{"id":1795766,"date":"2021-11-04T19:17:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T23:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1795766"},"modified":"2021-11-04T19:17:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T23:17:58","slug":"subscribe-to-the-new-email-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/11\/subscribe-to-the-new-email-digest\/","title":{"rendered":"Subscribe to the New Email Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last April I told you<\/a> that with Feedburner\u2019s announcement that it would be ending email subscriptions, I would have to come up with an alternative solution for the 500 or so of you who subscribe to The Map Room<\/strong> via its email digest. That alternative is now (more or less) up and running: You can subscribe to the new weekly digest by entering your email on the form on this page<\/a>. You will receive an automated email asking you to verify that description. Click on that email\u2019s link and you\u2019ll be subscribed.<\/p>\n

From now on, email subscriptions to The Map Room<\/strong> will involve a summary of the week\u2019s posts written by me, rather than an auto-post of recent blog entries. If all goes to plan, it will mostly come out on Fridays (if I\u2019ve posted that week), plus there may be occasional announcements at other times.<\/p>\n

In the end I decided to go with my own internet service provider\u2019s announcement list tool. It\u2019s very old school and a bit less easy to use than a third-party email marketing service, but far better, I think, on the privacy front. I don\u2019t even ask for your name. Your subscription is between you, me, and my mail server.<\/p>\n

Current subscribers were emailed on Wednesday about this change and invited to subscribe. I got a lot of bounced addresses, so it may be that some of you reading this via email did not get Wednesday\u2019s messages. Note that the Feedburner-powered digest will be shut down after this post goes out; if you want to continue (or start) receiving posts by email, visit this page<\/a> to subscribe to the weekly digest.<\/p>\n

(Let me know if you encounter any problems. I\u2019ve gotten reports that people aren\u2019t getting their confirmation messages, so do check your spam folder.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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