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Windows Secrets News Update • Issue 85a • 2006-11-01 • Circulation: over 140,000 |
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TOP STORY LangaList is merging with Windows Secrets
A temporary logo to smooth the transition 
With almost 140,000 new readers joining us, we've designed a temporary logo
(right) to help them recognize the combined title. You'll see this image
at the top of the newsletter in the months of November and December 2006.
During that period, we'll be known as Windows Secrets & LangaList.After Jan. 1, 2007, our name will revert to simply the Windows Secrets Newsletter. Our existing logo, which appears at the top of today's news update, will then return as the permanent masthead. What to do if you have two subscriptions... How many people have subscriptions to both Windows Secrets and LangaList? Fred and I found that fewer than 5% of our e-mail addresses were on both lists. We're truly bringing together two diverse cohorts of readers. We've taken care that the transition will go smoothly for all of you. Those people who do have a subscription to both LangaList and Windows Secrets, however, might need to alter their subscription preferences. If so, here's what you need to do. 1. If you subscribed to both newsletters using the SAME ADDRESS, do nothing. If both publications have you signed up, and you used the same address, don't worry — you won't receive two copies. We've already taken care of this. You'll receive a single newsletter starting on Nov. 16. If one of your subscriptions was paid, while the other was free, you'll continue to receive the paid version of the combined newsletter. If both of your subscriptions were paid, we've automatically extended your expiry date. Any unused days (starting on our merger date of Nov. 16) have been added together to compute your new expiry date. That way, you won't lose any of the time you've paid for. 2. If you subscribed to both using DIFFERENT ADDRESSES, merge the two subscriptions. If you're signed up to receive both newsletters using two different e-mail addresses, we have no way of knowing. You need to merge your two subscriptions so you don't start getting duplicate messages. We've made it easy for you to merge two subs. Just use the following link. Our Merge Subscriptions page will automatically display the details of your current Windows Secrets subscription. Once you're on that page, enter whatever e-mail address you used when you subscribed to the LangaList: Use this link to merge two subscriptions When you merge two subscriptions, any unused paid subscription time you may have will be correctly applied to your subscriber account. The best is yet to come Our larger circulation and stronger editorial team will allow us to bring you even more secrets of Windows. All of us who dig up our content for you are looking forward to the possibilities. I ask for your patience if there are any glitches that you need subscriber help with. I promise you that we'll work out any kinks that may arise. Today is an excellent time to check that your delivery address and personal preferences are set the way you want them. Is your alternate address correct, so we can notify you if your primary delivery address develops a problem? Is your locale correct? These settings are shown at the top and bottom of this issue. Please use the following link to visit your preferences page and change anything you wish: Use this link to change your preferences How do you know this isn't a phishing message, trying (for whatever reason) to get a look at your e-mail preferences? Fred and I have now implemented the same reader-number system. Bulk messages from us will always show this number at the top and/or the bottom. Spammers couldn't possibly know your number, so look for it to ensure that messages from us are genuine. We very much appreciate your support. Thanks for helping us to unveil the inner workings of Windows. News updates have no paid version Today's e-mail message is a news update. Our next regular twice-monthly issue will be published on Nov. 16, two days after Microsoft Patch Tuesday. News updates don't include our usual columnists or other sections. A news update also has no paid version. The same short message goes out to both our free and our paid subscribers. Brian Livingston is the editor of WindowsSecrets.com and the coauthor of Windows Me Secrets and nine other books. |
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