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Last Post 06/18/2007 11:42 PM by  Peter Donker
Excessive Emails Generated by Subscription Service
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Brian Stevenson
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06/15/2007 8:43 PM

    I currently use version 3.4.10.

    I like the concept of a subscription service for DMX.  I do not like how it currently generates a million emails when I do ordinary maintenance tasks.

    Example: I subscribed to a folder in DMX.  Then I started moving documents around, slightly modifying the names of files, assigning files to additional categories, updating the security for files, adding keywords, adding remarks, deleting files, undeleting files, marking items as private, etc...  by the time I was done, I had an inbox full of notifications!!!!  That needs to change.

    What we really need is the ability to create subscriptions for files and folders with the ability to choose the events for each notifications.  For instance, as an end-user I could care less if the administrators change the categories, security, keywords, remarks, etc...  All I would care about is if there was a new version uploaded.  In the case of a folder, I might like to know if any new files were added.

    You need to offer a list of events to monitor on a per file/folder basis.

    Eric Swanzey
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    06/18/2007 1:53 AM
    Brian,
    I agree, similar to this post-http://www.bring2mind.net.../topic/Default.aspx.

    Peter - a subscription service is a compelling feature for DMX, but please take these postings into account for the next version. (next question, how's it going on that next version...).

    Eric
    Brian Stevenson
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    06/18/2007 3:35 PM
    I spent about 30 minutes thinking about this. I've never developed a subscription service, but if I were to design one, I might look like this.

    Collection Options (these options would be available for users to select)
    x New versions
    x New files
    x Deleted/Undeleted files
    x Updated File Attributes (title, keywords, metadata)
    x Updated Security

    x This collection and all subcollections.


    File Options (these options would be available for users to select)
    x New versions
    x Deleted/Undeleted file
    x Updated File Attributes (title, keywords, metadata)
    x Updated Security


    Table Schema
    - SubscriptionID (unique, auto incrementing)
    - UserID
    - EntryID (the File or Collection being watched)
    - Recursive (boolean)
    - NewVersions (boolean)
    - NewFiles (boolean)
    - DeletedFiles (boolean)
    - UpdatedFileAttributes (boolean)
    - UpdatedSecurity (boolean)
    - SupressNotification (boolean) (to temporarily disable)
    - SubscriptionCreated (date/time the subscription was created)
    - SubscriptionLastModified (date/time the subscription was modified)
    - SubscriptionLastTriggered (date/time the subscription was triggered and email sent)
    Peter Donker
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    06/18/2007 11:42 PM
    Thanks a bunch for that. I'll make a note of this. Note that DMX 4 is being readied for release so it is a bit late for that. But I'll definitely note this.
    Peter
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