Agreed, it’s going to tie closely into /top very soon. So you should look closely at that. Logic is the same.
That’s also a good idea. The longer someone is gone, the less often you mail them, eventually bottoming out at what.. once a year?
Agreed, we should provide more areas for content in these emails. You might also want the standard forum “intro” in there reminding them “what the hell is that place again?”