Email notification format too long
While I appreciate getting summaries of updates to new threads, they can get a bit tedious to dig through (and sometimes hard to read when there aren't correct line breaks between sections). For example, here's a notification I received a few days ago:
These are your messages
New content of type Forum has been submitted
- IT Analytics rsItemNotFound
Read more http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/it-analytic...
- IT Analytics - exception when adding reports
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Updates for Forum: Package replication troubleshooting
- New Comment on Package replication troubleshooting by jaco.nortje@standardbank.co.za titled Hi,
This will give package
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Updates for Article: Changing Your Deployment Server / Solution Username and Password (After Initial Installation)
- New Comment on Changing Your Deployment Server / Solution Username and Password (After Initial Installation) by Dperfekgent titled best instructions I had
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Updates for Idea: "Administrator Friendly" program, all apps delivered as an MSI with a 'how to customise with Wise Packaging Studio' guide.
- New Comment on "Administrator Friendly" program, all apps delivered as an MSI with a 'how to customise with Wise Packaging Studio' guide. by EdT titled Most Symantec apps are in Installshield, not Wise
Read more http://www.symantec.com/connect/idea/administrator...
- New Comment on "Administrator Friendly" program, all apps delivered as an MSI with a 'how to customise with Wise Packaging Studio' guide. by AppPkgServices titled Vendor MSI
Read more http://www.symantec.com/connect/idea/administrator...
- New Comment on "Administrator Friendly" program, all apps delivered as an MSI with a 'how to customise with Wise Packaging Studio' guide. by AppPkgServices titled Vendor MSI
Read more http://www.symantec.com/connect/idea/administrator...
Read more http://www.symantec.com/connect/idea/administrator...
Updates for Forum: Altiris Software Delivery question
- New Comment on Altiris Software Delivery question by Eshwar titled Jim is true
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Updates for Forum: Tasks re-run in computers
- New Comment on Tasks re-run in computers by miguel.rodriguez@vw-navarra.es titled It isn't the case...
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Updates for Forum: Patches for Microsoft office, adobe, and JAVA etc...
- New Comment on Patches for Microsoft office, adobe, and JAVA etc... by vijay_b titled Patches for Adobe
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Updates for Blog entry: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Released
- New Comment on Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Released by latzke titled So Far So Good
Read more http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/windows-serv...
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Updates for Download: Basic Symantec Endpoint Protection Monitor Pack
- New Comment on Basic Symantec Endpoint Protection Monitor Pack by kamran 2 titled how to use this
Read more http://www.symantec.com/connect/downloads/basic-sy...
Read more http://www.symantec.com/connect/downloads/basic-sy...
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A bit confusing to say the least. If there was a line break after each section of Updates (i.e. in the last one, a new line before "Updates for Download: Basic...") that would improve readability. Possibly an option also to just say "3 new comments posted" instead of having full one-liner summaries. And...why include a link to both the Thread and the individual comment? It's just extra text cluttering up the message. Maybe just a link to the first comment made since the user subscribed to the message...? Might cut down on additional email notifications too.
Thanks for pointing this out
Thanks for pointing this out - I think this is a great suggestion we'll look into our options for cleaning up the email notifications.
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