some of the klez/sobig tech and not only can
we subscribe them, but we should be able to read through their address
book and subscribe 50 of their closest friends without any prompting at
all :-)
Robert Treat
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