# Improvements to digest emails for updating infrequent visitors

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-digest-emails-for-updating-infrequent-visitors/12464>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** activity-summary\
**Created:** [Février 5, 2014, 6:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-digest-emails-for-updating-infrequent-visitors/12464 "2014-02-05T18:49:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [Février 6, 2014, 11:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-digest-emails-for-updating-infrequent-visitors/12464/2 "2014-02-06T23:21:02Z")

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> [@BCHK](#):
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> What you really want is something that sends an email out after one week of the 20 most liked (hearted) topics from the most Liked users that week

Agreed, it’s going to tie closely into `/top` very soon. So you should look closely at that. Logic is the same.

> [@BCHK](#):
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> if the user doesn’t log in again the next week - you wait an additional week, , etc. - so that the time interval increases as the user decreases their login frequency - so you don’t have the likelihood that you’re pissing someone off by spamming them too much

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?

> [@BCHK](#):
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> It would be nice if the email updates that go out were easily customizable

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?”

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